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MN HF4393

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/16/2026

Primary Sponsor

Mohamud Noor

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Origin

House of Representatives

94th Legislature 2025-2026

AI Summary

  • Establishes recipient protections when Medical Assistance providers experience "serious operational events" such as sanctions, license revocation, bankruptcy, or inability to safely operate, requiring 30-day advance notice to recipients and assistance with transitions to new providers

  • Creates "complex transition" designation for high-risk situations involving recipients receiving long-term services, behavioral health treatment, life-sustaining care, or those in areas with limited provider capacity, requiring the commissioner to develop written transition operations plans

  • Allows providers designated for complex transition to continue serving high-risk recipients for up to 180 days after designation to prevent care disruptions, while preserving the commissioner's enforcement authority

  • Permits the commissioner to make limited transition payments restricted to direct recipient care costs (excluding owner distributions and dividends) when good cause exists to continue payments during complex transitions, with providers subject to financial monitoring

  • Requires the commissioner to notify legislative committee chairs within 10 days of designating a complex transition and submit a report within 90 days of recipient stabilization identifying systemic gaps and recommendations

Legislative Description

Recipient protections and continuity of care when a provider is subject to a serious operational event provided, complex transitions provided, and continuity period and transition payments provided.

Last Action

Introduction and first reading, referred to Human Services Finance and Policy

3/16/2026

Committee Referrals

Human Services Finance & Policy3/16/2026

Full Bill Text

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