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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "18 U.S.C. § 1347"
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description: "Health care fraud"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 18
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title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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chapter_number: "63"
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chapter_name: "MAIL FRAUD AND OTHER FRAUD OFFENSES"
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section: "1347"
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citation: "18 U.S.C. § 1347"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc18@119-100.zip"
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---
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# 18 U.S.C. § 1347 - Health care fraud
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## Text
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(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice—
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(1) to defraud any health care benefit program; or
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(2) to obtain, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, any of the money or property owned by, or under the custody or control of, any health care benefit program,
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in connection with the delivery of or payment for health care benefits, items, or services, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. If the violation results in serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 of this title), such person shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; and if the violation results in death, such person shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both.
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(b) With respect to violations of this section, a person need not have actual knowledge of this section or specific intent to commit a violation of this section.
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(Added Pub. L. 104–191, title II, § 242(a)(1), Aug. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2016; amended Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10606(b), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 1008.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2010—Pub. L. 111–148 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
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