HF 3630

1st Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 03/22/2010 10:18am

A bill for an act
relating to eliminating health disparities and promoting health equity; requiring
the commissioner of health to develop new categories for collecting granular data
that accurately captures race, ethnicity, primary language, and socioeconomic
status, and to develop a process for standardizing the collection, organization,
and reporting of such data across all health and social determinants data sets.

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

Section 1. new text begin DATA COLLECTION ON HEALTH DISPARITIES.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Inventory. new text end

new text begin The commissioners of health and human services shall
conduct an inventory on the health-related data collected by each respective department
including, but not limited to, health care programs and activities, vital statistics, disease
surveillance registries and screenings, social determinants of health, and health outcome
measurements.
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new text begin The inventory must review the categories of data that are collected, describe the
methods of collecting, organizing, and reporting data relating to race, ethnicity, country of
origin, primary language, tribal enrollment status, and socioeconomic status, and specify
whether the data being collected in these categories is currently required.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Review. new text end

new text begin (a) Upon completion of the inventory in subdivision 1, the
commissioners of health and human services shall consult with representatives of culturally
based community groups, community health boards, tribal governments, hospitals, and
health plan companies to review the compiled inventory and make recommendations on:
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new text begin (1) how to improve data collection and reporting to better identify and describe
health disparities for particular communities through the collection of additional types and
categories of more granular data;
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new text begin (2) how to make data in the categories identified in subdivision 1 more accessible to
community groups, researchers, and to the legislature; and
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new text begin (3) other ways to improve data collection efforts in order to ensure the collection of
high-quality, reliable granular data in clauses (1) and (2) that will ensure accurate research,
establish measurable program outcomes, guide planning and development of programs and
activities to eliminate health disparities, and facilitate informed public policy decisions.
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new text begin (b) In making recommendations, the commissioners shall consider national and state
standardized data classification systems and federal or state requirements for collection of
data based on predetermined classification systems that may impact data collection efforts.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Report. new text end

new text begin By January 15, 2011, the commissioners of health and human
services shall submit to the legislature the inventory compiled in subdivision 1 and the
recommendations developed in subdivision 2. The report must include a proposed work
plan, implementation schedule, and cost estimate for implementing improvements to
data collection and reporting systems by incorporating more granular categories of data
relating to race, ethnicity, country of origin, primary language, tribal enrollment status,
and socioeconomic status, and making data and reports more accessible to community
groups in usable formats.
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