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Senator Michelle Benson

District 31 Serving Anoka, Isanti, and Sherburne Counties

Office: 115 State Office Building, Saint Paul, MN 55155

February 9, 2015

Senator Benson Calls on MNsure Legislative Oversight Committee

to Meet, Perform its Function
(ST. PAUL) In light of the forthcoming MNsure audit by the Office of the Legislative Auditor,
Senator Michelle Benson (R-Ham Lake) called Monday for the MNsure Legislative Oversight
Committee to convene, elect chairs, and begin holding regular meetings.
Sen. Benson sent a letter to members of the MNsure Legislative Oversight Committee urging the
committee to perform its legislative function of oversight and implementation of MNsure operations.
With the new Republican majority in the Minnesota House of Representatives, the makeup of the
MNsure Legislative Oversight Committee has changed. As such, Sen. Benson called on the
committee to respect the new membership by calling regular meetings.
The MNsure Legislative Oversight Committee has been given the authority, per state statute, of
MNsure oversight, and we need to take it seriously, said Sen. Benson. By meeting regularly, we
will be able to provide the intended oversight and will be better able to advise our colleagues on
necessary changes to MNsure. The release of the Office of the Legislative Auditor report is an
opportunity to re-evaluate and set a path forward for the future of MNsure. I believe we owe it to the
citizens of Minnesota to fulfill our obligation of oversight of organizations as large and as costly as
MNsure.
The legislative auditor will release his report on MNsure next week and I am looking forward to the
Committee examining and addressing the findings, Sen. Benson continued.
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