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Attorney General Keith Ellison requests $7.9 million ongoing to bolster prosecutions and Medicaid fraud unit; highlights antitrust and consumer settlements
Summary
Attorney General Keith Ellison briefed the committee on the office's recent enforcement results and budget request, highlighting multiyear settlements, returned consumer funds, and a request for ongoing operating increases and staff to strengthen Medicaid fraud investigations.
Attorney General Keith Ellison told the Senate Committee on State and Local Government on Feb. 18 that his office has generated substantial recoveries for the state and consumers and is seeking increased funding to sustain enforcement work and expand capacity for Medicaid fraud prosecutions.
Ellison described the attorney general’s statutory duties and said his office has returned significant money to the state and Minnesotans in recent years, including settlements with opioid manufacturers, tobacco litigation proceeds and recoveries tied to utility and consumer cases. He said the office…
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