HF4101

Purpose

This bill requires ongoing reporting to the Minnesota Legislature about how periodic data matching is used in the Medical Assistance program. The goal is to provide lawmakers with regular information on how many cases are affected, how many recipients might be ineligible because of data matches, and how many recipients have their eligibility terminated as a result.

Main Provisions

• Amends Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 256B.0561 subdivision 4 to require annual reporting.
• The report must be submitted by September 1 of each year to the chairs and ranking minority members of the House and Senate committees with jurisdiction over human services finance.
• The report must include:
  • The number of cases affected by periodic data matching under this section.
  • The number of recipients identified as possibly ineligible as a result of a periodic data match.
  • The number of recipients whose eligibility was terminated as a result of a periodic data match.
  • For recipients whose eligibility was terminated, how many cases were closed due to failure to cooperate.
• The reporting requirement begins by September 1, 2019, and continues annually on September 1 thereafter.
• Subdivision 4 is given an expiration clause, stating it would expire January 1, 2027, but a separate provision says, notwithstanding normal expiration rules, this subdivision does not expire.

How it changes existing law

• Adds a formal, ongoing reporting requirement tied to the use of periodic data matching in the Medical Assistance program.
• Specifies exact data points to be included in the annual report, improving transparency and oversight.
• Maintains the current statutory framework for reporting but extends the mechanism and data tracked, with a sunset provision that is overridden to keep the requirement in place.

Sunset / Expiration

• The subdivision would ordinarily expire January 1, 2027.
• However, the bill includes language that, notwithstanding general expiration rules, this subdivision does not expire, effectively continuing the reporting requirement beyond that date.

Additional notes

• The bill is focused on administrative reporting and oversight rather than changing how periodic data matching is conducted or how eligibility is determined.

Relevant Terms - periodic data matching - Medical Assistance - Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 256B.0561 subdivision 4 - report to the chairs and ranking minority members - houses and senate committees with jurisdiction over human services finance - number of cases affected - possibly ineligible - eligibility terminated - failure to cooperate - September 1 reporting deadline - expiration / sunset clause - subdivision 4