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HF 1295

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/08/2017 12:42pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

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A bill for an act
relating to health; requiring collection of cancer incidence data on firefighters to
be reported on the cancer surveillance system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016,
section 144.672, subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 144.672, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Rule authority.

The commissioner of health shall collect cancer incidence
information, analyze the information, and conduct special studies designed to determine
the potential public health significance of an increase in cancer incidence.

The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer the system, collect information, and
distribute data. The rules must include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) the type of data to be reportednew text begin including whether an individual is or was a full-time
or volunteer firefighter and the name of the fire department where the individual worked
new text end ;

(2) standards for reporting specific types of data;

(3) payments allowed to hospitals, pathologists, and registry systems to defray their
costs in providing information to the system;

(4) criteria relating to contracts made with outside entities to conduct studies using data
collected by the system. The criteria may include requirements for a written protocol outlining
the purpose and public benefit of the study, the description, methods, and projected results
of the study, peer review by other scientists, the methods and facilities to protect the privacy
of the data, and the qualifications of the researcher proposing to undertake the study; and

(5) specification of fees to be charged under section 13.03, subdivision 3, for all
out-of-pocket expenses for data summaries or specific analyses of data requested by public
and private agencies, organizations, and individuals, and which are not otherwise included
in the commissioner's annual summary reports. Fees collected are appropriated to the
commissioner to offset the cost of providing the data.