HF4068

Purpose

The bill aims to clarify and strengthen the authority of the commissioner of human services to impose sanctions against individuals or entities that participate in medical assistance (Medicaid) by receiving payments or by providing goods or services paid for with medical assistance. It also seeks to recodify the sanctions and monetary recovery provisions related to medical assistance and to update related statutes.

Main provisions

• Clarifies that the commissioner of human services may impose sanctions on individuals or entities that receive payments from medical assistance or provide goods or services for which payment is made from medical assistance.
• Recodifies the existing medical assistance sanctions and the monetary recovery provisions, reorganizing how sanctions and money recovery are addressed in statute.
• Adds subdivisions to Minnesota Statutes:
  • Section 245.095 (by adding a subdivision)
  • Section 256B.064 (by adding subdivisions 1b, 1c, 1d, 2, 3, 4, 5)
  • Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement section 15.013 (by adding a subdivision)
• Section 1 includes Subdivision 7, Exemption, which clarifies that nothing in the new section modifies, supersedes, or expands the commissioner’s authority to impose sanctions under section 256B.064.

Significant changes to existing law

• Creates or expands subdivisions within 245.095 and 256B.064 to address sanctions and monetary recovery in more detailed or updated ways.
• Introduces an exemption in Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement section 15.013 to ensure the new provisions do not alter the limits or expand the commissioner’s existing authority under 256B.064.

Exemption clause (Subd. 7)

• Provides that nothing in the new subdivision changes, supersedes, or broadens the existing authority of the commissioner of human services to impose sanctions under section 256B.064.

Implementation context

• The changes affect how the state enforces compliance and enforces penalties related to Medicaid payments and services.
• They are focused on aligning sanctions and monetary recovery provisions with current statutory structure and updating cross-references among statutes.

Relevant Terms - medical assistance - sanctions - commissioner of human services - Medicaid - monetary recovery - recodify - Minnesota Statutes - 245.095 - 256B.064 - Subdivision (Subd.) - Exemption - Subd. 7