Bill Text: MN SF745 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Omnibus data practices bill

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-23 - Secretary of State Chapter 82 [SF745 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-SF745-Engrossed.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to state government; classifying or modifying certain provisions
1.3concerning data practices; requiring informed consent; amending definitions;
1.4allowing disclosure of certain data; allowing access to certain records; making
1.5technical changes; modifying certain provisions regarding transportation and
1.6health data; modifying certain provisions regarding criminal history records,
1.7criminal background checks, and other criminal justice data provisions; clarifying
1.8provisions regarding data on homestead and other tax applications; extending for
1.9six years the sunset provision for the newborn screening advisory committee;
1.10requiring a newborn screening program study; providing for destruction of
1.11data from mileage-based user fee pilot project; repealing the McGruff safe
1.12house program;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 13.37, subdivision
1.131; 13.386, subdivision 3; 13.43, subdivisions 2, 14; 13.4965, subdivision 3;
1.1413.64, subdivision 2; 13.72, subdivision 10, by adding subdivisions; 144.966,
1.15subdivisions 2, 3, 4, by adding a subdivision; 171.07, subdivision 1a; 241.065,
1.16subdivision 4; 268.19, subdivision 1; 273.124, subdivision 13; 273.1315,
1.17subdivisions 1, 2; 290A.25; 299C.11, subdivision 1; 299C.46, subdivisions 1, 2,
1.182a, 3; 299F.035, subdivisions 1, 2; 299F.77; 340A.301, subdivision 2; 340A.402;
1.19611.272; 611A.203, subdivision 4; 626.556, subdivision 7; proposing coding
1.20for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 13; 144; 273; 299C; repealing
1.21Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299A.28.
1.22BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.23    Section 1. [13.356] PERSONAL CONTACT AND ONLINE ACCOUNT
1.24INFORMATION.
1.25(a) The following data on an individual collected, maintained, or received by
1.26a government entity for notification purposes or as part of a subscription list for an
1.27entity's electronic periodic publications as requested by the individual are private data
1.28on individuals:
1.29(1) telephone number;
1.30(2) e-mail address; and
2.1(3) Internet user name, password, Internet protocol address, and any other similar
2.2data related to the individual's online account or access procedures.
2.3(b) Section 13.04, subdivision 2, does not apply to data classified under paragraph (a).
2.4Paragraph (a) does not apply to data submitted by an individual to the Campaign Finance
2.5Board to meet the legal requirements imposed by chapter 10A, to data submitted for
2.6purposes of making a public comment, or to data in a state agency's rulemaking e-mail list.
2.7(c) Data provided under paragraph (a) may only be used for the specific purpose
2.8for which the individual provided the data.
2.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
2.10and applies to data collected, maintained, or received before, on, or after that date.

2.11    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.37, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.12    Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the
2.13meanings given them.
2.14(a) "Security information" means government data the disclosure of which the
2.15responsible authority determines would be likely to substantially jeopardize the security of
2.16information, possessions, individuals or property against theft, tampering, improper use,
2.17attempted escape, illegal disclosure, trespass, or physical injury. "Security information"
2.18includes crime prevention block maps and lists of volunteers who participate in community
2.19crime prevention programs and their home and mailing addresses and, telephone numbers,
2.20e-mail or other digital addresses, Internet communication services accounts information or
2.21similar accounts information, and global positioning system locations.
2.22(b) "Trade secret information" means government data, including a formula, pattern,
2.23compilation, program, device, method, technique or process (1) that was supplied by the
2.24affected individual or organization, (2) that is the subject of efforts by the individual or
2.25organization that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy, and (3)
2.26that derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally
2.27known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can
2.28obtain economic value from its disclosure or use.
2.29(c) "Labor relations information" means management positions on economic and
2.30noneconomic items that have not been presented during the collective bargaining process
2.31or interest arbitration, including information specifically collected or created to prepare
2.32the management position.
2.33(d) "Parking space leasing data" means the following government data on an
2.34applicant for, or lessee of, a parking space: residence address, home telephone number,
3.1beginning and ending work hours, place of employment, work telephone number, and
3.2location of the parking space.

3.3    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.386, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
3.4    Subd. 3. Collection, storage, use, and dissemination of genetic information. (a)
3.5Unless otherwise expressly provided by law, genetic information about an individual:
3.6(1) may be collected by a government entity, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision
3.77a, or any other person only with the written informed consent of the individual;
3.8(2) may be used only for purposes to which the individual has given written
3.9informed consent;
3.10(3) may be stored only for a period of time to which the individual has given written
3.11informed consent; and
3.12(4) may be disseminated only:
3.13(i) with the individual's written informed consent; or
3.14(ii) if necessary in order to accomplish purposes described by clause (2). A consent
3.15to disseminate genetic information under item (i) must be signed and dated. Unless
3.16otherwise provided by law, such a consent is valid for one year or for a lesser period
3.17specified in the consent.
3.18(b) Newborn screening activities conducted under sections 144.125 to 144.128 are
3.19subject to paragraph (a). Other programs and activities governed under section 144.192
3.20are not subject to paragraph (a).
3.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.

3.22    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.43, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.23    Subd. 2. Public data. (a) Except for employees described in subdivision 5 and
3.24subject to the limitations described in subdivision 5a, the following personnel data on
3.25current and former employees, volunteers, and independent contractors of a government
3.26entity is public:
3.27    (1) name; employee identification number, which must not be the employee's Social
3.28Security number; actual gross salary; salary range; terms and conditions of employment
3.29relationship; contract fees; actual gross pension; the value and nature of employer paid
3.30fringe benefits; and the basis for and the amount of any added remuneration, including
3.31expense reimbursement, in addition to salary;
3.32    (2) job title and bargaining unit; job description; education and training background;
3.33and previous work experience;
3.34    (3) date of first and last employment;
4.1    (4) the existence and status of any complaints or charges against the employee,
4.2regardless of whether the complaint or charge resulted in a disciplinary action;
4.3    (5) the final disposition of any disciplinary action together with the specific reasons
4.4for the action and data documenting the basis of the action, excluding data that would
4.5identify confidential sources who are employees of the public body;
4.6    (6) the complete terms of any agreement settling any dispute arising out of an
4.7employment relationship, including a buyout agreement as defined in section 123B.143,
4.8subdivision 2
, paragraph (a); except that the agreement must include specific reasons for
4.9the agreement if it involves the payment of more than $10,000 of public money;
4.10    (7) work location; a work telephone number; badge number; work-related continuing
4.11education; and honors and awards received; and
4.12    (8) payroll time sheets or other comparable data that are only used to account for
4.13employee's work time for payroll purposes, except to the extent that release of time sheet
4.14data would reveal the employee's reasons for the use of sick or other medical leave
4.15or other not public data.
4.16    (b) For purposes of this subdivision, a final disposition occurs when the government
4.17entity makes its final decision about the disciplinary action, regardless of the possibility of
4.18any later proceedings or court proceedings. Final disposition includes a resignation by an
4.19individual when the resignation occurs after the final decision of the government entity,
4.20or arbitrator. In the case of arbitration proceedings arising under collective bargaining
4.21agreements, a final disposition occurs at the conclusion of the arbitration proceedings,
4.22or upon the failure of the employee to elect arbitration within the time provided by the
4.23collective bargaining agreement. A disciplinary action does not become public data if an
4.24arbitrator sustains a grievance and reverses all aspects of any disciplinary action.
4.25    (c) The government entity may display a photograph of a current or former employee
4.26to a prospective witness as part of the government entity's investigation of any complaint
4.27or charge against the employee.
4.28    (d) A complainant has access to a statement provided by the complainant to a
4.29government entity in connection with a complaint or charge against an employee.
4.30    (e) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (5), and subject to paragraph (f), upon
4.31completion of an investigation of a complaint or charge against a public official, or if a
4.32public official resigns or is terminated from employment while the complaint or charge is
4.33pending, all data relating to the complaint or charge are public, unless access to the data
4.34would jeopardize an active investigation or reveal confidential sources. For purposes
4.35of this paragraph, "public official" means:
4.36    (1) the head of a state agency and deputy and assistant state agency heads;
5.1    (2) members of boards or commissions required by law to be appointed by the
5.2governor or other elective officers;
5.3    (3) executive or administrative heads of departments, bureaus, divisions, or
5.4institutions within state government; and
5.5(4) the following employees:
5.6(i) the chief administrative officer, or the individual acting in an equivalent position,
5.7in all political subdivisions;
5.8(ii) individuals required to be identified by a political subdivision pursuant to section
5.9471.701 ;
5.10(iii) in a city with a population of more than 7,500 or a county with a population
5.11of more than 5,000, individuals in a management capacity reporting directly to the chief
5.12administrative officer or the individual acting in an equivalent position: managers; chiefs;
5.13heads or directors of departments, divisions, bureaus, or boards; and any equivalent
5.14position; and
5.15(iv) in a school district,: business managers,; human resource directors, and; athletic
5.16directors whose duties include at least 50 percent of their time spent in administration,
5.17personnel, supervision, and evaluation; chief financial officers; directors; individuals
5.18defined as superintendents, and principals, and directors under Minnesota Rules, part
5.193512.0100; and in a charter school, individuals employed in comparable positions.
5.20(f) Data relating to a complaint or charge against an employee identified under
5.21paragraph (e), clause (4), are public only if:
5.22(1) the complaint or charge results in disciplinary action or the employee resigns or
5.23is terminated from employment while the complaint or charge is pending; or
5.24(2) potential legal claims arising out of the conduct that is the subject of the
5.25complaint or charge are released as part of a settlement agreement with another person.
5.26This paragraph and paragraph (e) do not authorize the release of data that are made
5.27not public under other law.
5.28EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

5.29    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.43, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
5.30    Subd. 14. Maltreatment data. (a) When a report of alleged maltreatment of a
5.31student in a school facility, as defined in section 626.556, subdivision 2, paragraph (f), is
5.32made to the commissioner of education under section 626.556, data that are relevant to a
5.33report of maltreatment and are collected by the school facility about the person alleged to
5.34have committed maltreatment must be provided to the commissioner of education upon
5.35request for purposes of an assessment or investigation of the maltreatment report. Data
6.1received by the commissioner of education pursuant to these assessments or investigations
6.2are classified under section 626.556.
6.3(b) Personnel data may be released for purposes of providing information to a parent,
6.4legal guardian, or custodian of a child under section 626.556, subdivision 7.

6.5    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.4965, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
6.6    Subd. 3. Homestead and other applications. The classification and disclosure
6.7of certain information collected to determine eligibility of property for a homestead or
6.8other classification or benefit are governed by section sections 273.124, subdivision
6.9 subdivisions 13, 13a, 13b, 13c, and 13d; 273.1245; and 273.1315.
6.10EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

6.11    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.64, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
6.12    Subd. 2. Department of Administration. (a) Security features of building
6.13plans, building specifications, and building drawings of state-owned facilities and
6.14non-state-owned facilities leased by the state are classified as nonpublic data when
6.15maintained by the Department of Administration and may be shared with anyone as
6.16needed to perform duties of the commissioner.
6.17(b) Data maintained by the Department of Administration that identify an individual
6.18with a disability or a family member of an individual with a disability related to services
6.19funded by the federal Assistive Technology Act, United States Code, title 29, sections
6.203001 to 3007, for assistive technology device demonstrations, transition training, loans,
6.21reuse, or alternative financing are private data on individuals.

6.22    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.72, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
6.23    Subd. 10. Transportation service data. Personal, medical, financial, familial, or
6.24locational information data pertaining to applicants for or users of services providing
6.25transportation for the disabled or elderly, with the exception of the name of the applicant
6.26or user of the service, are private.
6.27EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

6.28    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.72, is amended by adding a subdivision to
6.29read:
6.30    Subd. 19. Construction manager/general contractor data. (a) When the
6.31Department of Transportation undertakes a construction manager/general contractor
7.1contract, as defined and authorized in sections 161.3207 to 161.3209, the provisions
7.2of this subdivision apply.
7.3(b) When the commissioner of transportation solicits a request for qualifications:
7.4(1) the following data are classified as protected nonpublic:
7.5(i) the statement of qualifications scoring evaluation manual; and
7.6(ii) the statement of qualifications evaluations;
7.7(2) the statement of qualifications submitted by a potential construction
7.8manager/general contractor is classified as nonpublic data; and
7.9(3) identifying information concerning the members of the Technical Review
7.10Committee is classified as private data.
7.11(c) When the commissioner of transportation announces the short list of qualified
7.12construction managers/general contractors, the following data become public:
7.13(1) the statement of qualifications scoring evaluation manual; and
7.14(2) the statement of qualifications evaluations.
7.15(d) When the commissioner of transportation solicits a request for proposals:
7.16(1) the proposal scoring manual is classified as protected nonpublic data; and
7.17(2) the following data are classified as nonpublic data:
7.18(i) the proposals submitted by a potential construction manager/general contractor;
7.19and
7.20(ii) the proposal evaluations.
7.21(e) When the commissioner of transportation has completed the ranking of proposals
7.22and announces the selected construction manager/general contractor, the proposal
7.23evaluation score or rank and proposal evaluations become public data.
7.24(f) When the commissioner of transportation conducts contract negotiations
7.25with a construction manager/general contractor, government data created, collected,
7.26stored, and maintained during those negotiations are nonpublic data until a construction
7.27manager/general contractor contract is fully executed.
7.28(g) When the construction manager/general contractor contract is fully executed or
7.29when the commissioner of transportation decides to use another contract procurement
7.30process, other than the construction manager/general contractor authority, authorized
7.31under section 161.3209, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), all remaining data not already made
7.32public under this subdivision become public.
7.33(h) If the commissioner of transportation rejects all responses to a request for
7.34proposals before a construction manager/general contractor contract is fully executed, all
7.35data, other than that data made public under this subdivision, retains its classification
7.36until a resolicitation of the request for proposals results in a fully executed construction
8.1manager/general contractor contract or a determination is made to abandon the project. If
8.2a resolicitation of proposals does not occur within one year of the announcement of the
8.3request for proposals, the remaining data become public.

8.4    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.72, is amended by adding a subdivision
8.5to read:
8.6    Subd. 20. Transit customer data. (a) Data on applicants, users, and customers
8.7of public transit collected by or through the Metropolitan Council's personalized Web
8.8services or the regional fare collection system are private data on individuals. As used in
8.9this subdivision, the following terms have the meanings given them:
8.10(1) "regional fare collection system" means the fare collection system created and
8.11administered by the council that is used for collecting fares or providing fare cards or
8.12passes for transit services which includes:
8.13(i) regular route bus service within the metropolitan area and paratransit service,
8.14whether provided by the council or by other providers of regional transit service;
8.15(ii) light rail transit service within the metropolitan area;
8.16(iii) rideshare programs administered by the council;
8.17(iv) special transportation services provided under section 473.386; and
8.18(v) commuter rail service;
8.19(2) "personalized Web services" means services for which transit service applicants,
8.20users, and customers must establish a user account; and
8.21(3) "metropolitan area" means the area defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.
8.22(b) The council may disseminate data on user and customer transaction history
8.23and fare card use to government entities, organizations, school districts, educational
8.24institutions, and employers that subsidize or provide fare cards to their clients, students, or
8.25employees. "Data on user and customer transaction history and fare card use" means:
8.26(1) the date a fare card was used;
8.27(2) the time a fare card was used;
8.28(3) the mode of travel;
8.29(4) the type of fare product used; and
8.30(5) information about the date, time, and type of fare product purchased.
8.31Government entities, organizations, school districts, educational institutions, and
8.32employers may use customer transaction history and fare card use data only for purposes
8.33of measuring and promoting fare card use and evaluating the cost-effectiveness of their
8.34fare card programs. If a user or customer requests in writing that the council limit the
9.1disclosure of transaction history and fare card use, the council may disclose only the card
9.2balance and the date a card was last used.
9.3(c) The council may disseminate transit service applicant, user, and customer data
9.4to another government entity to prevent unlawful intrusion into government electronic
9.5systems, or as otherwise provided by law.
9.6EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

9.7    Sec. 11. [144.192] TREATMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS AND
9.8HEALTH DATA HELD BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HEALTH
9.9BOARDS.
9.10    Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
9.11have the meanings given.
9.12(b) "Biological specimen" means tissue, fluids, excretions, or secretions that contain
9.13human DNA originating from an identifiable individual, either living or deceased.
9.14Biological specimen does not include infectious agents or chemicals that are isolated from a
9.15specimen. Nothing in this section or section 13.386 is intended to limit the commissioner's
9.16ability to collect, use, store, or disseminate such isolated infectious agents or chemicals.
9.17(c) "Health data" has the meaning given in section 13.3805, subdivision 1, paragraph
9.18(a), clause (2).
9.19(d) "Health oversight" means oversight of the health care system for activities
9.20authorized by law, limited to the following:
9.21(1) audits;
9.22(2) civil, administrative, or criminal investigations;
9.23(3) inspections;
9.24(4) licensure or disciplinary actions;
9.25(5) civil, administrative, or criminal proceedings or actions; and
9.26(6) other activities necessary for appropriate oversight of the health care system and
9.27persons subject to such governmental regulatory programs for which biological specimens
9.28or health data are necessary for determining compliance with program standards.
9.29(e) "Individual" has the meaning given in section 13.02, subdivision 8. In addition,
9.30for a deceased individual, individual also means the representative of the decedent.
9.31(f) "Person" has the meaning given in section 13.02, subdivision 10.
9.32(g) "Program operations" means actions, testing, and procedures directly related to
9.33the operation of department programs, limited to the following:
9.34(1) diagnostic and confirmatory testing;
9.35(2) laboratory quality control assurance and improvement;
10.1(3) calibration of equipment;
10.2(4) evaluation and improvement of test accuracy;
10.3(5) method development and validation;
10.4(6) compliance with regulatory requirements; and
10.5(7) continuity of operations to ensure that testing continues in the event of an
10.6emergency.
10.7(h) "Public health practice" means actions related to disease, conditions, injuries,
10.8risk factors, or exposures taken to protect public health, limited to the following:
10.9(1) monitoring the health status of a population;
10.10(2) investigating occurrences and outbreaks;
10.11(3) comparing patterns and trends;
10.12(4) implementing prevention and control measures;
10.13(5) conducting program evaluations and making program improvements;
10.14(6) making recommendations concerning health for a population;
10.15(7) preventing or controlling known or suspected diseases and injuries; and
10.16(8) conducting other activities necessary to protect or improve the health of
10.17individuals and populations for which biological specimens or health data are necessary.
10.18(i) "Representative of the decedent" has the meaning given in section 13.10,
10.19subdivision 1, paragraph (c).
10.20(j) "Research" means activities that are not program operations, public health
10.21practice, or health oversight and is otherwise defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title
10.2245, part 46, subpart A, section 46.102(d).
10.23    Subd. 2. Collection, use, storage, and dissemination. (a) The commissioner may
10.24collect, use, store, and disseminate biological specimens and health data, genetic or other,
10.25as provided in this section and as authorized under any other provision of applicable law,
10.26including any rules adopted on or before June 30, 2013. Any rules adopted after June 30,
10.272013, must be consistent with the requirements of this section.
10.28(b) The provisions in this section supplement other provisions of law and do not
10.29supersede or repeal other provisions of law applying to the collection, use, storage, or
10.30dissemination of biological specimens or health data.
10.31(c) For purposes of this section, genetic information is limited to biological
10.32specimens and health data.
10.33    Subd. 3. Biological specimens and health data for program operations, public
10.34health practice, and health oversight. (a) The commissioner may collect, use, store, and
10.35disseminate biological specimens and health data to conduct program operations activities,
11.1public health practice activities, and health oversight activities. Unless required under
11.2other applicable law, consent of an individual is not required under this subdivision.
11.3(b) With the approval of the commissioner, biological specimens may be
11.4disseminated to establish a diagnosis, to provide treatment, to identify persons at risk of
11.5illness, or to conduct an epidemiologic investigation to control or prevent the spread of
11.6serious disease, or to diminish an imminent threat to the public health.
11.7(c) For purposes of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments proficiency
11.8testing, the commissioner may disseminate de-identified biological specimens to state
11.9public health laboratories that agree, pursuant to contract, not to attempt to re-identify
11.10the biological specimens.
11.11(d) Health data may be disseminated as provided in section 13.3805, subdivision 1,
11.12paragraph (b).
11.13    Subd. 4. Research. The commissioner may collect, use, store, and disseminate
11.14biological specimens and health data to conduct research in a manner that is consistent
11.15with the federal common rule for the protection of human subjects in Code of Federal
11.16Regulations, title 45, part 46.
11.17    Subd. 5. Storage of biological specimens and health data according to storage
11.18schedules. (a) The commissioner shall store health data according to section 138.17.
11.19(b) The commissioner shall store biological specimens according to a specimen
11.20storage schedule. The commissioner shall develop the storage schedule by July 1, 2013,
11.21and post it on the department's Web site.
11.22    Subd. 6. Secure storage of biological specimens. The commissioner shall establish
11.23appropriate security safeguards for the storage of biological specimens, with regard for
11.24the privacy of the individuals from whom the biological specimens originated, and store
11.25the biological specimens accordingly. When a biological specimen is disposed of, it
11.26must be destroyed in a way that prevents determining the identity of the individual from
11.27whom it originated.
11.28    Subd. 7. Applicability to health boards. The provisions of subdivisions 2; 3,
11.29paragraphs (a), (c), and (d); and 4 to 6 pertaining to the commissioner also apply to boards
11.30of health and community health boards organized under chapter 145A. These boards
11.31may also disseminate health data pursuant to section 13.3805, subdivision 1, paragraph
11.32(b), clause (2).
11.33EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.

11.34    Sec. 12. [144.193] INVENTORY OF BIOLOGICAL AND HEALTH DATA.
12.1By February 1, 2014, and annually after that date, the commissioner shall prepare
12.2an inventory of biological specimens, registries, and health data and databases collected
12.3or maintained by the commissioner. In addition to the inventory, the commissioner
12.4shall provide the schedules for storage of health data and biological specimens. The
12.5inventories must be listed in reverse chronological order beginning with the year 2012.
12.6The commissioner shall make the inventory and schedules available on the department's
12.7Web site and submit the inventory and schedules to the chairs and ranking minority
12.8members of the committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over health policy and
12.9data practices issues.

12.10    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144.966, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
12.11    Subd. 2. Newborn Hearing Screening Advisory Committee. (a) The
12.12commissioner of health shall establish a Newborn Hearing Screening Advisory Committee
12.13to advise and assist the Department of Health and the Department of Education in:
12.14    (1) developing protocols and timelines for screening, rescreening, and diagnostic
12.15audiological assessment and early medical, audiological, and educational intervention
12.16services for children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing;
12.17    (2) designing protocols for tracking children from birth through age three that may
12.18have passed newborn screening but are at risk for delayed or late onset of permanent
12.19hearing loss;
12.20    (3) designing a technical assistance program to support facilities implementing the
12.21screening program and facilities conducting rescreening and diagnostic audiological
12.22assessment;
12.23    (4) designing implementation and evaluation of a system of follow-up and tracking;
12.24and
12.25    (5) evaluating program outcomes to increase effectiveness and efficiency and ensure
12.26culturally appropriate services for children with a confirmed hearing loss and their families.
12.27    (b) The commissioner of health shall appoint at least one member from each of the
12.28following groups with no less than two of the members being deaf or hard-of-hearing:
12.29    (1) a representative from a consumer organization representing culturally deaf
12.30persons;
12.31    (2) a parent with a child with hearing loss representing a parent organization;
12.32    (3) a consumer from an organization representing oral communication options;
12.33    (4) a consumer from an organization representing cued speech communication
12.34options;
13.1    (5) an audiologist who has experience in evaluation and intervention of infants
13.2and young children;
13.3    (6) a speech-language pathologist who has experience in evaluation and intervention
13.4of infants and young children;
13.5    (7) two primary care providers who have experience in the care of infants and young
13.6children, one of which shall be a pediatrician;
13.7    (8) a representative from the early hearing detection intervention teams;
13.8    (9) a representative from the Department of Education resource center for the deaf
13.9and hard-of-hearing or the representative's designee;
13.10    (10) a representative of the Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard-of-Hearing
13.11Minnesotans;
13.12    (11) a representative from the Department of Human Services Deaf and
13.13Hard-of-Hearing Services Division;
13.14    (12) one or more of the Part C coordinators from the Department of Education, the
13.15Department of Health, or the Department of Human Services or the department's designees;
13.16    (13) the Department of Health early hearing detection and intervention coordinators;
13.17    (14) two birth hospital representatives from one rural and one urban hospital;
13.18    (15) a pediatric geneticist;
13.19    (16) an otolaryngologist;
13.20    (17) a representative from the Newborn Screening Advisory Committee under
13.21this subdivision; and
13.22    (18) a representative of the Department of Education regional low-incidence
13.23facilitators.
13.24The commissioner must complete the appointments required under this subdivision by
13.25September 1, 2007.
13.26    (c) The Department of Health member shall chair the first meeting of the committee.
13.27At the first meeting, the committee shall elect a chair from its membership. The committee
13.28shall meet at the call of the chair, at least four times a year. The committee shall adopt
13.29written bylaws to govern its activities. The Department of Health shall provide technical
13.30and administrative support services as required by the committee. These services shall
13.31include technical support from individuals qualified to administer infant hearing screening,
13.32rescreening, and diagnostic audiological assessments.
13.33    Members of the committee shall receive no compensation for their service, but
13.34shall be reimbursed as provided in section 15.059 for expenses incurred as a result of
13.35their duties as members of the committee.
14.1(d) By February 15, 2015, and by February 15 of the odd-numbered years after that
14.2date, the commissioner shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the
14.3legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and data privacy on the activities of
14.4the committee that have occurred during the past two years.
14.5    (d) (e) This subdivision expires June 30, 2013 2019.
14.6EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.

14.7    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144.966, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
14.8    Subd. 3. Early hearing detection and intervention programs. All hospitals
14.9shall establish an early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) program. Each EHDI
14.10program shall:
14.11    (1) in advance of any hearing screening testing, provide to the newborn's or infant's
14.12parents or parent information concerning the nature of the screening procedure, applicable
14.13costs of the screening procedure, the potential risks and effects of hearing loss, and the
14.14benefits of early detection and intervention;
14.15    (2) comply with parental consent election as described under section 144.125,
14.16subdivision 3 4
;
14.17    (3) develop policies and procedures for screening and rescreening based on
14.18Department of Health recommendations;
14.19    (4) provide appropriate training and monitoring of individuals responsible for
14.20performing hearing screening tests as recommended by the Department of Health;
14.21    (5) test the newborn's hearing prior to discharge, or, if the newborn is expected to
14.22remain in the hospital for a prolonged period, testing shall be performed prior to three
14.23months of age or when medically feasible;
14.24    (6) develop and implement procedures for documenting the results of all hearing
14.25screening tests;
14.26    (7) inform the newborn's or infant's parents or parent, primary care physician, and
14.27the Department of Health according to recommendations of the Department of Health of
14.28the results of the hearing screening test or rescreening if conducted, or if the newborn or
14.29infant was not successfully tested. The hospital that discharges the newborn or infant to
14.30home is responsible for the screening; and
14.31    (8) collect performance data specified by the Department of Health.
14.32EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.

14.33    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144.966, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
15.1    Subd. 4. Notification and information; data retention and destruction. (a)
15.2Notification to the parents or parent, primary care provider, and the Department of Health
15.3shall occur prior to discharge or no later than ten days following the date of testing.
15.4Notification shall include information recommended by the Department of Health and
15.5information regarding the right of the parent or legal guardian to discontinue storage of the
15.6test results and require destruction under paragraph (d).
15.7    (b) A physician, nurse, midwife, or other health professional attending a birth outside
15.8a hospital or institution shall provide information, orally and in writing, as established by
15.9the Department of Health, to parents regarding places where the parents may have their
15.10infant's hearing screened and the importance of the screening.
15.11    (c) The professional conducting the diagnostic procedure to confirm the hearing loss
15.12must report the results to the parents, primary care provider, and Department of Health
15.13according to the Department of Health recommendations.
15.14(d) The Department of Health may store hearing screening and rescreening test
15.15results for a period of time not to exceed 18 years from the infant's date of birth.
15.16(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (d), a parent or legal guardian may instruct the
15.17Department of Health to discontinue storing hearing screening and rescreening test results
15.18by providing a signed and dated form requesting destruction of the test results. The
15.19Department of Health shall make necessary forms available on the department's Web site.
15.20If a parent or legal guardian instructs the Department of Health to discontinue storing
15.21hearing screening and rescreening test results, the Department of Health shall destroy the
15.22test results within one month of receipt of the instruction or within 25 months after it
15.23received the last test result, whichever is later.

15.24    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144.966, is amended by adding a subdivision
15.25to read:
15.26    Subd. 8. Construction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, nothing in this
15.27section shall be construed as constituting newborn screening activities conducted under
15.28sections 144.125 to 144.128. Data collected by or submitted to the Department of Health
15.29pursuant to this section is not genetic information for purposes of section 13.386.
15.30EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.

15.31    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.07, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
15.32    Subd. 1a. Filing photograph or image; data classification. The department shall
15.33file, or contract to file, all photographs or electronically produced images obtained in the
15.34process of issuing drivers' licenses or Minnesota identification cards. The photographs or
16.1electronically produced images shall be private data pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision
16.212
. Notwithstanding section 13.04, subdivision 3, the department shall not be required
16.3to provide copies of photographs or electronically produced images to data subjects.
16.4The use of the files is restricted:
16.5    (1) to the issuance and control of drivers' licenses;
16.6    (2) to criminal justice agencies, as defined in section 299C.46, subdivision 2, for the
16.7investigation and prosecution of crimes, service of process, enforcement of no contact
16.8orders, location of missing persons, investigation and preparation of cases for criminal,
16.9juvenile, and traffic court, and supervision of offenders;
16.10    (3) to public defenders, as defined in section 611.272, for the investigation and
16.11preparation of cases for criminal, juvenile, and traffic courts; and
16.12    (4) to child support enforcement purposes under section 256.978; and
16.13    (5) to a county medical examiner or coroner as required by section 390.005 as
16.14necessary to fulfill the duties under sections 390.11 and 390.25.

16.15    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 241.065, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
16.16    Subd. 4. Procedures. (a) The Department of Corrections shall adopt procedures
16.17to provide for the orderly collection, entry, retrieval, and deletion of data contained in
16.18the statewide supervision system.
16.19(b) The Department of Corrections shall establish and implement audit requirements
16.20to ensure that authorized users comply with applicable data practices laws governing
16.21access to and use of the data.

16.22    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 268.19, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
16.23    Subdivision 1. Use of data. (a) Except as provided by this section, data gathered
16.24from any person under the administration of the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law
16.25are private data on individuals or nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section
16.2613.02 , subdivisions 9 and 12, and may not be disclosed except according to a district court
16.27order or section 13.05. A subpoena is not considered a district court order. These data
16.28may be disseminated to and used by the following agencies without the consent of the
16.29subject of the data:
16.30    (1) state and federal agencies specifically authorized access to the data by state
16.31or federal law;
16.32    (2) any agency of any other state or any federal agency charged with the
16.33administration of an unemployment insurance program;
17.1    (3) any agency responsible for the maintenance of a system of public employment
17.2offices for the purpose of assisting individuals in obtaining employment;
17.3    (4) the public authority responsible for child support in Minnesota or any other
17.4state in accordance with section 256.978;
17.5    (5) human rights agencies within Minnesota that have enforcement powers;
17.6    (6) the Department of Revenue to the extent necessary for its duties under Minnesota
17.7laws;
17.8    (7) public and private agencies responsible for administering publicly financed
17.9assistance programs for the purpose of monitoring the eligibility of the program's recipients;
17.10    (8) the Department of Labor and Industry and the Division of Insurance Fraud
17.11Prevention in the Department of Commerce for uses consistent with the administration of
17.12their duties under Minnesota law;
17.13    (9) local and state welfare agencies for monitoring the eligibility of the data subject
17.14for assistance programs, or for any employment or training program administered by those
17.15agencies, whether alone, in combination with another welfare agency, or in conjunction
17.16with the department or to monitor and evaluate the statewide Minnesota family investment
17.17program by providing data on recipients and former recipients of food stamps or food
17.18support, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 256K, child care assistance
17.19under chapter 119B, or medical programs under chapter 256B, 256D, or 256L;
17.20    (10) local and state welfare agencies for the purpose of identifying employment,
17.21wages, and other information to assist in the collection of an overpayment debt in an
17.22assistance program;
17.23    (11) local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies for the purpose of ascertaining
17.24the last known address and employment location of an individual who is the subject of
17.25a criminal investigation;
17.26    (12) the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has access to data on
17.27specific individuals and specific employers provided the specific individual or specific
17.28employer is the subject of an investigation by that agency;
17.29    (13) the Department of Health for the purposes of epidemiologic investigations;
17.30    (14) the Department of Corrections for the purpose of case planning for preprobation
17.31and postprobation employment tracking of offenders sentenced to probation and
17.32preconfinement and postconfinement employment tracking of committed offenders for
17.33the purpose of case planning; and
17.34    (15) the state auditor to the extent necessary to conduct audits of job opportunity
17.35building zones as required under section 469.3201.
18.1    (b) Data on individuals and employers that are collected, maintained, or used by
18.2the department in an investigation under section 268.182 are confidential as to data
18.3on individuals and protected nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section
18.413.02 , subdivisions 3 and 13, and must not be disclosed except under statute or district
18.5court order or to a party named in a criminal proceeding, administrative or judicial, for
18.6preparation of a defense.
18.7    (c) Data gathered by the department in the administration of the Minnesota
18.8unemployment insurance program must not be made the subject or the basis for any
18.9suit in any civil proceedings, administrative or judicial, unless the action is initiated by
18.10the department.

18.11    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.124, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
18.12    Subd. 13. Homestead application. (a) A person who meets the homestead
18.13requirements under subdivision 1 must file a homestead application with the county
18.14assessor to initially obtain homestead classification.
18.15    (b) The format and contents of a uniform homestead application shall be prescribed
18.16by the commissioner of revenue. The application must clearly inform the taxpayer that
18.17this application must be signed by all owners who occupy the property or by the qualifying
18.18relative and returned to the county assessor in order for the property to receive homestead
18.19treatment.
18.20    (c) Every property owner applying for homestead classification must furnish to the
18.21county assessor the Social Security number of each occupant who is listed as an owner
18.22of the property on the deed of record, the name and address of each owner who does not
18.23occupy the property, and the name and Social Security number of each owner's spouse who
18.24occupies the property. The application must be signed by each owner who occupies the
18.25property and by each owner's spouse who occupies the property, or, in the case of property
18.26that qualifies as a homestead under subdivision 1, paragraph (c), by the qualifying relative.
18.27    If a property owner occupies a homestead, the property owner's spouse may not
18.28claim another property as a homestead unless the property owner and the property owner's
18.29spouse file with the assessor an affidavit or other proof required by the assessor stating that
18.30the property qualifies as a homestead under subdivision 1, paragraph (e).
18.31    Owners or spouses occupying residences owned by their spouses and previously
18.32occupied with the other spouse, either of whom fail to include the other spouse's name
18.33and Social Security number on the homestead application or provide the affidavits or
18.34other proof requested, will be deemed to have elected to receive only partial homestead
18.35treatment of their residence. The remainder of the residence will be classified as
19.1nonhomestead residential. When an owner or spouse's name and Social Security number
19.2appear on homestead applications for two separate residences and only one application is
19.3signed, the owner or spouse will be deemed to have elected to homestead the residence for
19.4which the application was signed.
19.5    The Social Security numbers, state or federal tax returns or tax return information,
19.6including the federal income tax schedule F required by this section, or affidavits or other
19.7proofs of the property owners and spouses submitted under this or another section to
19.8support a claim for a property tax homestead classification are private data on individuals as
19.9defined by section 13.02, subdivision 12, but, notwithstanding that section, the private data
19.10may be disclosed to the commissioner of revenue, or, for purposes of proceeding under the
19.11Revenue Recapture Act to recover personal property taxes owing, to the county treasurer.
19.12    (d) If residential real estate is occupied and used for purposes of a homestead by a
19.13relative of the owner and qualifies for a homestead under subdivision 1, paragraph (c), in
19.14order for the property to receive homestead status, a homestead application must be filed
19.15with the assessor. The Social Security number of each relative and spouse of a relative
19.16occupying the property shall be required on the homestead application filed under this
19.17subdivision. If a different relative of the owner subsequently occupies the property, the
19.18owner of the property must notify the assessor within 30 days of the change in occupancy.
19.19The Social Security number of a relative or relative's spouse occupying the property
19.20is private data on individuals as defined by section 13.02, subdivision 12, but may be
19.21disclosed to the commissioner of revenue, or, for the purposes of proceeding under the
19.22Revenue Recapture Act to recover personal property taxes owing, to the county treasurer.
19.23    (e) The homestead application shall also notify the property owners that the
19.24application filed under this section will not be mailed annually and that if the property
19.25is granted homestead status for any assessment year, that same property shall remain
19.26classified as homestead until the property is sold or transferred to another person, or
19.27the owners, the spouse of the owner, or the relatives no longer use the property as their
19.28homestead. Upon the sale or transfer of the homestead property, a certificate of value must
19.29be timely filed with the county auditor as provided under section 272.115. Failure to
19.30notify the assessor within 30 days that the property has been sold, transferred, or that the
19.31owner, the spouse of the owner, or the relative is no longer occupying the property as a
19.32homestead, shall result in the penalty provided under this subdivision and the property
19.33will lose its current homestead status.
19.34    (f) If the homestead application is not returned within 30 days, the county will send a
19.35second application to the present owners of record. The notice of proposed property taxes
19.36prepared under section 275.065, subdivision 3, shall reflect the property's classification. If
20.1a homestead application has not been filed with the county by December 15, the assessor
20.2shall classify the property as nonhomestead for the current assessment year for taxes
20.3payable in the following year, provided that the owner may be entitled to receive the
20.4homestead classification by proper application under section 375.192.
20.5    Subd. 13a. Occupant list. (g) At the request of the commissioner, each county
20.6must give the commissioner a list that includes the name and Social Security number
20.7of each occupant of homestead property who is the property owner, property owner's
20.8spouse, qualifying relative of a property owner, or a spouse of a qualifying relative. The
20.9commissioner shall use the information provided on the lists as appropriate under the law,
20.10including for the detection of improper claims by owners, or relatives of owners, under
20.11chapter 290A.
20.12    Subd. 13b. Improper homestead. (h) (a) If the commissioner finds that a
20.13property owner may be claiming a fraudulent homestead, the commissioner shall notify
20.14the appropriate counties. Within 90 days of the notification, the county assessor shall
20.15investigate to determine if the homestead classification was properly claimed. If the
20.16property owner does not qualify, the county assessor shall notify the county auditor who
20.17will determine the amount of homestead benefits that had been improperly allowed. For the
20.18purpose of this section subdivision, "homestead benefits" means the tax reduction resulting
20.19from the classification as a homestead under section 273.13, the taconite homestead credit
20.20under section 273.135, the residential homestead and agricultural homestead credits under
20.21section 273.1384, and the supplemental homestead credit under section 273.1391.
20.22    The county auditor shall send a notice to the person who owned the affected property
20.23at the time the homestead application related to the improper homestead was filed,
20.24demanding reimbursement of the homestead benefits plus a penalty equal to 100 percent
20.25of the homestead benefits. The person notified may appeal the county's determination
20.26by serving copies of a petition for review with county officials as provided in section
20.27278.01 and filing proof of service as provided in section 278.01 with the Minnesota Tax
20.28Court within 60 days of the date of the notice from the county. Procedurally, the appeal
20.29is governed by the provisions in chapter 271 which apply to the appeal of a property tax
20.30assessment or levy, but without requiring any prepayment of the amount in controversy. If
20.31the amount of homestead benefits and penalty is not paid within 60 days, and if no appeal
20.32has been filed, the county auditor shall certify the amount of taxes and penalty to the county
20.33treasurer. The county treasurer will add interest to the unpaid homestead benefits and
20.34penalty amounts at the rate provided in section 279.03 for real property taxes becoming
20.35delinquent in the calendar year during which the amount remains unpaid. Interest may be
20.36assessed for the period beginning 60 days after demand for payment was made.
21.1    If the person notified is the current owner of the property, the treasurer may add the
21.2total amount of homestead benefits, penalty, interest, and costs to the ad valorem taxes
21.3otherwise payable on the property by including the amounts on the property tax statements
21.4under section 276.04, subdivision 3. The amounts added under this paragraph to the ad
21.5valorem taxes shall include interest accrued through December 31 of the year preceding
21.6the taxes payable year for which the amounts are first added. These amounts, when added
21.7to the property tax statement, become subject to all the laws for the enforcement of real or
21.8personal property taxes for that year, and for any subsequent year.
21.9    If the person notified is not the current owner of the property, the treasurer may
21.10collect the amounts due under the Revenue Recapture Act in chapter 270A, or use any of
21.11the powers granted in sections 277.20 and 277.21 without exclusion, to enforce payment
21.12of the homestead benefits, penalty, interest, and costs, as if those amounts were delinquent
21.13tax obligations of the person who owned the property at the time the application related to
21.14the improperly allowed homestead was filed. The treasurer may relieve a prior owner of
21.15personal liability for the homestead benefits, penalty, interest, and costs, and instead extend
21.16those amounts on the tax lists against the property as provided in this paragraph to the extent
21.17that the current owner agrees in writing. On all demands, billings, property tax statements,
21.18and related correspondence, the county must list and state separately the amounts of
21.19homestead benefits, penalty, interest and costs being demanded, billed or assessed.
21.20    (i) (b) Any amount of homestead benefits recovered by the county from the property
21.21owner shall be distributed to the county, city or town, and school district where the
21.22property is located in the same proportion that each taxing district's levy was to the total
21.23of the three taxing districts' levy for the current year. Any amount recovered attributable
21.24to taconite homestead credit shall be transmitted to the St. Louis County auditor to be
21.25deposited in the taconite property tax relief account. Any amount recovered that is
21.26attributable to supplemental homestead credit is to be transmitted to the commissioner of
21.27revenue for deposit in the general fund of the state treasury. The total amount of penalty
21.28collected must be deposited in the county general fund.
21.29    (j) (c) If a property owner has applied for more than one homestead and the county
21.30assessors cannot determine which property should be classified as homestead, the county
21.31assessors will refer the information to the commissioner. The commissioner shall make
21.32the determination and notify the counties within 60 days.
21.33    Subd. 13c. Property lists. (k) In addition to lists of homestead properties, the
21.34commissioner may ask the counties to furnish lists of all properties and the record owners.
21.35The Social Security numbers and federal identification numbers that are maintained by
21.36a county or city assessor for property tax administration purposes, and that may appear
22.1on the lists retain their classification as private or nonpublic data; but may be viewed,
22.2accessed, and used by the county auditor or treasurer of the same county for the limited
22.3purpose of assisting the commissioner in the preparation of microdata samples under
22.4section 270C.12. The commissioner shall use the information provided on the lists as
22.5appropriate under the law, including for the detection of improper claims by owners, or
22.6relatives of owners, under chapter 290A.
22.7    Subd. 13d. Homestead data. (l) On or before April 30 each year beginning in 2007,
22.8each county must provide the commissioner with the following data for each parcel of
22.9homestead property by electronic means as defined in section 289A.02, subdivision 8:
22.10    (i) (1) the property identification number assigned to the parcel for purposes of
22.11taxes payable in the current year;
22.12    (ii) (2) the name and Social Security number of each occupant of homestead property
22.13who is the property owner, property owner's spouse, qualifying relative of a property
22.14owner, or spouse of a qualifying relative;
22.15    (iii) (3) the classification of the property under section 273.13 for taxes payable
22.16in the current year and in the prior year;
22.17    (iv) (4) an indication of whether the property was classified as a homestead for
22.18taxes payable in the current year because of occupancy by a relative of the owner or
22.19by a spouse of a relative;
22.20    (v) (5) the property taxes payable as defined in section 290A.03, subdivision 13, for
22.21the current year and the prior year;
22.22    (vi) (6) the market value of improvements to the property first assessed for tax
22.23purposes for taxes payable in the current year;
22.24    (vii) (7) the assessor's estimated market value assigned to the property for taxes
22.25payable in the current year and the prior year;
22.26    (viii) (8) the taxable market value assigned to the property for taxes payable in the
22.27current year and the prior year;
22.28    (ix) (9) whether there are delinquent property taxes owing on the homestead;
22.29    (x) (10) the unique taxing district in which the property is located; and
22.30    (xi) (11) such other information as the commissioner decides is necessary.
22.31    The commissioner shall use the information provided on the lists as appropriate
22.32under the law, including for the detection of improper claims by owners, or relatives
22.33of owners, under chapter 290A.
22.34EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

22.35    Sec. 21. [273.1245] CLASSIFICATION OF DATA.
23.1    Subdivision 1. Private or nonpublic data. The following data are private or
23.2nonpublic data as defined in section 13.02, subdivisions 9 and 12, when they are submitted
23.3to a county or local assessor under section 273.124, 273.13, or another section, to support
23.4a claim for the property tax homestead classification under section 273.13, or other
23.5property tax classification or benefit:
23.6(1) Social Security numbers;
23.7(2) copies of state or federal income tax returns; and
23.8(3) state or federal income tax return information, including the federal income
23.9tax schedule F.
23.10    Subd. 2. Disclosure. The assessor shall disclose the data described in subdivision 1
23.11to the commissioner of revenue as provided by law. The assessor shall also disclose all or
23.12portions of the data described in subdivision 1 to the county treasurer solely for the purpose
23.13of proceeding under the Revenue Recapture Act to recover personal property taxes owing.
23.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

23.15    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.1315, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
23.16    Subdivision 1. Class 1b homestead declaration before 2009. Any property owner
23.17seeking classification and assessment of the owner's homestead as class 1b property
23.18pursuant to section 273.13, subdivision 22, paragraph (b), on or before October 1, 2008,
23.19shall file with the commissioner of revenue a 1b homestead declaration, on a form
23.20prescribed by the commissioner. The declaration shall contain the following information:
23.21    (a) (1) the information necessary to verify that on or before June 30 of the filing year,
23.22the property owner or the owner's spouse satisfies the requirements of section 273.13,
23.23subdivision 22
, paragraph (b), for 1b classification; and
23.24    (b) (2) any additional information prescribed by the commissioner.
23.25    The declaration must be filed on or before October 1 to be effective for property
23.26taxes payable during the succeeding calendar year. The declaration and any supplementary
23.27information received from the property owner pursuant to this subdivision shall be subject
23.28to chapter 270B. If approved by the commissioner, the declaration remains in effect until
23.29the property no longer qualifies under section 273.13, subdivision 22, paragraph (b).
23.30Failure to notify the commissioner within 30 days that the property no longer qualifies
23.31under that paragraph because of a sale, change in occupancy, or change in the status
23.32or condition of an occupant shall result in the penalty provided in section 273.124,
23.33subdivision 13
13b, computed on the basis of the class 1b benefits for the property, and
23.34the property shall lose its current class 1b classification.
24.1    The commissioner shall provide to the assessor on or before November 1 a listing
24.2of the parcels of property qualifying for 1b classification.
24.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

24.4    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.1315, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
24.5    Subd. 2. Class 1b homestead declaration 2009 and thereafter. (a) Any property
24.6owner seeking classification and assessment of the owner's homestead as class 1b property
24.7pursuant to section 273.13, subdivision 22, paragraph (b), after October 1, 2008, shall file
24.8with the county assessor a class 1b homestead declaration, on a form prescribed by the
24.9commissioner of revenue. The declaration must contain the following information:
24.10    (1) the information necessary to verify that, on or before June 30 of the filing year,
24.11the property owner or the owner's spouse satisfies the requirements of section 273.13,
24.12subdivision 22, paragraph (b), for class 1b classification; and
24.13    (2) any additional information prescribed by the commissioner.
24.14    (b) The declaration must be filed on or before October 1 to be effective for property
24.15taxes payable during the succeeding calendar year. The Social Security numbers and
24.16income and medical information received from the property owner pursuant to this
24.17subdivision are private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02. If approved by
24.18the assessor, the declaration remains in effect until the property no longer qualifies under
24.19section 273.13, subdivision 22, paragraph (b). Failure to notify the assessor within 30
24.20days that the property no longer qualifies under that paragraph because of a sale, change in
24.21occupancy, or change in the status or condition of an occupant shall result in the penalty
24.22provided in section 273.124, subdivision 13 13b, computed on the basis of the class 1b
24.23benefits for the property, and the property shall lose its current class 1b classification.
24.24EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

24.25    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290A.25, is amended to read:
24.26290A.25 VERIFICATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS.
24.27Annually, the commissioner of revenue shall furnish a list to the county assessor
24.28containing the names and Social Security numbers of persons who have applied for both
24.29homestead classification under section 273.13 and a property tax refund as a renter
24.30under this chapter.
24.31Within 90 days of the notification, the county assessor shall investigate to determine
24.32if the homestead classification was improperly claimed. If the property owner does
24.33not qualify, the county assessor shall notify the county auditor who will determine the
25.1amount of homestead benefits that has been improperly allowed. For the purpose of this
25.2section, "homestead benefits" has the meaning given in section 273.124, subdivision 13,
25.3paragraph (h) 13b. The county auditor shall send a notice to persons who owned the
25.4affected property at the time the homestead application related to the improper homestead
25.5was filed, demanding reimbursement of the homestead benefits plus a penalty equal to
25.6100 percent of the homestead benefits. The person notified may appeal the county's
25.7determination with the Minnesota Tax Court within 60 days of the date of the notice from
25.8the county as provided in section 273.124, subdivision 13, paragraph (h) 13b.
25.9If the amount of homestead benefits and penalty is not paid within 60 days, and if
25.10no appeal has been filed, the county auditor shall certify the amount of taxes and penalty
25.11to the county treasurer. The county treasurer will add interest to the unpaid homestead
25.12benefits and penalty amounts at the rate provided for delinquent personal property taxes
25.13for the period beginning 60 days after demand for payment was made until payment. If
25.14the person notified is the current owner of the property, the treasurer may add the total
25.15amount of benefits, penalty, interest, and costs to the real estate taxes otherwise payable on
25.16the property in the following year. If the person notified is not the current owner of the
25.17property, the treasurer may collect the amounts due under the Revenue Recapture Act in
25.18chapter 270A, or use any of the powers granted in sections 277.20 and 277.21 without
25.19exclusion, to enforce payment of the benefits, penalty, interest, and costs, as if those
25.20amounts were delinquent tax obligations of the person who owned the property at the time
25.21the application related to the improperly allowed homestead was filed. The treasurer may
25.22relieve a prior owner of personal liability for the benefits, penalty, interest, and costs, and
25.23instead extend those amounts on the tax lists against the property for taxes payable in the
25.24following year to the extent that the current owner agrees in writing.
25.25Any amount of homestead benefits recovered by the county from the property owner
25.26shall be distributed to the county, city or town, and school district where the property is
25.27located in the same proportion that each taxing district's levy was to the total of the three
25.28taxing districts' levy for the current year. Any amount recovered attributable to taconite
25.29homestead credit shall be transmitted to the St. Louis County auditor to be deposited in
25.30the taconite property tax relief account. Any amount recovered that is attributable to
25.31supplemental homestead credit is to be transmitted to the commissioner of revenue for
25.32deposit in the general fund of the state treasury. The total amount of penalty collected
25.33must be deposited in the county general fund.
25.34EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

25.35    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299C.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
26.1    Subdivision 1. Identification data other than DNA. (a) Each sheriff and chief of
26.2police shall furnish the bureau, upon such form as the superintendent shall prescribe, with
26.3such finger and thumb prints, photographs, distinctive physical mark identification data,
26.4information on known aliases and street names, and other identification data as may be
26.5requested or required by the superintendent of the bureau, which must be taken under the
26.6provisions of section 299C.10. In addition, sheriffs and chiefs of police shall furnish this
26.7identification data to the bureau for individuals found to have been convicted of a felony,
26.8gross misdemeanor, or targeted misdemeanor, within the ten years immediately preceding
26.9their arrest. When the bureau learns that an individual who is the subject of a background
26.10check has used, or is using, identifying information, including, but not limited to, name
26.11and date of birth, other than those listed on the criminal history, the bureau may add the
26.12new identifying information to the criminal history when supported by fingerprints.
26.13(b) No petition under chapter 609A is required if the person has not been convicted
26.14of any felony or gross misdemeanor, either within or without the state, within the period
26.15of ten years immediately preceding the determination of all pending criminal actions or
26.16proceedings in favor of the arrested person, and either of the following occurred:
26.17(1) all charges were dismissed prior to a determination of probable cause; or
26.18(2) the prosecuting authority declined to file any charges and a grand jury did not
26.19return an indictment.
26.20Where these conditions are met, the bureau or agency shall, upon demand, return to
26.21 destroy the arrested person person's finger and thumb prints, photographs, distinctive
26.22physical mark identification data, information on known aliases and street names, and
26.23other identification data, and all copies and duplicates of them.
26.24(c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), upon the determination of all
26.25pending criminal actions or proceedings in favor of the arrested person, and the granting
26.26of the petition of the arrested person under chapter 609A, the bureau shall seal finger and
26.27thumb prints, photographs, distinctive physical mark identification data, information on
26.28known aliases and street names, and other identification data, and all copies and duplicates
26.29of them if the arrested person has not been convicted of any felony or gross misdemeanor,
26.30either within or without the state, within the period of ten years immediately preceding
26.31such determination.

26.32    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299C.46, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
26.33    Subdivision 1. Establishment; interconnection. The commissioner of public safety
26.34shall establish a criminal justice data communications network which that will enable the
26.35interconnection of the criminal justice agencies within the state provide secure access to
27.1systems and services available from or through the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The
27.2commissioner of public safety is authorized to lease or purchase facilities and equipment
27.3as may be necessary to establish and maintain the data communications network.

27.4    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299C.46, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
27.5    Subd. 2. Criminal justice agency defined. For the purposes of sections 299C.46
27.6to 299C.49, "criminal justice agency" means an agency of the state or an agency of a
27.7political subdivision or the federal government charged with detection, enforcement,
27.8prosecution, adjudication or incarceration in respect to the criminal or traffic laws of this
27.9state. This definition also includes all sites identified and licensed as a detention facility
27.10by the commissioner of corrections under section 241.021 and those federal agencies that
27.11serve part or all of the state from an office located outside the state.

27.12    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299C.46, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
27.13    Subd. 2a. Noncriminal justice agency defined. For the purposes of sections
27.14299C.46 to 299C.49, "noncriminal justice agency" means an agency of a the state or an
27.15agency of a political subdivision of a the state charged with the responsibility of performing
27.16checks of state databases connected to the criminal justice data communications network.

27.17    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299C.46, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
27.18    Subd. 3. Authorized use, fee. (a) The criminal justice data communications
27.19network shall be used exclusively by:
27.20(1) criminal justice agencies in connection with the performance of duties required
27.21by law;
27.22(2) agencies investigating federal security clearances of individuals for assignment
27.23or retention in federal employment with duties related to national security, as required by
27.24Public Law 99-169 United States Code, title 5, section 9101;
27.25(3) other agencies to the extent necessary to provide for protection of the public or
27.26property in an a declared emergency or disaster situation;
27.27(4) noncriminal justice agencies statutorily mandated, by state or national law, to
27.28conduct checks into state databases prior to disbursing licenses or providing benefits;
27.29(5) the public authority responsible for child support enforcement in connection
27.30with the performance of its duties;
27.31(6) the public defender, as provided in section 611.272; and
27.32(7) a county attorney or the attorney general, as the county attorney's designee, for
27.33the purpose of determining whether a petition for the civil commitment of a proposed
28.1patient as a sexual psychopathic personality or as a sexually dangerous person should be
28.2filed, and during the pendency of the commitment proceedings;
28.3(8) an agency of the state or a political subdivision whose access to systems or
28.4services provided from or through the bureau is specifically authorized by federal law
28.5or regulation or state statute; and
28.6(9) a court for access to data as authorized by federal law or regulation or state
28.7statute and related to the disposition of a pending case.
28.8(b) The commissioner of public safety shall establish a monthly network access
28.9charge to be paid by each participating criminal justice agency. The network access
28.10charge shall be a standard fee established for each terminal, computer, or other equipment
28.11directly addressable by the data communications network, as follows: January 1, 1984
28.12to December 31, 1984, $40 connect fee per month; January 1, 1985 and thereafter, $50
28.13connect fee per month.
28.14(c) The commissioner of public safety is authorized to arrange for the connection
28.15of the data communications network with the criminal justice information system of
28.16the federal government, any adjacent state, or Canada country for the secure exchange
28.17of information for any of the purposes authorized in paragraph (a), clauses (1), (2), (3),
28.18(8) and (9).
28.19(d) Prior to establishing a secure connection, a criminal justice agency that is not
28.20part of the Minnesota judicial branch must:
28.21(1) agree to comply with all applicable policies governing access to, submission of
28.22or use of the data and Minnesota law governing the classification of the data;
28.23(2) meet the bureau's security requirements;
28.24(3) agree to pay any required fees; and
28.25(4) conduct fingerprint-based state and national background checks on its employees
28.26and contractors as required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
28.27(e) Prior to establishing a secure connection, a criminal justice agency that is part of
28.28the Minnesota judicial branch must:
28.29(1) agree to comply with all applicable policies governing access to, submission
28.30of, or use of the data and Minnesota law governing the classification of the data to the
28.31extent applicable and with the Rules of Public Access to Records of the Judicial Branch
28.32promulgated by the Minnesota Supreme Court;
28.33(2) meet the bureau's security requirements;
28.34(3) agree to pay any required fees; and
28.35(4) conduct fingerprint-based state and national background checks on its employees
28.36and contractors as required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
29.1(f) Prior to establishing a secure connection, a noncriminal justice agency must:
29.2(1) agree to comply with all applicable policies governing access to, submission of
29.3or use of the data and Minnesota law governing the classification of the data;
29.4(2) meet the bureau's security requirements;
29.5(3) agree to pay any required fees; and
29.6(4) conduct fingerprint-based state and national background checks on its employees
29.7and contractors.
29.8(g) Those noncriminal justice agencies that do not have a secure network connection
29.9yet receive data either retrieved over the secure network by an authorized criminal justice
29.10agency or as a result of a state or federal criminal history records check shall conduct a
29.11background check as provided in paragraph (h) of those individuals who receive and
29.12review the data to determine another individual's eligibility for employment, housing, a
29.13license, or another legal right dependent on a statutorily-mandated background check.
29.14(h) The background check required by paragraph (f) or (g) is accomplished by
29.15submitting a request to the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
29.16that includes a signed, written consent for the Minnesota and national criminal history
29.17records check, fingerprints, and the required fee. The superintendent may exchange
29.18the fingerprints with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of obtaining the
29.19individual's national criminal history record information.
29.20The superintendent shall return the results of the national criminal history records check to
29.21the noncriminal justice agency to determine if the individual is qualified to have access to
29.22state and federal criminal history record information or the secure network. An individual
29.23is disqualified when the state and federal criminal history record information show any of
29.24the disqualifiers that the individual will apply to the records of others.
29.25When the individual is to have access to the secure network, the noncriminal justice
29.26agency shall review the criminal history of each employee or contractor with the Criminal
29.27Justice Information Services systems officer at the bureau, or the officer's designee, to
29.28determine if the employee or contractor qualifies for access to the secure network. The
29.29Criminal Justice Information Services systems officer or the designee shall make the
29.30access determination based on Federal Bureau of Investigation policy and Bureau of
29.31Criminal Apprehension policy.

29.32    Sec. 30. [299C.72] MINNESOTA CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS.
29.33    Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section the following terms have
29.34the meaning given.
30.1(a) "Applicant for employment" means an individual who seeks either county or city
30.2employment or has applied to serve as a volunteer in the county or city.
30.3(b) "Applicant for licensure" means the individual seeks a license issued by the
30.4county or city which is not subject to a federal- or state-mandated background check.
30.5(c) "Authorized law enforcement agency" means the county sheriff for checks
30.6conducted for county purposes, the police department for checks conducted for city
30.7purposes, or the county sheriff for checks conducted for city purposes where there is no
30.8police department.
30.9(d) "Criminal history check" means retrieval of criminal history data via the secure
30.10network described in section 299C.46.
30.11(e) "Criminal history data" means adult convictions and adult open arrests less than
30.12one year old found in the Minnesota computerized criminal history repository.
30.13(f) "Informed consent" has the meaning given in section 13.05, subdivision 4,
30.14paragraph (d).
30.15    Subd. 2. Criminal history check authorized. (a) The criminal history check
30.16authorized by this section shall not be used in place of a statutorily-mandated or authorized
30.17background check.
30.18(b) An authorized law enforcement agency may conduct a criminal history check
30.19of an individual who is an applicant for employment or applicant for licensure. Prior
30.20to conducting the criminal history check, the authorized law enforcement agency must
30.21receive the informed consent of the individual.
30.22(c) The authorized law enforcement agency shall not disseminate criminal history
30.23data and must maintain it securely with the agency's office. The authorized law enforcement
30.24agency can indicate whether the applicant for employment or applicant for licensure has a
30.25criminal history that would prevent hire, acceptance as a volunteer to a hiring authority, or
30.26would prevent the issuance of a license to the department that issues the license.

30.27    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299F.035, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
30.28    Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this
30.29section.
30.30(b) "Minnesota criminal history data" has the meaning given in section 13.87 means
30.31adult convictions and juvenile adjudications.
30.32(c) "Criminal justice agency" has the meaning given in section 299C.46, subdivision
30.332
.
30.34(d) "Fire department" has the meaning given in section 299N.01, subdivision 2.
30.35(e) (d) "Private data" has the meaning given in section 13.02, subdivision 12.

31.1    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299F.035, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
31.2    Subd. 2. Plan for access to data. (a) The superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal
31.3Apprehension, in consultation with the state fire marshal, shall develop and implement
31.4a plan for fire departments to have access to criminal history data A background check
31.5must be conducted on all applicants for employment and may be conducted on current
31.6employees at a fire department. The fire chief must conduct a Minnesota criminal history
31.7record check. For applicants for employment who have lived in Minnesota for less than
31.8five years, or on the request of the fire chief, a national criminal history record check
31.9must also be conducted.
31.10(b) The plan must include:
31.11(1) security procedures to prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of private data; and
31.12(2) a procedure for the hiring or employing authority in each fire department to
31.13fingerprint job applicants or employees, submit requests to the Bureau of Criminal
31.14Apprehension, and obtain state and federal criminal history data reports for a nominal fee.
31.15(b) For a Minnesota criminal history record check, the fire chief must either (i)
31.16submit the signed informed consent of the applicant or employee and the required fee to
31.17the superintendent, or (ii) submit the signed informed consent to the chief of police. The
31.18superintendent or chief must retrieve Minnesota criminal history data and provide the
31.19data to the fire chief for review.
31.20(c) For a national criminal history record check, the fire chief must submit the
31.21signed informed consent and fingerprints of the applicant or employee, and the required
31.22fee, to the superintendent. The superintendent may exchange the fingerprints with the
31.23Federal Bureau of Investigation to obtain the individual's national criminal history record
31.24information. The superintendent must return the results of the national criminal history
31.25record check to the fire chief for the purpose of determining if the applicant is qualified to
31.26be employed or if a current employee is able to retain the employee's position.

31.27    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299F.77, is amended to read:
31.28299F.77 ISSUANCE TO CERTAIN PERSONS PROHIBITED.
31.29    Subdivision 1. Disqualifiers. The following persons shall not be entitled to receive
31.30an explosives license or permit:
31.31(1) a person under the age of 18 years;
31.32(2) a person who has been convicted in this state or elsewhere of a crime of violence,
31.33as defined in section 299F.72, subdivision 1b, unless ten years have elapsed since the
31.34person's civil rights have been restored or the sentence has expired, whichever occurs first,
31.35and during that time the person has not been convicted of any other crime of violence. For
32.1purposes of this section, crime of violence includes crimes in other states or jurisdictions
32.2that would have been crimes of violence if they had been committed in this state;
32.3(3) a person who is or has ever been confined or committed in Minnesota or
32.4elsewhere as a person who is mentally ill, developmentally disabled, or mentally ill and
32.5dangerous to the public, as defined in section 253B.02, to a treatment facility, unless the
32.6person possesses a certificate of a medical doctor or psychiatrist licensed in Minnesota, or
32.7other satisfactory proof, that the person is no longer suffering from this disability;
32.8(4) a person who has been convicted in Minnesota or elsewhere for the unlawful
32.9use, possession, or sale of a controlled substance other than conviction for possession of
32.10a small amount of marijuana, as defined in section 152.01, subdivision 16, or who is or
32.11has ever been hospitalized or committed for treatment for the habitual use of a controlled
32.12substance or marijuana, as defined in sections 152.01 and 152.02, unless the person
32.13possesses a certificate of a medical doctor or psychiatrist licensed in Minnesota, or other
32.14satisfactory proof, that the person has not abused a controlled substance or marijuana
32.15during the previous two years; and
32.16(5) a person who has been confined or committed to a treatment facility in Minnesota
32.17or elsewhere as chemically dependent, as defined in section 253B.02, unless the person
32.18has completed treatment.
32.19    Subd. 2. Background check. (a) For licenses issued by the commissioner under
32.20section 299F.73, the applicant for licensure must provide the commissioner with all of
32.21the information required by Code of Federal Regulations, title 28, section 25.7. The
32.22commissioner shall forward the information to the superintendent of the Bureau of
32.23Criminal Apprehension so that criminal records, histories and warrant information on the
32.24applicant can be retrieved from the Minnesota Crime Information System and the National
32.25Instant Criminal Background Check System, as well as the civil commitment records
32.26maintained by the Department of Human Services. The results must be returned to the
32.27commissioner to determine if the individual applicant is qualified to receive a license.
32.28(b) For permits issued by a county sheriff or chief of police under section 299F.75,
32.29the applicant for a permit must provide the county sheriff or chief of police with all of
32.30the information required by Code of Federal Regulations, title 28, section 25.7. The
32.31county sheriff or chief of police must check, by means of electronic data transfer, criminal
32.32records, histories and warrant information on each applicant through the Minnesota Crime
32.33Information System and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, as well
32.34as the civil commitment records maintained by the Department of Human Services. The
32.35county sheriff or chief of police shall use the results of the query to determine if the
32.36individual applicant is qualified to receive a permit.

33.1    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 340A.301, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
33.2    Subd. 2. Persons eligible. (a) Licenses under this section may be issued only to
33.3a person who:
33.4(1) is of good moral character and repute;
33.5(2) is 21 years of age or older;
33.6(3) has not had a license issued under this chapter revoked within five years of the
33.7date of license application, or to any person who at the time of the violation owns any
33.8interest, whether as a holder of more than five percent of the capital stock of a corporation
33.9licensee, as a partner or otherwise, in the premises or in the business conducted thereon,
33.10or to a corporation, partnership, association, enterprise, business, or firm in which any
33.11such person is in any manner interested; and
33.12(4) has not been convicted within five years of the date of license application of a
33.13felony, or of a willful violation of a federal or state law, or local ordinance governing
33.14the manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession for sale or distribution of alcoholic
33.15beverages. The Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division may require that fingerprints
33.16be taken and may forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
33.17purposes of a criminal history check.
33.18(b) In order to determine if an individual has a felony or willful violation of federal
33.19or state law governing the manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession for sale or
33.20distribution of an alcoholic beverage, the applicant for a license to manufacture or sell
33.21at wholesale must provide the commissioner with their signed, written informed consent
33.22to conduct a background check. The commissioner may query the Minnesota criminal
33.23history repository for records on the applicant. If the commissioner conducts a national
33.24criminal history record check, the commissioner must obtain fingerprints from the
33.25applicant and forward them and the required fee to the superintendent of the Bureau
33.26of Criminal Apprehension. The superintendent may exchange the fingerprints with the
33.27Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of obtaining the applicant's national criminal
33.28history record information. The superintendent shall return the results of the national
33.29criminal history records check to the commissioner for the purpose of determining if the
33.30applicant is qualified to receive a license.

33.31    Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 340A.402, is amended to read:
33.32340A.402 PERSONS ELIGIBLE.
33.33    Subdivision 1. Disqualifiers. No retail license may be issued to:
33.34(1) a person under 21 years of age;
34.1(2) a person who has had an intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor license
34.2revoked within five years of the license application, or to any person who at the time of
34.3the violation owns any interest, whether as a holder of more than five percent of the capital
34.4stock of a corporation licensee, as a partner or otherwise, in the premises or in the business
34.5conducted thereon, or to a corporation, partnership, association, enterprise, business, or
34.6firm in which any such person is in any manner interested;
34.7(3) a person not of good moral character and repute; or
34.8(4) a person who has a direct or indirect interest in a manufacturer, brewer, or
34.9wholesaler.
34.10In addition, no new retail license may be issued to, and the governing body of a
34.11municipality may refuse to renew the license of, a person who, within five years of the
34.12license application, has been convicted of a felony or a willful violation of a federal or
34.13state law or local ordinance governing the manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession
34.14for sale or distribution of an alcoholic beverage. The Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement
34.15Division or licensing authority may require that fingerprints be taken and forwarded to the
34.16Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of a criminal history check.
34.17    Subd. 2. Background check. (a) A retail liquor license may be issued by a city,
34.18a county, or the commissioner. The chief of police is responsible for the background
34.19checks prior to a city issuing a retail liquor license. A county sheriff is responsible for the
34.20background checks prior to the county issuing a retail liquor license and for those cities
34.21that do not have a police department. The commissioner is responsible for the background
34.22checks prior to the state issuing a retail liquor license.
34.23(b) The applicant for a retail license must provide the appropriate authority with
34.24the applicant's signed, written informed consent to conduct a background check. The
34.25appropriate authority is authorized to query the Minnesota criminal history repository for
34.26records on the applicant. If the appropriate authority conducts a national criminal history
34.27records check, the appropriate authority must obtain fingerprints from the applicant
34.28and forward the fingerprints and the required fee to the superintendent of the Bureau
34.29of Criminal Apprehension. The superintendent may exchange the fingerprints with the
34.30Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of obtaining the applicant's national criminal
34.31history record information. The superintendent shall return the results of the national
34.32criminal history records check to the appropriate authority for the purpose of determining
34.33if the applicant is qualified to receive a license.

34.34    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 611.272, is amended to read:
34.35611.272 ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT DATA.
35.1The district public defender, the state public defender, or an attorney working for
35.2a public defense corporation under section 611.216 has access to the criminal justice
35.3data communications network described in section 299C.46, as provided in this section.
35.4Access to data under this section is limited to data necessary to prepare criminal cases in
35.5which the public defender has been appointed as follows:
35.6(1) access to data about witnesses in a criminal case shall be limited to records of
35.7criminal convictions, custody status, custody history, aliases and known monikers, race,
35.8probation status, identity of probation officer, and booking photos; and
35.9(2) access to data regarding the public defender's own client which includes, but
35.10is not limited to, criminal history data under section 13.87; juvenile offender data under
35.11section 299C.095; warrant information data under section 299C.115; incarceration data
35.12under section 299C.14; conditional release data under section 241.065; and diversion
35.13program data under section 299C.46, subdivision 5.
35.14The public defender has access to data under this section, whether accessed via the
35.15integrated search service as defined in section 13.873 or other methods. The public
35.16defender does not have access to law enforcement active investigative data under section
35.1713.82, subdivision 7 ; data protected under section 13.82, subdivision 17; confidential
35.18arrest warrant indices data under section 13.82, subdivision 19; or data systems maintained
35.19by a prosecuting attorney. The public defender has access to the data at no charge, except
35.20for the monthly network access charge under section 299C.46, subdivision 3, paragraph
35.21(b), and a reasonable installation charge for a terminal. Notwithstanding section 13.87,
35.22subdivision 3
; 299C.46, subdivision 3, paragraph (b); 299C.48, or any other law to the
35.23contrary, there shall be no charge to public defenders for Internet access to the criminal
35.24justice data communications network.

35.25    Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 611A.203, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
35.26    Subd. 4. Duties; access to data. (a) The domestic fatality review team shall collect,
35.27review, and analyze death certificates and death data, including investigative reports,
35.28medical and counseling records, victim service records, employment records, child abuse
35.29reports, or other information concerning domestic violence deaths, survivor interviews
35.30and surveys, and other information deemed by the team as necessary and appropriate
35.31concerning the causes and manner of domestic violence deaths.
35.32    (b) The review team has access to the following not public data, as defined in
35.33section 13.02, subdivision 8a, relating to a case being reviewed by the team: inactive
35.34law enforcement investigative data under section 13.82; autopsy records and coroner or
35.35medical examiner investigative data under section 13.83; hospital, public health, or other
36.1medical records of the victim under section 13.384; records under section 13.46, created
36.2by social service agencies that provided services to the victim, the alleged perpetrator, or
36.3another victim who experienced or was threatened with domestic abuse by the perpetrator;
36.4and child maltreatment records under section 626.556, relating to the victim or a family or
36.5household member of the victim. Access to medical records under this paragraph also
36.6includes records governed by sections 144.291 to 144.298. The review team has access to
36.7corrections and detention data as provided in section 13.85.
36.8    (c) As part of any review, the domestic fatality review team may compel the
36.9production of other records by applying to the district court for a subpoena, which will be
36.10effective throughout the state according to the Rules of Civil Procedure.
36.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

36.12    Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 626.556, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
36.13    Subd. 7. Report; information provided to parent. (a) An oral report shall be made
36.14immediately by telephone or otherwise. An oral report made by a person required under
36.15subdivision 3 to report shall be followed within 72 hours, exclusive of weekends and
36.16holidays, by a report in writing to the appropriate police department, the county sheriff, the
36.17agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report, or the local welfare agency,
36.18unless the appropriate agency has informed the reporter that the oral information does
36.19not constitute a report under subdivision 10. The local welfare agency shall determine
36.20if the report is accepted for an assessment or investigation as soon as possible but in no
36.21event longer than 24 hours after the report is received. Any report shall be of sufficient
36.22content to identify the child, any person believed to be responsible for the abuse or neglect
36.23of the child if the person is known, the nature and extent of the abuse or neglect and the
36.24name and address of the reporter. If requested, the local welfare agency or the agency
36.25responsible for assessing or investigating the report shall inform the reporter within ten
36.26days after the report is made, either orally or in writing, whether the report was accepted
36.27for assessment or investigation. Written reports received by a police department or the
36.28county sheriff shall be forwarded immediately to the local welfare agency or the agency
36.29responsible for assessing or investigating the report. The police department or the county
36.30sheriff may keep copies of reports received by them. Copies of written reports received by
36.31a local welfare department or the agency responsible for assessing or investigating the
36.32report shall be forwarded immediately to the local police department or the county sheriff.
36.33(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner of education must inform the
36.34parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the child who is the subject of a report of alleged
36.35maltreatment in a school facility within ten days of receiving the report, either orally or
37.1in writing, whether the commissioner is assessing or investigating the report of alleged
37.2maltreatment.
37.3    (c) Regardless of whether a report is made under this subdivision, as soon as
37.4practicable after a school receives information regarding an incident that may constitute
37.5maltreatment of a child in a school facility, the school shall inform the parent, legal
37.6guardian, or custodian of the child that an incident has occurred that may constitute
37.7maltreatment of the child, when the incident occurred, and the nature of the conduct
37.8that may constitute maltreatment.
37.9    (d) A written copy of a report maintained by personnel of agencies, other than
37.10welfare or law enforcement agencies, which are subject to chapter 13 shall be confidential.
37.11An individual subject of the report may obtain access to the original report as provided
37.12by subdivision 11.

37.13    Sec. 39. NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAM STUDY.
37.14(a) The commissioner of health, in consultation with the medical research and
37.15advocacy groups identified in paragraph (b), shall review the newborn screening programs
37.16in Minnesota Statutes, section 144.125, and evaluate the scientific and medical validity of
37.17a comprehensive and sustainable long-term storage and use plan for the test results under
37.18Minnesota Statutes, section 144.125. The commissioner shall consider the following:
37.19(1) peer-reviewed medical research into the diagnosis and treatment of heritable
37.20and congenital disease;
37.21(2) strategies for education of parents and families about the utility of advancing
37.22new knowledge through research on blood spots and test data made possible by long-term
37.23storage and use;
37.24(3) plans and protocols for clinical and research access to test result data;
37.25(4) minimizing the administrative burden on hospitals and health care providers in
37.26the operation of the newborn screening program;
37.27(5) the adequacy of current law on the standard retention period for test results under
37.28Minnesota Statutes, section 144.125, subdivision 6; and
37.29(6) privacy concerns associated with parental consent options and long-term storage
37.30and use of blood samples and test data.
37.31(b) As part of the evaluation, the commissioner shall consult with medical research
37.32and data privacy experts, including, but not limited to, specialists in metabolic care,
37.33immunology, pediatrics, epidemiology, nutrition, pulmonology, cardiology, endocrinology,
37.34hematology, hearing care, and medical genetics, as well as patient advocacy and data
37.35privacy groups.
38.1(c) By February 1, 2014, the commissioner shall submit a report to the chairs and
38.2ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees and
38.3divisions with primary jurisdiction on health and human services and data privacy on
38.4comprehensive and sustainable long-term storage and usage of the test results.
38.5(d) The commissioner shall conduct the evaluation required under this section within
38.6existing appropriations.
38.7EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.

38.8    Sec. 40. DESTRUCTION OF MILEAGE-BASED USER FEE DATA.
38.9Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 138.17, data classified as not public
38.10pursuant to a temporary classification of the commissioner of administration related to
38.11the mileage-based user fee pilot project established by Laws 2007, chapter 143, article 1,
38.12section 3, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (1), shall be destroyed no later than July 31,
38.132013. This section does not apply to summary data on types of vehicles used and road
38.14usage, provided that the data do not identify participants or contain other characteristics
38.15that could uniquely identify participants.
38.16EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

38.17    Sec. 41. REPEALER.
38.18Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299A.28, is repealed.
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