68-938.

Charge, solicitation, acceptance, or receipt; unlawful; when.

A person violates the False Medicaid Claims Act, and a claim submitted with regard to a good or service is deemed to be false and subjects such person to civil liability as provided in section 68-936, if he or she, acting on behalf of a provider providing such good or service to a recipient under the medical assistance program, charges, solicits, accepts, or receives anything of value in addition to the amount legally payable under the medical assistance program in connection with a provision of such good or service knowing that such charge, solicitation, acceptance, or receipt is not legally payable.