AZ HB2624

Allows any person with actual and specific knowledge of suspected fraud in state or federal public benefit programs to submit written reports to state agencies or call a fraud hotline established in the attorney general's office.

Requires state agency directors to review written fraud reports, conduct preliminary investigations, and refer cases with sufficient evidence of fraud to the attorney general.

Establishes liability of up to three times the fraudulently obtained amount, with recovered penalties first repaid to the relevant program, then remaining funds split equally between the attorney general's office and the person who made the initial report.

Provides civil immunity to good faith reporters unless the reporter has been charged with or is suspected of the fraud being reported.

Applies to supplemental nutrition assistance program, temporary assistance for needy families, WIC, AHCCCS, children's health insurance program, Arizona long-term care system, and any other state or federal program with income or resource-based eligibility.