Legislative Session number- 86

Bill Name: SF0082

3E "Minnesota False Claims Act"; prohibiting the intentional submission of false
or fraudulent claims for payment or approval to an officer or employee of the
state or a political subdivision, defining claim, imposing a civil penalty and
liability for damages for violation, exceptions; authorizing and providing for
investigation of violations by a prosecuting attorney, defining investigatory
powers of attorney general, providing for private remedies, prohibiting actions
against certain public officials; requiring action by the prosecuting attorney
within a certain number of days following a complaint and disclosure, requiring
complaints to be unsealed following action by the prosecuting attorney, findings
or conclusions of law to be final; providing for the serving of unsealed
complaints and response by the defendant and for certain additional actions to
be taken by the prosecuting attorney; providing for stay of discovery and court
imposed limits on participation of private plaintiffs; imposing a statute of
limitations for actions and providing for certain remedies; prohibiting
employers from imposing policies or rules forbidding employees to disclose
information and from discriminatory acts for disclosure, imposing liability for
damages for violation; specifying the deposit of net proceeds received by the
state as the result of certain actions; establishing a false claims account in a
special revenue fund of the state treasury
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