CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) – West Virginia House Speaker Tim Miley is considering assigning failed False Claims Act legislation to a committee for further study.

On Tuesday, the state’s House of Delegates voted down legislation based on the federal False Claims Act, which allows whistleblowers to bring lawsuits against companies that are allegedly defrauding state- and federal-run programs like Medicaid by making false claims for reimbursement.

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