1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; requiring report of employers of applicants for publicly funded 
1.3 	health programs.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1.  MINNESOTA HEALTH CARE REPORT.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions 
1.7 	apply.
1.8 	(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of human services.
1.9 	(c) "Minnesota health care program" means medical assistance under Minnesota 
1.10 	Statutes, chapter 256B, general assistance medical care under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.11 	256D.03, and MinnesotaCare under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256L.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Report. (a) By January 15, 2008, for the previous fiscal year, the 
1.13 	commissioner shall submit to the legislature a report identifying all employers that employ 
1.14 	50 or more employees who are Minnesota health care program enrollees. In determining 
1.15 	whether the 50-employee threshold is met, the commissioner shall include all employees 
1.16 	employed by an employer and its subsidiaries at all locations within the state. The report 
1.17 	shall include the following information:
1.18 	(1) the name of the employer and, as appropriate, the names of its subsidiaries that 
1.19 	employ Minnesota health care program enrollees;
1.20 	(2) the number of Minnesota health care program enrollees who are employees of 
1.21 	the employer, and if known, whether the enrollees work full-time or part-time;
1.22 	(3) the number of Minnesota health care program enrollees who are spouses or 
1.23 	dependents of employees of the employer; and 
2.1 	(4) the cost to the state of providing health care benefits for these employers' 
2.2 	employees and enrolled dependents.
2.3 	(b) In preparing and publishing the report, the commissioner shall take reasonable 
2.4 	precautions to protect the identity of Minnesota health care program enrollees:
2.5 	(1) the report shall include only nonindividually identifiable summary data as 
2.6 	defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 13.02, subdivision 19;
2.7 	(2) the commissioner shall employ generally accepted statistical and scientific 
2.8 	principles and methods for rendering information as not individually identifiable; and
2.9 	(3) the commissioner shall comply with all other applicable privacy and security 
2.10 	provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 
2.11 	104-191, and its corresponding regulations, Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, sections 
2.12 	160, 162, and 164; Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13; Minnesota Statutes, section 144.355; 
2.13 	and any other applicable state and federal law.
2.14 	(c) The commissioner shall make the report available to the public on the Department 
2.15 	of Human Services' Web site, and shall provide a copy of the report to any member of 
2.16 	the public upon request.