MN HF2354

Creates new medical assistance fraud crime (section 609.467) with penalties of up to 10 years imprisonment and $20,000 fine for base offense, up to 20 years and $100,000 for losses over $100,000, and up to 30 years and $1,000,000 for losses exceeding $1,000,000

Expands attorney general subpoena authority to include wage and employment records, banking and financial records, insurance claim records, and safe deposit account information for medical assistance fraud investigations

Prohibits fraudulent schemes to obtain medical assistance funds, submitting false claims or provider applications, operating entities while suspended from medical assistance programs, falsifying service records, and destroying records after lawful requests

Designates medical assistance fraud as a continuing offense for statute of limitations purposes, allowing prosecution so long as any part of the scheme occurred within the limitations period

Appropriates $1,230,000 in fiscal year 2027 to the attorney general to combat medical assistance fraud and repeals the existing section 609.466