<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>to the definition of patient;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144.291, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144.291, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of sections 
         <statute_ref>144.291</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>144.298</statute_ref>, the following <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>terms have the meanings given.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>    (a) "Group purchaser" has the meaning given in section 
         <statute_ref>62J.03</statute_ref>, subdivision 6.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>    (b) "Health information exchange" means a legal arrangement between health care <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>providers and group purchasers to enable and oversee the business and legal issues <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>involved in the electronic exchange of health records between the entities for the delivery <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>of patient care.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>    (c) "Health record" means any information, whether oral or recorded in any form or <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>medium, that relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>a patient; the provision of health care to a patient; or the past, present, or future payment <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>for the provision of health care to a patient.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>    (d) "Identifying information" means the patient's name, address, date of birth, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>gender, parent's or guardian's name regardless of the age of the patient, and other <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>nonclinical data which can be used to uniquely identify a patient.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>    (e) "Individually identifiable form" means a form in which the patient is or can be <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>identified as the subject of the health records.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>    (f) "Medical emergency" means medically necessary care which is immediately <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>needed to preserve life, prevent serious impairment to bodily functions, organs, or parts, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>or prevent placing the physical or mental health of the patient in serious jeopardy.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>    (g) "Patient" means a natural person who has received health care services from a <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>provider for treatment or examination of a medical, psychiatric, or mental condition, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>the surviving spouse, surviving adult children, and parents of a deceased patient, or a <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>person the patient appoints in writing as a representative, including a health care agent <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>acting according to chapter 145C, unless the authority of the agent has been limited by the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>principal in the principal's health care directive. Except for minors who have received <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>health care services under sections 
         <statute_ref>144.341</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>144.347</statute_ref>, in the case of a minor, patient <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>includes a parent or guardian, or a person acting as a parent or guardian in the absence <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>of a parent or guardian.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>    (h) "Provider" means: <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>    (1) any person who furnishes health care services and is regulated to furnish the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>services under chapter 147, 147A, 147B, 147C, 147D, 148, 148B, 148C, 148D, 150A, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>151, 153, or 153A; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>    (2) a home care provider licensed under section 
         <statute_ref>144A.46</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>    (3) a health care facility licensed under this chapter or chapter 144A; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>    (4) a physician assistant registered under chapter 147A; and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>    (5) an unlicensed mental health practitioner regulated under sections 
         <statute_ref>148B.60</statute_ref> to <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>148B.71
         </statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>    (i) "Record locator service" means an electronic index of patient identifying <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>information that directs providers in a health information exchange to the location of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>patient health records held by providers and group purchasers.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>    (j) "Related health care entity" means an affiliate, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>144.6521, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (b), of the provider releasing the health records.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>