HF 1588

1st Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to state employees; establishing a pilot project to provide employees
with electronic health records; appropriating money.

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

Section 1. new text begin STATE EMPLOYEES ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS PILOT
PROJECT.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Project established. new text end

new text begin The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Board of Trustees (MnSCU), in collaboration with the commissioner of employee relations
shall establish an enterprise-wide pilot project to provide consumer-owned electronic
personal health records to MnSCU employees and all participants in the state employee
group insurance program. If the Department of Employee Relations is abolished, then the
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees shall work in collaboration
with the commissioner of the department responsible for administration of the state
employee group insurance program.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Project goals. new text end

new text begin The goal of the project is to provide consumer-owned
electronic personal health records that are portable among health care providers, health
plan companies, and employers in order to control costs, improve quality, and enhance
safety, and to demonstrate the feasibility of a statewide health information exchange.
The pilot project shall coordinate to the extent possible with other health information
consumer engagement initiatives in Minnesota designed to support the goal of statewide
health information exchange. The electronic personal health records may provide, but
are not limited to, the following:
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new text begin (1) access to electronic medical records;
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new text begin (2) prescription and appointment information;
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new text begin (3) information regarding health education, public health, and health cost
management; and
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new text begin (4) privacy, security, and compliance with HIPAA; Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13;
Minnesota Statutes, section 144.335; and other state law related to data privacy.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $ 5,000,000 is appropriated to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board
of Trustees to support the use of the system's electronic portfolio system to provide
personal health records for MnSCU employees and all participants in the state employee
group insurance program. Of this amount, $250,000 is for the University of Minnesota
Department of Health Informatics to evaluate the use and impact of personal health records
on these employees. The appropriation is available for the biennium ending June 30, 2009.
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