194A.990 Penalties.
(1) Any person who violates the provisions of KRS 194A.505(1), (2), or (7) shall be
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, unless the sum total of benefits received in excess
of that to which the person was entitled at the time of the offense was committed is
valued at or over one hundred dollars ($100), in which case it is a Class D felony.
(2) Any person who violates KRS 194A.505(3) shall be guilty of a Class D felony.
(3) Any person who violates the provisions of KRS 194A.505(4) or (5) shall be guilty
of a Class C felony.
(4) Any person who violates the provisions of KRS 194A.505(6) shall be guilty of a
Class D felony, unless the purpose of the violation is to obtain ten thousand dollars
($10,000) or more, in which case it shall be a Class C felony.
(5) Any person who violates KRS 194A.505(1) to (6) shall, in addition to any other
penalties provided by law, forfeit and pay a civil penalty of payment to the cabinet
in the amount of all benefits and payments to which the person was not entitled.
(6) Any provider who violates KRS 194A.505(1) to (6) shall, in addition to any other
penalties provided by law, including the penalty set forth in subsection (5) of this
section, forfeit and pay civil penalties of:
(a) Payment to the State Treasury’s general revenue fund in an amount equal to
three (3) times the amount of the benefits and payments to which the person
was not entitled; and
(b) Payment to the State Treasury’s general revenue fund of all reasonable
expenses that the court determines have been necessarily incurred by the state
in the enforcement of this section.