Departments of Human Services and Children, Youth, and Families required to provide a report to the legislature on program integrity.

A bill for an act

relating to human services; requiring the Departments of Human Services and

Children, Youth, and Families to provide a report to the legislature on program

integrity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142A.03, by adding a

subdivision; 256.01, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision

to read:

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Subd. 36.

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Program integrity report.

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Beginning November 30, 2026, and annually

thereafter, the commissioner must provide a report to the chairs and ranking minority

members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over children, youth, and families

on program integrity functions within the Department of Children, Youth, and Families.

The report must include:

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(1) an update from the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Children, Youth,

and Families with historical metrics and descriptive data, including the office's capacity to

meet licensing demands and data for the past five years on the number of maltreatment

reports and licensing complaints received, the results of maltreatment investigations, the

number of licenses issued for each provider type, the number of licensing investigations

and reviews completed, and the number of correction orders issued; and

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(2) an update from the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Children, Youth,

and Families that generally includes caseload, site visit data, the number of child care

assistance program investigations and administrative reviews within the past five years,

recipient fraud investigation results involving multiple benefits from the past five years,

and updates on major fraud investigations.

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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to

read:

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Subd. 45.

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Program integrity report.

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Beginning November 30, 2026, and annually

thereafter, the commissioner must provide a report to the chairs and ranking minority

members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over human services on program

integrity functions within the Department of Human Services. The report must include:

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(1) an update from the Background Studies Division within the Office of Inspector

General at the Department of Human Services with historical metrics and descriptive data

on background studies and licensure, including the number of background studies completed

within the past five years and the number of disqualifications that occurred;

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(2) an update from the Licensing Division within the Office of Inspector General at the

Department of Human Services with historical metrics and descriptive data, including the

division's capacity to meet licensing demands and data for the past five years on the number

of maltreatment reports and licensing complaints received, the results of maltreatment

investigations, the number of licenses issued for each provider type, the number of licensing

investigations and reviews completed, and the number of correction orders issued; and

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(3) an update from the Financial Fraud and Abuse Investigations Division within the

Office of Inspector General at the Department of Human Services that generally includes

caseload, screening and site visit data, the number of provider medical assistance managed

care investigations within the past five years, the number of screening investigations within

the past five years, and updates on major fraud investigations.

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