239B.14 - FRAUDULENT PRACTICES -- RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS.
239B.14 FRAUDULENT PRACTICES -- RECOVERY OF
OVERPAYMENTS.
1. An individual who obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids or
abets an individual to obtain, by means of a willfully false
statement or representation, by knowingly failing to disclose a
material fact, or by impersonation, or any fraudulent device, any
assistance or other benefits under this chapter to which the
individual is not entitled, commits a fraudulent practice.
2. An individual who commits a fraudulent practice under this
section is personally liable for the amount of assistance or other
benefits fraudulently obtained. The amount of the assistance or
other benefits may be recovered from the offender or the offender's
estate in an action brought or by claim filed in the name of the
state and the recovered funds shall be deposited in the family
investment program account. The action or claim filed in the name of
the state shall not be considered an election of remedies to the
exclusion of other remedies.
3. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as
necessary to recover overpayments of assistance and benefits provided
under this chapter. The recovery methods shall include but are not
limited to reducing the amount of assistance or benefits provided.
Section History: Recent Form
97 Acts, ch 41, §15, 34; 2000 Acts, ch 1088, §6
Referred to in § 217.35
Fraudulent practices; see § 714.8 et seq.
Use of recovered moneys generated through fraud and recoupment
activities for additional fraud and recoupment activities; see §
217.35