Bill > HF2354

This bill establishes new provisions and modifies existing ones related to medical assistance fraud, granting the Attorney General enhanced subpoena and enforcement powers, and introducing criminal penalties for such offenses. Specifically, it creates a new section defining medical assistance fraud, which includes actions like executing schemes to defraud the medical assistance program, submitting false claims, providing false information as a provider, or intentionally destroying required records. The bill also increases the penalties for medical assistance fraud, with potential prison sentences of up to ten, twenty, or thirty years and fines up to $20,000, $100,000, or $1,000,000 depending on the severity of the loss. It also clarifies that violations of these fraud provisions are considered continuing offenses for the purpose of calculating the statute of limitations, and designates specific venues for prosecution. To combat this fraud, $1,230,000 is appropriated to the Attorney General for fiscal year 2027. Additionally, the bill makes conforming changes to various statutes, including updating references to the new medical assistance fraud section and expanding the Attorney General's authority to subpoena financial and banking records relevant to investigations. The existing statute on medical assistance fraud (Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.466) is repealed.