Continued submission of a report to the legislature on the use of periodic data matching in medical assistance required.

A bill for an act

relating to human services; requiring continued submission of a report to the

legislature on the use of periodic data matching in medical assistance; amending

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0561, subdivision 4.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0561, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Report.

(a) By September 1
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, 2019, and
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of
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each
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September 1 thereafter
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year
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,

the commissioner shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the

house and senate committees with jurisdiction over human services finance that includes

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, and the number

of recipients whose eligibility was terminated as a result of a periodic data match. The report

must also specify, for recipients whose eligibility was terminated, how many cases were

closed due to failure to cooperate.

(b)
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This subdivision expires January 1, 2027
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Notwithstanding section 256.01, subdivision

42, this subdivision does not expire
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.