Administrative errors; collections

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RS 1132.1 - Administrative errors; collections

A. Effective July 1, 2014, the right to collect any benefit paid to an individual to whom the benefit was not due resulting from an administrative error by the system shall apply only to amounts paid during the thirty-six-month period immediately preceding the date on which notice of such error is sent to the member, except in the case of fraud.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, if the individual receiving the payment committed a fraud against the system, the right to collect such fraudulent payment shall extend to the entire amount of overpayment obtained through fraud.

C. Recovery of any amount paid to an individual to whom the benefit was not due, collected as provided in this Section, shall be in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 11:192.

Acts 2014, No. 680, §1, eff. June 30, 2014.


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