1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; excluding certain providers from electronic health records 
1.3 	requirement;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62J.495, subdivision 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62J.495, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subdivision 1.Implementation. By January 1, 2015, all hospitals and health care 
1.7 	providers, as defined in section 62J.03, subdivision 8, must have in place an interoperable 
1.8 	electronic health records system within their hospital system or clinical practice setting. 
1.9 	The commissioner of health, in consultation with the e-Health Advisory Committee, 
1.10 	shall develop a statewide plan to meet this goal, including uniform standards to be used 
1.11 	for the interoperable system for sharing and synchronizing patient data across systems. 
1.12 	The standards must be compatible with federal efforts. The uniform standards must be 
1.13 	developed by January 1, 2009, and updated on an ongoing basis. The commissioner shall 
1.14 	include an update on standards development as part of an annual report to the legislature.
1.15 	Individual health care providers in private practice with no other providers and health care 
1.16 	providers that do not accept reimbursement from a group purchaser, as defined in section 
1.17 	62J.03, subdivision 6, are excluded from the requirements of this section.