1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; requiring disclosure of employers
1.3 	of applicants for publicly funded health programs;
1.4 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.5 	chapter 62J.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [62J.85] EMPLOYER DISCLOSURE FOR PUBLIC
1.8 	ASSISTANCE HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS.
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Information required under public
1.10 	assistance health care programs. Any applicant applying for
1.11 	health care benefits under medical assistance, general
1.12 	assistance medical care, or MinnesotaCare must identify the
1.13 	employer or employers of the applicant.  In the event the
1.14 	applicant is not employed, the applicant shall identify the
1.15 	employer or employers of any adult who is responsible for
1.16 	providing all or some of the applicant's health care support.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Report. (a) On or before January 1 of each
1.18 	year, beginning January 1, 2006, for the previous fiscal year,
1.19 	the commissioner shall submit to the legislature a report
1.20 	identifying all employers who employ 25 or more public
1.21 	assistance health care program recipients as identified under
1.22 	subdivision 1.  In determining whether the 25-employee threshold
1.23 	is met, the commissioner shall include all public assistance
1.24 	health care program recipients employed by the employer and its
1.25 	subsidiaries at all locations within the state.  The report
2.1 	shall include the following information:
2.2 	(1) the name and address of the employer and, as
2.3 	appropriate, the names and addresses of its subsidiaries that
2.4 	employ public assistance health care program recipients;
2.5 	(2) the number of recipients who are employees of the
2.6 	employer;
2.7 	(3) the number of recipients who are spouses or dependents
2.8 	of employees of the employer;
2.9 	(4) the cost to the state of providing health care benefits
2.10 	for these employers' employees and enrolled dependents.
2.11 	(b) The report shall not include the name of any individual
2.12 	public assistance health care program recipient and shall comply
2.13 	with privacy standards according to the Health Insurance
2.14 	Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191.
2.15 	(c) The commissioner shall make the report available to the
2.16 	public on the Department of Human Services Web site, and shall
2.17 	provide a copy of the report to any member of the public upon
2.18 	request.