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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="2-506" title_number="2" title_name="Maryland Department of Health" subtitle_number="5">
  <text>On or before December 1 each year, the Office shall submit a report to the Secretary, the Governor, and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, the House Health and Government Operations Committee, and the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee on:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>The Office’s activities during the immediately preceding fiscal year, including:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>Investigations of fraud, waste, and abuse of departmental funds undertaken by the Office, including specific findings and recommendations related to the investigations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>A summary of matters referred to the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit by the Office;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>Recoveries by the Office of mistaken claims paid or payments obtained in error or fraudulent claims paid to or obtained by a provider;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iv">
      <text>Recoveries by the Office of the cost of benefits mistakenly paid or obtained in error, or fraudulently paid to or obtained by a recipient; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="v">
      <text>A summary of matters referred to prosecutive authorities and the resulting prosecutions and convictions; and</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Any regulatory or statutory changes necessary to ensure compliance with applicable federal and State laws.</text>
  </level>
</section>
