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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