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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="8-509" title_number="8" title_name="Fraud and Related Crimes" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Public Fraud">
  <text>A person may not:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>knowingly and willfully defraud or attempt to defraud a State health plan in connection with the delivery of or payment for a health care service;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>knowingly and willfully obtain or attempt to obtain by means of a false representation money, property, or any thing of value in connection with the delivery of or payment for a health care service that wholly or partly is reimbursed by or is a required benefit of a State health plan;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>knowingly and willfully defraud or attempt to defraud a State health plan of the right to honest services; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>with the intent to defraud make a false representation relating to a health care service or a State health plan.</text>
  </level>
</section>
