1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to employment; modifying employment and 
  1.3             training data provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.4             1998, section 13.47. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 13.47, is 
  1.7   amended to read: 
  1.8      13.47 [EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING DATA.] 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] (a) "Employment and training 
  1.10  data" means data on individuals collected, maintained, used, or 
  1.11  disseminated because an individual applies for, is currently 
  1.12  enrolled in, or has been enrolled in employment and training 
  1.13  programs funded with federal, state, or local resources, 
  1.14  including those provided under the Workforce Investment Act of 
  1.15  1998, United States Code, title 29, section 2801. 
  1.16     (b) "Employment and training service provider" means an 
  1.17  administrative entity certified, or seeking to be certified, by 
  1.18  the commissioner of economic security to deliver employment and 
  1.19  training services under section 268.0122, subdivision 3, or an 
  1.20  organization that contracts with a certified administrative 
  1.21  entity or the department of economic security to deliver 
  1.22  employment and training services. 
  1.23     (c) "Provider of training services" means an organization 
  1.24  or entity that provides training under the Workforce Investment 
  1.25  Act of 1998, United States Code, title 29, section 2801. 
  2.1      Subd. 2.  [CLASSIFICATION.] Employment and training data 
  2.2   are private data on individuals. 
  2.3      Subd. 3.  [DISSEMINATION.] Employment and training data may 
  2.4   be disseminated by employment and training service providers: 
  2.5      (a) to other employment and training service providers to 
  2.6   coordinate the employment and training services for the data 
  2.7   subject or to determine eligibility or suitability for services 
  2.8   from other programs; 
  2.9      (b) to local and state welfare agencies for monitoring the 
  2.10  eligibility of the participant for assistance programs, or for 
  2.11  any employment or training program administered by those 
  2.12  agencies; and 
  2.13     (c) to the commissioner of economic security. 
  2.14     Subd. 4.  [DATA PREPARATION.] To produce data required to 
  2.15  certify the eligibility of training service providers under 
  2.16  section 268.022, subdivision 3, clause (7), the Workforce 
  2.17  Investment Act of 1998, United States Code, title 29, section 
  2.18  2801, or other studies required by law, the commissioner of 
  2.19  economic security, in consultation with the governor's workforce 
  2.20  development council, may: 
  2.21     (1) enter into a data exchange agreement with a training 
  2.22  service provider whereby the commissioner of economic security 
  2.23  shall furnish to the provider wage information under section 
  2.24  268.044 on individuals who have received training services from 
  2.25  the provider.  The provider shall use this wage information to 
  2.26  prepare summary data determined necessary by the commissioner in 
  2.27  consultation with the governor's workforce development council.  
  2.28  The provider may use this wage information for conducting 
  2.29  studies to improve instruction; or 
  2.30     (2) if there is no agreement under clause (1), require the 
  2.31  training service provider to furnish employment and training 
  2.32  data determined necessary by the commissioner in consultation 
  2.33  with the governor's workforce development council. 
  2.34     Subd. 5.  [SUMMARY DATA.] The commissioner of economic 
  2.35  security shall provide the training service providers, as well 
  2.36  as make available to the public, summary data on the performance 
  3.1   of the training services.