ST. PAUL — The Minnesota House on Thursday, May 7, passed bipartisan legislation to create an independent office of inspector general to oversee the state’s public dollars and investigate allegations of fraud.
People have been convicted of bilking hundreds of millions of dollars from state-supervised safety net programs, and the widespread theft has garnered national attention, including from the Trump administration, which has deferred millions of Medicaid dollars because of fraud concerns. With the midterm elections coming in November, Republicans see the issue as one of their best to run on, while Democrats are anxious to show they’re taking action to combat the theft of public money.
The office of inspector general bill (SF 856) is a marquee fraud-prevention bill this legislative session, which ends on May 17 at 11:59 p.m. Other fraud measures being considered this session include…
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