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609.542

Statute ID: 20374

Illegal remunerations

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Statute Number:

609.542

Enactment Date:

May 23, 2025

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2025

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Illegal remunerations

Statute ID:

20374

Created:

Jul 30, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jul 30, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

New C38 Art5 Sect32

Summary Text:

Illegal remunerations

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/542.html

Legislative Session:

2025 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 30, 2025

Subd. 2.
(a) A person who intentionally solicits or receives money, a discount, a credit, a waiver, a rebate, a good, a service, employment, or anything else of value in return for doing any of the following is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 4:

(1) referring an individual to a person for the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing of any item or service for which payment may be made in whole or in part under a federal health care program, behavioral health program under chapter 254B, or program under chapter 142E;

(2) purchasing, leasing, ordering, or arranging for or recommending purchasing, leasing, or ordering any good, facility, service, or item for which payment may be made in whole or in part under a federal health care program, behavioral health program under chapter 254B, or program under chapter 142E; or

(3) applying for or receiving any item or service for which payment may be made in whole or in part under a federal health care program, behavioral health program under chapter 254B, or program under chapter 142E.

(b) A person who intentionally offers or provides money, a discount, a credit, a waiver, a rebate, a good, a service, employment, or anything else of value to induce a person to do any of the following is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 4:

(1) refer an individual to a person for the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing of any item or service for which payment may be made in whole or in part under a federal health care program, behavioral health program under chapter 254B, or program under chapter 142E;

(2) purchase, lease, order, or arrange for or recommend purchasing, leasing, or ordering any good, facility, service, or item for which payment may be made in whole or in part under a federal health care program, behavioral health program under chapter 254B, or program under chapter 142E; or

(3) apply for or receive any item or service for which payment may be made in whole or in part under a federal health care program, behavioral health program under chapter 254B, or program under chapter 142E.

Subd. 4.
An individual who violates subdivision 2 may be sentenced as follows:

(1) imprisonment of not more than 20 years or payment of a fine of not more than $100,000, or both, if the value of any money, discount, credit, waiver, rebate, good, service, employment, or other thing of value solicited, received, offered, or provided exceeds $35,000;

(2) imprisonment of not more than ten years or payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both, if the value of any money, discount, credit, waiver, rebate, good, service, employment, or other item of value solicited, received, offered, or provided is more than $5,000 but not more than $35,000; or

(3) imprisonment for not more than five years or payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both, if the value of any money, discount, credit, waiver, rebate, good, service, employment, or other item of value solicited, received, offered, or provided is not more than $5,000.

Subd. 5.
In a prosecution under this section, the value of any money, discount, credit, waiver, rebate, good, service, employment, or other item of value solicited, received, offered, or provided within a six-month period may be aggregated and the defendant charged accordingly. When two or more offenses are committed by the same person in two or more counties, the accused may be prosecuted in any county in which one of the offenses was committed for all of the offenses aggregated under this subdivision.