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Va. A.G. Jones Opposes Federal Legislation That Would Weaken State Privacy Protections
RICHMOND, Virginia, June 5 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on June 4, 2026:
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Attorney General Jay Jones Opposes Federal Legislation That Would Weaken State Privacy Protections
Federal data privacy law should not preempt Virginia's strong privacy laws
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Attorney General Jay Jones joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general and state agencies in opposing the Securing and Establishing Consumer Uniform Rights and Enforcement over Data Act (SECURE Data Act), a proposed federal law falsely being held up as a data privacy bill. The SECURE Act would prevent
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RICHMOND, Virginia, June 5 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on June 4, 2026:
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Attorney General Jay Jones Opposes Federal Legislation That Would Weaken State Privacy Protections
Federal data privacy law should not preempt Virginia's strong privacy laws
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Attorney General Jay Jones joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general and state agencies in opposing the Securing and Establishing Consumer Uniform Rights and Enforcement over Data Act (SECURE Data Act), a proposed federal law falsely being held up as a data privacy bill. The SECURE Act would preventstates from regulating data privacy and holding bad actors accountable, and would effectively nullify Virginia's robust data privacy law. In the letter, the coalition calls on Congress to reject the SECURE Data Act, and to ensure states like Virginia are able to pass and enforce laws to protect consumer data.
"Virginians deserve data privacy laws that protect them from exploitation and create an avenue for just recourse when their rights are violated. The SECURE Data Act is another wolf in sheep's clothing, claiming security on the surface but weakening Virginians privacy at its core," said Attorney General Jay Jones. "Virginians trust their state leaders to enact and enforce laws that fit their needs and protect their rights. This law does exactly the opposite, and I urge Congress to vote no."
The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act provides Virginians specific rights that controllers of large data must honor, including the right to delete personal data, correct inaccuracies, to confirm whether their data is being processed, to obtain a copy of the consumer's personal data, and to opt out of the processing of personal data for purposes for targeted advertising. The OAG's Consumer Privacy Unit is dedicated to enforcing this law and ensuring that consumers' rights are protected; actively reviewing consumer complaints filed with the OAG and issuing notices of violations under the law to make sure companies are following privacy laws.
Comprehensive state privacy laws have set minimum data privacy standards, including heightened protections for minors and sensitive consumer data, limits on how data may be used and retained, and the ability for consumers to stop the sale of their data via a universal opt-out preference signal. The SECURE Data Act would wipe out these meaningful protections, making it harder for consumers to exercise their rights, give businesses more discretion on how to use and retain their data, and significantly limit enforcement remedies.
In the letter, the coalition argues that the bill moves privacy rights in the wrong direction, leaving consumers worse off and with fewer protections. Any federal privacy framework must leave room for states to legislate responsively to changes in technology and data collection practices, as states are better equipped to address the unique needs of their citizens and quickly adjust to the challenges presented by technological innovation.
In sending the letter, the Commonwealth joins the attorneys general of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington, as well as the California Privacy Protection Agency and the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
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Original text here: https://www.oag.state.va.us/media-center/news-releases/3034-attorney-general-jay-jones-opposes-federal-legislation-that-would-weaken-state-privacy-protections
Attorney General Tong Statement on Double-Digit Health Insurance Rate Hike Requests
HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 5 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Tong Statement on Double-Digit Health Insurance Rate Hike Requests
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(Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding double-digit rate hikes sought by Anthem, ConnectiCare and UnitedHealthcare for individual and small group plans covering approximately 220,000 people across Connecticut.
For individual plans, Anthem is seeking an average increase of 12.8 percent. ConnectiCare is seeking an average increase
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HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 5 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Tong Statement on Double-Digit Health Insurance Rate Hike Requests
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(Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding double-digit rate hikes sought by Anthem, ConnectiCare and UnitedHealthcare for individual and small group plans covering approximately 220,000 people across Connecticut.
For individual plans, Anthem is seeking an average increase of 12.8 percent. ConnectiCare is seeking an average increaseof 22.7 for individual plans. For small group plans, Anthem is seeking an average increase of 17.4. United Healthcare is seeking an average increase of 18.9 percent.
Pursuant to Connecticut law, in order for these rates to be approved, the Connecticut Insurance Department must determine that these requested rates are not "excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory."
"These double-digit demands are unaffordable, excessive, and unacceptable, and we're going to scrutinize every page of these applications. Year after year, insurers pad these rates with fuzzy math, double-counted costs, and unsupported assumptions. They need to come before the Connecticut Insurance Department prepared to justify every analysis, and they are going to need to explain why they remain utterly unwilling and unable to use their leverage to negotiate with healthcare providers and drive down these runaway healthcare costs," said Attorney General Tong.
Twitter: @AGWilliamTong
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Media Contact:
Elizabeth Benton
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Consumer Inquiries:
860-808-5318
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Original text here: https://portal.ct.gov/ag/press-releases/2026-press-releases/attorney-general-tong-statement-on-double-digit-health-insurance-rate-hike-requests
Attorney General Ken Paxton Stops City of Denton from Permitting Radical Organizations to Allow Men into Changing Rooms with Women and Children at City of Denton Public Pool
AUSTIN, Texas, June 5 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Ken Paxton Stops City of Denton from Permitting Radical Organizations to Allow Men into Changing Rooms with Women and Children at City of Denton Public Pool
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Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a major victory protecting women and children after the City of Denton agreed to comply with Texas law and prevent grown men from sharing changing rooms with women and children. The victory comes ahead of a June 7, 2026 event dubbed "Big Gay Swim Day," organized by two nonprofit groups-PRIDENTON
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AUSTIN, Texas, June 5 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Ken Paxton Stops City of Denton from Permitting Radical Organizations to Allow Men into Changing Rooms with Women and Children at City of Denton Public Pool
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Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a major victory protecting women and children after the City of Denton agreed to comply with Texas law and prevent grown men from sharing changing rooms with women and children. The victory comes ahead of a June 7, 2026 event dubbed "Big Gay Swim Day," organized by two nonprofit groups-PRIDENTONand OUTreach Denton-at the Quakertown Civic Center (the "Center").
Following legal action by Attorney General Paxton, the City of Denton agreed to maintain its existing sex-specific changing room designations and take multiple steps to ensure compliance with the Texas Women's Privacy Act, also known as Senate Bill 8. Specifically, the City agreed to maintain its usual signage separating the men's and women's changing areas and prevent any alteration or coverage of changing room signs. They also will prohibit renters from operating gender-neutral changing areas on the premises and require event organizers to commit to following Texas law.
The agreement comes after Attorney General Paxton sued the City of Denton and city officials to stop the creation of multiple-occupancy "gender-neutral" changing rooms at the publicly owned, child-friendly swimming facility. Texas law requires publicly owned private spaces, including changing rooms, to be designated on the basis of biological sex and mandates that governmental entities take reasonable steps to prevent individuals of the opposite sex from entering those spaces.
"This is a major victory for the privacy and safety of women and children," said Attorney General Paxton. "The City of Denton has now agreed to follow the law and ensure that men are not allowed in women's and girl's changing areas. I will continue to ensure that every government entity in Texas complies with our laws protecting women and children."
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Original text here: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-stops-city-denton-permitting-radical-organizations-allow-men-changing
Attorney General Jeff Jackson Defends Antitrust Enforcement in Chemours Case
RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 5 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Jeff Jackson Defends Antitrust Enforcement in Chemours Case
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Raleigh-Attorney General Jeff Jackson is fighting to protect North Carolinians from anticompetitive behavior by urging a federal appeals court to ensure that when antitrust cases are heard, the conduct is considered in its entirety instead of on a piece-by-piece basis. That big-picture consideration of a company's conduct is central to proving anticompetitive behavior.
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RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 5 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Jeff Jackson Defends Antitrust Enforcement in Chemours Case
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Raleigh-Attorney General Jeff Jackson is fighting to protect North Carolinians from anticompetitive behavior by urging a federal appeals court to ensure that when antitrust cases are heard, the conduct is considered in its entirety instead of on a piece-by-piece basis. That big-picture consideration of a company's conduct is central to proving anticompetitive behavior.
"When companies engagein anticompetitive tactics, their customers end up paying more and having fewer choices," said Attorney General Jeff Jackson. "We must be able to effectively enforce antitrust laws, and I urge the court to make sure it doesn't become more difficult to do so."
Attorney General Jackson filed an amicus brief in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in a case about Chemours allegedly illegally monopolizing part of the HVAC refrigerant market.
Chemours developed a refrigerant called R-454B in response to federal regulations that required manufacturers to use chemicals that were less likely to harm the environment. It is used in HVAC systems in homes and some businesses.
Other chemical manufacturers sued The Chemours Company FC, LLC, and Mexichem Fluor, Inc., under Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act and other laws. The plaintiffs accused the defendants of monopolizing the sales of all refrigerants in the United States, including R-454B, through a complex scheme that involved misrepresenting that R-454B was patented, exclusive contracting, threats, and more. A district court judge dismissed the case, and the plaintiffs appealed.
Attorney General Jackson's amicus brief argues that the district court was wrong to evaluate the alleged Section 2 monopoly conduct separately instead of evaluating it as a whole. He argues that the district court failed to apply the precedent set in a North Carolina case, Duke Energy v. NTE Carolinas, which established that alleged anticompetitive conduct should be evaluated together instead of as individual components, to this case.
States are among those responsible for enforcing federal antitrust laws. The amicus brief notes that the district court's ruling would make it more difficult to do so and emphasizes the importance of not placing unjustified burdens on plaintiffs who bring antitrust claims.
Attorney General Jeff Jackson has previously fought to protect North Carolinians from companies that violate antitrust laws. Earlier this month, he shut down a secret data exchange that raised prices on chicken, pork, and turkey. In April, he won a court order temporarily freezing the Nexstar and Tegna TV Merger and won a seven-week long trial against Live Nation and Ticketmaster on all claims. He is also suing the software company RealPage for allegedly exploiting landlords' competitively sensitive information to create a pricing algorithm that violated antitrust laws and raised rent prices.
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Original text here: https://ncdoj.gov/attorney-general-jeff-jackson-defends-antitrust-enforcement-in-chemours-case/
Attorney General Bonta Sends Comment Letter to EPA on Microplastics
SACRAMENTO, California, June 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Sends Comment Letter to EPA on Microplastics
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OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate coalition of 14 attorneys general in sending a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) commending EPA's efforts to add microplastics to a list of contaminants in drinking water prioritized for research, and urging EPA to further monitor microplastics.
"Microplastics are everywhere, from the deepest ocean to the highest
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SACRAMENTO, California, June 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Sends Comment Letter to EPA on Microplastics
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OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate coalition of 14 attorneys general in sending a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) commending EPA's efforts to add microplastics to a list of contaminants in drinking water prioritized for research, and urging EPA to further monitor microplastics.
"Microplastics are everywhere, from the deepest ocean to the highestmountain, and even in our bodies, causing damage -in ways known and unknown -to our environment and potentially our health," said Attorney General Bonta. "We commend EPA's efforts to add microplastics to the list of contaminants in drinking water that are prioritized for research. This is an important step for protecting our environment and public health, but we can and should go further. More data can only make our work to protect the public from microplastics more effective."
The list, called the Contaminant Candidate List (CCL), details contaminants that the EPA has identified as those with potential public health concerns that are known or expected in public water systems, and thus may require future regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The CCL, which is published every five years, is a mechanism for identifying priority contaminants for further study. The inclusion of microplastics in this iteration of the CCL will help advance our understanding of the impacts of microplastics on public health.
In the letter, the attorneys general urge the EPA to go one step further and include microplastics on the upcoming Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR) 6. The UCMR requires monitoring of selected contaminants in public water systems for frequency and occurrence. As the letter argues, inclusion of microplastics in the UCMR will advance research on microplastics in drinking water and lay the groundwork for their future regulation.
The Danger of Microplastics
Microplastics pose special concerns due to their suspected overall prevalence and their ability to accumulate and persist in the environment. They are generally described as tiny, often invisible particles less than 5 millimeters in diameter -even as tiny as one nanometer -composed of polymers and various chemical additives that were either originally part of a plastic product or were adsorbed from the surrounding environment. They pose significant risks to human and environmental health due to their abundance in our planet's water, air, and land.
Research conducted to date indicates microplastics can harm human health, and exposure occurs most often through drinking water and other beverages, breathing air, and consuming food. Their size and shape may lead to cellular and tissue damage, and they have been found in all human organ systems, including the brain. In addition, microplastics can act as vectors for toxic chemicals to enter the human body, compounding exposure.
As the comment letter notes, babies and children are at greater risk of exposure to microplastics than adults. This exposure begins in utero, since microplastics can transfer through the placenta. Microplastics have been found in placental tissue, amniotic fluid, cord blood, and meconium, and are associated with impaired fetal growth and shortened gestational duration. Additional exposures occur after birth, such as through human breast milk, dairy products, drinking water, and food products. Overall, children are exposed to microplastics through diet, feeding equipment, toys, and inhalation of airborne particles.
Microplastics are linked to reduced birth weight, prematurity, deficits in brain development, respiratory issues, allergy, metabolic effects, reproductive system alterations, and systemic effects such as inflammation, oxidative stress, and multi-organ toxicity.
In filing the comment letter, Attorney General Bonta joins the attorneys general of New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Here is a copy of the letter (https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/CCL%206%20Letter%20-%206.5.26%20final.pdf).
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Original text here: https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sends-comment-letter-epa-microplastics
Ariz. A.G. Mayes Announces Indictment for Fraud Scheme Involving Forged Financial Statements and Theft of Retirement Funds
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 5 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on June 4, 2026:
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Attorney General Mayes Announces Indictment for Fraud Scheme Involving Forged Financial Statements and Theft of Retirement Funds
Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced that a State Grand Jury has indicted Daniel Droeg on four felony counts for an alleged fraud scheme involving forged financial statements and the theft of his clients' retirement funds.
The grand jury returned a true bill on April 13, 2026, charging Droeg with fraudulent schemes and artifices, a Class
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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 5 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on June 4, 2026:
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Attorney General Mayes Announces Indictment for Fraud Scheme Involving Forged Financial Statements and Theft of Retirement Funds
Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced that a State Grand Jury has indicted Daniel Droeg on four felony counts for an alleged fraud scheme involving forged financial statements and the theft of his clients' retirement funds.
The grand jury returned a true bill on April 13, 2026, charging Droeg with fraudulent schemes and artifices, a Class2 felony; theft of $100,000 or more, a Class 2 felony; and two counts of forgery, both Class 4 felonies.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Jordan Esser of the Attorney General's Criminal Division.
The cause number is CR2026-006706-001, filed in Maricopa County Superior Court.
All defendants are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law.
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Original text here: https://www.azag.gov/press-release/attorney-general-mayes-announces-indictment-fraud-scheme-involving-forged-financial
AG's Office Secures Up to $770,000 in Settlements with Former Whitinsville Applied Behavorial Analysis Provider and Its Co-Owners for Submitting False Claims to MassHealth
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 5 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release:
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AG's Office Secures Up to $770,000 in Settlements with Former Whitinsville Applied Behavorial Analysis Provider and Its Co-Owners for Submitting False Claims to MassHealth
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BOSTON -The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO) announced today that it has reached settlements with Flexible Fundamentals, Inc. (Flexible Fundamentals) - a former Whitinsville-based Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) provider - and its co-owners, Jennifer McGee and Errion McGrath. The settlement
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BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 5 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release:
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AG's Office Secures Up to $770,000 in Settlements with Former Whitinsville Applied Behavorial Analysis Provider and Its Co-Owners for Submitting False Claims to MassHealth
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BOSTON -The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO) announced today that it has reached settlements with Flexible Fundamentals, Inc. (Flexible Fundamentals) - a former Whitinsville-based Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) provider - and its co-owners, Jennifer McGee and Errion McGrath. The settlementagreements resolve allegations that, under McGee's and McGrath's ownership, the company fraudulently billed MassHealth, the state Medicaid program, through its managed care entities (MCEs), for ABA services that were never provided and/or not properly documented, and for failing to provide adequate supervision of its paraprofessional behavioral technicians.
Under the terms of the agreements, Flexible Fundamentals and its co-owners will pay up to $778,703 to the Commonwealth. The settlement also requires McGee and her new company, Pragmatic Minds, LLC, and McGrath and her new company, Social Perspectives 4 Everyone, LLC, to implement compliance and monitoring programs for three years to ensure compliance with ABA requirements and provide additional training to staff. The independent compliance monitors will conduct annual on-site audits to verify each company's compliance with state and federal laws.
ABA is a treatment principally designed for children with autism spectrum disorder. ABA services focus on the analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation of social and other environmental modifications to produce meaningful changes in behavior. Many of these services are delivered by paraprofessional staff, often referred to as behavioral technicians, but MassHealth and its MCEs require that all behavioral technicians be supervised by Licensed Applied Behavioral Analysts.
The AGO alleges that Flexible Fundamentals, McGee, and McGrath billed MassHealth for more hours of service than Flexible Fundamentals had actually provided to members.
The AGO alleges that the company and its owners submitted claims to MCEs for ABA services provided by paraprofessional behavioral technicians who were not supervised by Licensed Applied Behavioral Analysts, as required.
This case is representative of the AGO's broader efforts to combat fraud by ABA providers. In June 2025, the AGO secured indictments against two Randolph Autism service providers and their owner for fraudulently billing MassHealth more than $1 million for services that were never provided. In February 2025, the AGO announced that it had secured a conviction against an Essex County man for stealing more than $33,000 in MassHealth funds for ABA services that were never provided. In October 2023, the AGO announced $2.5 million in recoveries from two settlements with ABA providers who were alleged to have submitted fraudulent claims to MassHealth for services not provided by individuals with appropriate credentials, not properly documented, and/or noncompliant with supervision requirements established by MassHealth and its MCEs.
This case was handled by Managing Attorney Katie Davis, Assistant Attorney General Matthew Jones, Investigations Supervisor Heather Dwyer, Senior Healthcare Fraud Investigator Kathleen Tansey, and Senior Data Scientist William Welsh, all of the AGO's Medicaid Fraud Division. MassHealth and its MCEs provided substantial assistance with the investigation.
The AGO's Medicaid Fraud Division is a Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, annually certified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to investigate and prosecute health care providers who defraud the state's Medicaid program, MassHealth. The Medicaid Fraud Division also has jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute complaints of abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of residents in long-term care facilities and of Medicaid patients in any health care setting. Individuals may file a MassHealth fraud complaint or report cases of abuse or neglect of Medicaid patients or long-term care residents by visiting the AGO's website.
The Massachusetts Medicaid Fraud Division receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $6,458,176 for federal fiscal year 2026. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $2,152,724 for FY 2026, is funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Original text here: https://www.mass.gov/news/ags-office-secures-up-to-770000-in-settlements-with-former-whitinsville-applied-behavorial-analysis-provider-and-its-co-owners-for-submitting-false-claims-to-masshealth
