On the other hand, “the permanent and non-permanent elements of the CCF/SNS are subject to the general regime of incompatibilities and impediments in force in the Public Administration, and must voluntarily subscribe, whenever justified, a declaration of the absence of conflicts of interest”.
The CCF/SNS becomes a commission of an independent nature, with a mandate of three years, applying to it, in everything that is not expressly provided for in this resolution, the provisions of article 28 of Law no. 4/2004, of 15 January, and its representatives will have to perform functions on an exclusive basis.
Matters investigated will include all types of expenses on the NHS
The document also specifies that this committee’s mission is to “centralize, coordinate and execute the fraud prevention and detection strategy within the scope of the SNS, in coordination and cooperation with the competent entities for carrying out disciplinary, financial and criminal responsibilities”, with the scope of its action “transversal to the areas of SNS expenditure, namely those in which expenditure is determined by the Control Center and Monitoring”.
According to the document, the CCF/SNS must “analyze and monitor fraud indicators, aiming to detect and forward suspected cases of financial or criminal offenses”; must “report to the competent authorities, situations suspected of fraud or events giving rise to financial or criminal liability, collaborating, when requested, in obtaining evidence” and, also, “analyze, for the same purpose, anomalous cases detected by it or that are reported to it by any public or private entity, individual or collective”.
This commission also has the power to “promote, through the materially competent entity, the carrying out of inspections, audits, investigations, inquiries, investigations, experts and other inspection actions, as well as the establishment of sanctioning processes that, following its actions, appear relevant”, and its scope of action may have to lead to “articulation with similar European entities and with entities specialized in the prevention and detection of health fraud”.
Finally, it must “propose initiatives or legislative or regulatory changes relating to the prevention and detection of fraud and to improve the internal control system, as well as measures aimed at ensuring or reestablishing the conformity of acts, contracts and/or procedures of SNS establishments and services”.
This commission will also have to annually define “an activity plan, approved in the first half of January and brought to the attention of the government members responsible for the areas of justice and health and the entities referred to in number 5, the priority areas of activity and respective projects”.
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