1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; making technical changes; eliminating or modernizing 
1.3 	antiquated, unnecessary, and obsolete provisions;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2012, sections 62J.50, subdivisions 1, 2; 62J.51; 62J.52, as amended; 62J.53; 
1.5 	62J.535; 62J.536, subdivision 2; 62J.54, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 62J.56, subdivisions 
1.6 	1, 2, 3; 62J.581, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 62J.61, subdivision 1; 122A.40, subdivision 
1.7 	12; 122A.41, subdivision 6; 144.12, subdivision 1; 154.25; 626.557, subdivision 
1.8 	12b; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 62J.322; 62J.59; 144.011, 
1.9 	subdivision 2; 144.0506; 144.071; 144.072; 144.076; 144.146, subdivision 1; 
1.10 	144.1475; 144.443; 144.444; 144.45; 145.132; 145.97; 145.98, subdivisions 1, 3.
1.11 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.12 	ARTICLE 1
1.13 	HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION ACT

1.14 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.50, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.15 		Subdivision 1.Citation. Sections 62J.50 to 62J.61 may be cited as the Minnesota 
1.16 	Health Care Administrative Simplification Act of 1994.

1.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.50, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.18 		Subd. 2.Purpose. The legislature finds that significant savings throughout the health 
1.19 	care industry can be accomplished by implementing a set of administrative standards and 
1.20 	simplified procedures and by setting forward a plan toward the use of electronic methods 
1.21 	of data interchange. The legislature finds that initial steps have been taken at the national 
1.22 	level by the federal Health Care Financing Administration, now known as the Centers for 
1.23 	Medicare and Medicaid Services, in its implementation of nationally accepted electronic 
1.24 	transaction sets for its Medicare program. The legislature further recognizes the work done 
1.25 	by the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange and the American National Standards 
2.1 	Institute and its accredited standards committee X12, at the national level, and the 
2.2 	Minnesota Administrative Uniformity Committee, a statewide, voluntary, public-private 
2.3 	group representing payers, hospitals, state programs, physicians, and other health care 
2.4 	providers in their work toward administrative simplification in the health care industry.

2.5 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.51, is amended to read:
2.6 	62J.51 DEFINITIONS.
2.7 		Subdivision 1.Scope. For purposes of sections 62J.50 to 62J.61, the following 
2.8 	definitions apply.
2.9 		Subd. 2.ANSI. "ANSI" means the American National Standards Institute.
2.10 		Subd. 3.ASC X12. "ASC X12" means the American National Standards Institute 
2.11 	committee X12.
2.12 		Subd. 3a.Card issuer. "Card issuer" means the group purchaser who is responsible 
2.13 	for printing and distributing identification cards to members or insureds.
2.14 		Subd. 4.Category I industry participants. "Category I industry participants" 
2.15 	means the following: group purchasers, providers, and other health care organizations 
2.16 	doing business in Minnesota including public and private payers; hospitals; claims 
2.17 	clearinghouses; third-party administrators; billing service bureaus; value added networks; 
2.18 	self-insured plans and employers with more than 100 employees; clinic laboratories; 
2.19 	durable medical equipment suppliers with a volume of at least 50,000 claims or encounters 
2.20 	per year; and group practices with 20 or more physicians.
2.21 		Subd. 5.Category II industry participants. "Category II industry participants" 
2.22 	means all group purchasers and providers doing business in Minnesota not classified as 
2.23 	category I industry participants.
2.24 		Subd. 6.Claim payment/advice transaction set (ANSI ASC X12 835). "Claim 
2.25 	payment/advice transaction set (ANSI ASC X12 835)" means the electronic transaction 
2.26 	format developed and approved for implementation in October 1991, and used for 
2.27 	electronic remittance advice and electronic funds transfer as adopted under Code of 
2.28 	Federal Regulations, title 45, part 162, subpart P, and any future revisions of the subpart.
2.29 		Subd. 6a.Claim status transaction set (ANSI ASC X12 276/277). "Claim status 
2.30 	transaction set (ANSI ASC X12 276/277)" means the electronic transaction format 
2.31 	developed and approved for implementation in December 1993 and used by providers to 
2.32 	request and receive information on the status of a health care claim or encounter that has 
2.33 	been submitted to a group purchaser as adopted under Code of Federal Regulations, title 
2.34 	45, part 162, subpart N, and any future revisions of the subpart.
3.1 		Subd. 6b.Claim submission address. "Claim submission address" means the 
3.2 	address to which the group purchaser requires health care providers, members, or insureds 
3.3 	to send health care claims for processing.
3.4 		Subd. 6c.Claim submission number. "Claim submission number" means the 
3.5 	unique identification number to identify group purchasers as described in section 62J.54, 
3.6 	with its suffix identifying the claim submission address.
3.7 		Subd. 7.Claim submission transaction set (ANSI ASC X12 837). "Claim 
3.8 	submission transaction set (ANSI ASC X12 837)" means the electronic transaction format 
3.9 	developed and approved for implementation in October 1992, and used to submit all 
3.10 	health care claims information as adopted under Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 
3.11 	162, subpart K, and any future revisions of the subpart.
3.12 		Subd. 8.EDI or electronic data interchange. "EDI" or "electronic data 
3.13 	interchange" means the computer application to computer application exchange of 
3.14 	information using nationally accepted standard formats.
3.15 		Subd. 9.Eligibility transaction set (ANSI ASC X12 270/271). "Eligibility 
3.16 	transaction set (ANSI ASC X12 270/271)" means the electronic transaction format 
3.17 	developed and approved for implementation in February 1993, and used by providers to 
3.18 	request and receive coverage information on the member or insured as adopted under Code 
3.19 	of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 162, subpart L, and any future revisions of the subpart.
3.20 		Subd. 10.Enrollment transaction set (ANSI ASC X12 834). "Enrollment 
3.21 	transaction set (ANSI ASC X12 834)" means the electronic transaction format developed 
3.22 	and approved for implementation in February 1992, and used to transmit enrollment 
3.23 	and benefit information from the employer to the payer for the purpose of enrolling in 
3.24 	a benefit plan as adopted under Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 162, subpart 
3.25 	O, and any future revisions of the subpart.
3.26 		Subd. 11.Group purchaser. "Group purchaser" has the meaning given in section 
3.27 	62J.03, subdivision 6.
3.28 		Subd. 11a.Health care clearinghouse. "Health care clearinghouse" means 
3.29 	a public or private entity, including a billing service, repricing company, community 
3.30 	health management information system or community health information system, and 
3.31 	"value-added" networks and switches that does any of the following functions:
3.32 	(1) processes or facilitates the processing of health information received from 
3.33 	another entity in a nonstandard format or containing nonstandard data content into 
3.34 	standard data elements or a standard transaction;
4.1 	(2) receives a standard transaction from another entity and processes or facilitates 
4.2 	the processing of health information into nonstandard format or nonstandard data content 
4.3 	for the receiving entity;
4.4 	(3) acts on behalf of a group purchaser in sending and receiving standard transactions 
4.5 	to assist the group purchaser in fulfilling its responsibilities under section 62J.536;
4.6 	(4) acts on behalf of a health care provider in sending and receiving standard 
4.7 	transactions to assist the health care provider in fulfilling its responsibilities under section 
4.8 	62J.536; and
4.9 	(5) other activities including but not limited to training, testing, editing, formatting, 
4.10 	or consolidation transactions.
4.11 	A health care clearinghouse acts as an agent of a health care provider or group purchaser 
4.12 	only if it enters into an explicit, mutually agreed upon arrangement or contract with the 
4.13 	provider or group purchaser to perform specific clearinghouse functions.
4.14 		Subd. 12.ISO. "ISO" means the International Standardization Organization.
4.15 		Subd. 13.NCPDP. "NCPDP" means the National Council for Prescription Drug 
4.16 	Programs, Inc.
4.17 		Subd. 14.NCPDP telecommunication standard format 3.2. "NCPDP 
4.18 	telecommunication standard format 3.2" means the recommended transaction sets for 
4.19 	claims transactions adopted by the membership of NCPDP in 1992.
4.20 		Subd. 15.NCPDP tape billing and payment format 2.0. "NCPDP tape billing and 
4.21 	payment format 2.0" means the recommended transaction standards for batch processing 
4.22 	claims adopted by the membership of the NCPDP in 1993.
4.23 		Subd. 16.Provider. "Provider" or "health care provider" has the meaning given 
4.24 	in section 62J.03, subdivision 8.
4.25 		Subd. 16a.Standard transaction. "Standard transaction" means a transaction 
4.26 	that is defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 162.103, and that meets the 
4.27 	requirements of the single, uniform companion guides described in section 62J.536.
4.28 		Subd. 17.Uniform billing form CMS 1450. "Uniform billing form CMS 1450" 
4.29 	means the most current version of the uniform billing form known as the CMS 1450 
4.30 	developed by the National Uniform Billing Committee.
4.31 		Subd. 18.Uniform billing form CMS 1500. "Uniform billing form CMS 1500" 
4.32 	means the most current version of the health insurance claim form, CMS 1500, developed 
4.33 	by the National Uniform Claim Committee.
4.34 		Subd. 19.Uniform dental billing form. "Uniform dental billing form" means 
4.35 	the most current version of the uniform dental claim form developed by the American 
4.36 	Dental Association.
5.1 		Subd. 19a.Uniform explanation of benefits document. "Uniform explanation of 
5.2 	benefits document" means the document associated with and explaining the details of a 
5.3 	group purchaser's claim adjudication for services rendered, which is sent to a patient.
5.4 		Subd. 19b.Uniform remittance advice report. "Uniform remittance advice report" 
5.5 	means the document associated with and explaining the details of a group purchaser's 
5.6 	claim adjudication for services rendered, which is sent to a provider.
5.7 		Subd. 20.Uniform pharmacy billing form. "Uniform pharmacy billing form" 
5.8 	means the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs/universal claim form 
5.9 	(NCPDP/UCF).
5.10 		Subd. 21.WEDI. "WEDI" means the national Workgroup for Electronic Data 
5.11 	Interchange report issued in October 1993.

5.12 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.52, as amended by Laws 2013, chapter 
5.13 	125, article 1, section 107, is amended to read:
5.14 	62J.52 ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIFORM BILLING FORMS.
5.15 		Subdivision 1.Uniform billing form CMS 1450. (a) On and after January 1, 
5.16 	1996, all institutional inpatient hospital services, ancillary services, institutionally owned 
5.17 	or operated outpatient services rendered by providers in Minnesota, and institutional 
5.18 	or noninstitutional home health services that are not being billed using an equivalent 
5.19 	electronic billing format, must be billed using the most current version of the uniform 
5.20 	billing form CMS 1450, except as provided in subdivision 5.
5.21 	(b) The instructions and definitions for the use of the uniform billing form CMS 
5.22 	1450 shall be in accordance with the uniform billing form manual specified by the 
5.23 	commissioner. In promulgating these instructions, the commissioner may utilize the 
5.24 	manual developed by the National Uniform Billing Committee.
5.25 	(c) Services to be billed using the uniform billing form CMS 1450 include: 
5.26 	institutional inpatient hospital services and distinct units in the hospital such as psychiatric 
5.27 	unit services, physical therapy unit services, swing bed (SNF) services, inpatient state 
5.28 	psychiatric hospital services, inpatient skilled nursing facility services, home health 
5.29 	services (Medicare part A), and hospice services; ancillary services, where benefits are 
5.30 	exhausted or patient has no Medicare part A, from hospitals, state psychiatric hospitals, 
5.31 	skilled nursing facilities, ICFs/DD, and home health (Medicare part B); institutional 
5.32 	owned or operated outpatient services such as waivered services, hospital outpatient 
5.33 	services, including ambulatory surgical center services, hospital referred laboratory 
5.34 	services, hospital-based ambulance services, and other hospital outpatient services, 
5.35 	skilled nursing facilities, home health, freestanding renal dialysis centers, comprehensive 
6.1 	outpatient rehabilitation facilities (CORF), outpatient rehabilitation facilities (ORF), rural 
6.2 	health clinics, federally qualified health centers, and community mental health centers; 
6.3 	home health services such as home health intravenous therapy providers and hospice; and 
6.4 	any other health care provider certified by the Medicare program to use this form.
6.5 	(d) On and after January 1, 1996, a mother and newborn child must be billed 
6.6 	separately, and must not be combined on one claim form.
6.7 	(e) Services provided by Medicare Critical Access Hospitals electing Method 
6.8 	II billing will be allowed an exception to this provision to allow the inclusion of the 
6.9 	professional fees on the CMS 1450.
6.10 		Subd. 2.Uniform billing form CMS 1500. (a) On and after January 1, 1996, all 
6.11 	noninstitutional health care services rendered by providers in Minnesota except dental 
6.12 	or pharmacy providers, that are not currently being billed using an equivalent electronic 
6.13 	billing format, must be billed using the most current version of the health insurance claim 
6.14 	form CMS 1500, except as provided in subdivision 5.
6.15 	(b) The instructions and definitions for the use of the uniform billing form CMS 
6.16 	1500 shall be in accordance with the manual developed by the Administrative Uniformity 
6.17 	Committee entitled standards for the use of the CMS 1500 form, dated February 1994, 
6.18 	as further defined by the commissioner.
6.19 	(c) Services to be billed using the uniform billing form CMS 1500 include physician 
6.20 	services and supplies, durable medical equipment, noninstitutional ambulance services, 
6.21 	independent ancillary services including occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech 
6.22 	therapy and audiology, home infusion therapy, podiatry services, optometry services, 
6.23 	mental health licensed professional services, substance abuse licensed professional 
6.24 	services, nursing practitioner professional services, certified registered nurse anesthetists, 
6.25 	chiropractors, physician assistants, laboratories, medical suppliers, waivered services, 
6.26 	personal care attendants, and other health care providers such as day activity centers and 
6.27 	freestanding ambulatory surgical centers.
6.28 	(d) Services provided by Medicare Critical Access Hospitals electing Method 
6.29 	II billing will be allowed an exception to this provision to allow the inclusion of the 
6.30 	professional fees on the CMS 1450.
6.31 		Subd. 3.Uniform dental billing form. (a) On and after January 1, 1996, all dental 
6.32 	services provided by dental care providers in Minnesota, that are not currently being billed 
6.33 	using an equivalent electronic billing format, shall be billed using the most current version 
6.34 	of the American Dental Association uniform dental billing form.
7.1 	(b) The instructions and definitions for the use of the uniform dental billing form 
7.2 	shall be in accordance with the manual developed by the Administrative Uniformity 
7.3 	Committee dated February 1994, and as amended or further defined by the commissioner.
7.4 		Subd. 4.Uniform pharmacy billing form. (a) On and after January 1, 1996, all 
7.5 	pharmacy services provided by pharmacists in Minnesota that are not currently being 
7.6 	billed using an equivalent electronic billing format shall be billed using the most current 
7.7 	version of the NCPDP/universal claim form.
7.8 	(b) The instructions and definitions for the use of the uniform claim form shall be in 
7.9 	accordance with instructions specified by the commissioner of health.

7.10 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.53, is amended to read:
7.11 	62J.53 ACCEPTANCE OF UNIFORM BILLING FORMS BY GROUP 
7.12 	PURCHASERS.
7.13 	On and after January 1, 1996, all category I and II group purchasers in Minnesota 
7.14 	shall accept the uniform billing forms prescribed under section 62J.52 as the only 
7.15 	nonelectronic billing forms used for payment processing purposes.

7.16 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.535, is amended to read:
7.17 	62J.535 UNIFORM BILLING REQUIREMENTS FOR CLAIM 
7.18 	TRANSACTIONS.
7.19 		Subd. 1a.Electronic claim transactions Additional information associated with 
7.20 	a claim. Group purchasers, including government programs, not defined as covered 
7.21 	entities under United States Code, title 42, sections 1320d to 1320d-8, as amended from 
7.22 	time to time, and the regulations promulgated under those sections, that voluntarily agree 
7.23 	with providers to accept electronic claim transactions, must accept them in the ANSI 
7.24 	X12N 837 standard electronic format as established by federal law. Nothing in this section 
7.25 	requires acceptance of electronic claim transactions by entities not covered under United 
7.26 	States Code, title 42, sections 1320d to 1320d-8, as amended from time to time, and the 
7.27 	regulations promulgated under those sections. Notwithstanding the above, Nothing in this 
7.28 	section or other state law prohibits group purchasers not defined as covered entities under 
7.29 	United States Code, title 42, sections 1320d to 1320d-8, as amended from time to time, 
7.30 	and the regulations promulgated under those sections, from requiring, as authorized by 
7.31 	Minnesota law or rule, additional information associated with a claim submitted by a 
7.32 	provider.
7.33 		Subd. 1b.Paper claim transactions. All group purchasers that accept paper claim 
7.34 	transactions must accept, and health care providers submitting paper claim transactions 
8.1 	must submit, these transactions with use of the applicable medical and nonmedical data 
8.2 	code sets specified in the federal electronic claim transaction standards adopted under 
8.3 	United States Code, title 42, sections 1320d to 1320d-8, as amended from time to time, 
8.4 	and the regulations promulgated under those sections. The paper claim transaction must 
8.5 	also be conducted using the uniform billing forms as specified in section 62J.52 and the 
8.6 	identifiers specified in section 62J.54, on and after the compliance date required by law. 
8.7 	Notwithstanding the above, nothing in this section or other state law prohibits group 
8.8 	purchasers not defined as covered entities under United States Code, title 42, sections 
8.9 	1320d to 1320d-8, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated 
8.10 	under those sections, from requiring, as authorized by Minnesota law or rule, additional 
8.11 	information associated with a claim submitted by a provider.
8.12 		Subd. 2.Compliance. Subdivision 1a is effective concurrent with the date of 
8.13 	required compliance for covered entities established under United States Code, title 42, 
8.14 	sections 1320d to 1320d-8, as amended from time to time.

8.15 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.536, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
8.16 		Subd. 2.Establishing uniform, standard companion guides. (a) At least 12 
8.17 	months prior to the timelines required in subdivision 1, the commissioner of health shall 
8.18 	promulgate rules pursuant to section 62J.61 establishing and requiring group purchasers 
8.19 	and health care providers to use the transactions and the uniform, standard companion 
8.20 	guides required under subdivision 1, paragraph (e) (f).
8.21 	(b) The commissioner of health must consult with the Minnesota Administrative 
8.22 	Uniformity Committee on the development of the single, uniform companion guides 
8.23 	required under subdivision 1, paragraph (e) (f), for each of the transactions in subdivision 
8.24 	1. The single uniform companion guides required under subdivision 1, paragraph (e) (f), 
8.25 	must specify uniform billing and coding standards. The commissioner of health shall base 
8.26 	the companion guides required under subdivision 1, paragraph (e) (f), billing and coding 
8.27 	rules, and standards on the Medicare program, with modifications that the commissioner 
8.28 	deems appropriate after consulting the Minnesota Administrative Uniformity Committee.
8.29 	(c) No group purchaser or health care provider may add to or modify the single, 
8.30 	uniform companion guides defined in subdivision 1, paragraph (e) (f), through additional 
8.31 	companion guides or other requirements.
8.32 	(d) In promulgating the rules in paragraph (a), the commissioner shall not require data 
8.33 	content that is not essential to accomplish the purpose of the transactions in subdivision 1.

8.34 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.54, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
9.1 		Subdivision 1.Unique identification number for health care provider 
9.2 	organizations. (a) Not later than 24 months after the date on which a national provider 
9.3 	identifier is made effective under United States Code, title 42, sections 1320d to 1320d-8 
9.4 	(1996 and subsequent amendments), All group purchasers and any health care provider 
9.5 	organization that meets the definition of a health care provider under United States Code, 
9.6 	title 42, sections 1320d to 1320d-8, as amended, and regulations adopted thereunder 
9.7 	shall use a national provider identifier to identify health care provider organizations in 
9.8 	Minnesota, according to this section, except as provided in paragraph (b).
9.9 	(b) Small health plans, as defined by the federal Secretary of Health and Human 
9.10 	Services under United States Code, title 42, section 1320d-4 (1996 and subsequent 
9.11 	amendments), shall use a national provider identifier to identify health provider 
9.12 	organizations no later than 36 months after the date on which a national provider identifier 
9.13 	is made effective under United States Code, title 42, sections 1320d to 1320d-8 (1996 and 
9.14 	subsequent amendments).
9.15 	(c) (b) The national provider identifier for health care providers established by 
9.16 	the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services under United States Code, title 42, 
9.17 	sections 1320d to 1320d-8 (1996 and subsequent amendments), as adopted and required in 
9.18 	Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 162, subpart D, and any future modifications 
9.19 	to the subpart shall be used as the unique identification number for health care provider 
9.20 	organizations in Minnesota under this section.
9.21 	(d) (c) All health care provider organizations in Minnesota that are eligible to obtain 
9.22 	a national provider identifier according to United States Code, title 42, sections 1320d to 
9.23 	1320d-8, as amended, and regulations adopted thereunder shall obtain a national provider 
9.24 	identifier from the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services using the process 
9.25 	prescribed by the Secretary in Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, subpart D, and any 
9.26 	future modifications to the subpart.
9.27 	(e) (d) Only the national provider identifier shall be used to identify health care 
9.28 	provider organizations when submitting and receiving paper and electronic claims and 
9.29 	remittance advice notices, and in conjunction with other data collection and reporting 
9.30 	functions.
9.31 	(f) (e) Health care provider organizations in Minnesota shall make available their 
9.32 	national provider identifier to other health care providers when required to be included in 
9.33 	the administrative transactions regulated by United States Code, title 42, sections 1320d to 
9.34 	1320d-8, as amended, and regulations adopted thereunder.
9.35 	(g) (f) The commissioner of health may contract with the federal Secretary of Health 
9.36 	and Human Services or the Secretary's agent to implement this subdivision.

10.1 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.54, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
10.2 		Subd. 2.Unique identification number for individual health care providers.
 10.3 	(a) Not later than 24 months after the date on which a national provider identifier is 
10.4 	made effective under United States Code, title 42, sections 1320d to 1320d-8 (1996 and 
10.5 	subsequent amendments), All group purchasers in Minnesota and any individual health 
10.6 	care provider that meets the definition of a health care provider under United States Code, 
10.7 	title 42, sections 1320d to 1320d-8, as amended, and regulations adopted thereunder 
10.8 	shall use the national provider identifier to identify an individual health care provider in 
10.9 	Minnesota, according to this section, except as provided in paragraph (b).
10.10 	(b) Small health plans, as defined by the federal Secretary of Health and Human 
10.11 	Services under United States Code, title 42, section 1320d-4 (1996 and subsequent 
10.12 	amendments), shall use the national provider identifier to identify an individual health care 
10.13 	provider no later than 36 months after the date on which a national provider identifier for 
10.14 	health care providers is made effective under United States Code, title 42, sections 1320d 
10.15 	to 1320d-8 (1996 and subsequent amendments).
10.16 	(c) (b) The national provider identifier for health care providers established by 
10.17 	the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services under United States Code, title 42, 
10.18 	sections 1320d to 1320d-8 (1996 and subsequent amendments), adopted in Code of Federal 
10.19 	Regulations, title 45, part 162, subpart D, and any future modifications to the subpart shall 
10.20 	be used as the unique identification number for individual health care providers.
10.21 	(d) (c) All individual health care providers in Minnesota that are eligible to obtain a 
10.22 	national provider identifier according to United States Code, title 42, sections 1320d to 
10.23 	1320d-8, as amended, and regulations adopted thereunder shall obtain a national provider 
10.24 	identifier from the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services using the process 
10.25 	prescribed by the Secretary in Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 162, subpart D, 
10.26 	and any future modifications to the subpart.
10.27 	(e) (d) Only the national provider identifier shall be used to identify individual health 
10.28 	care providers when submitting and receiving paper and electronic claims and remittance 
10.29 	advice notices, and in conjunction with other data collection and reporting functions.
10.30 	(f) (e) Individual health care providers in Minnesota shall make available their 
10.31 	national provider identifier to other health care providers when required to be included in 
10.32 	the administrative transactions regulated by United States Code, title 42, sections 1320d to 
10.33 	1320d-8, as amended, and regulations adopted thereunder.
10.34 	(g) (f) The commissioner of health may contract with the federal Secretary of Health 
10.35 	and Human Services or the Secretary's agent to implement this subdivision.

11.1 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.54, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
11.2 		Subd. 3.Unique identification number for group purchasers. (a) Not later than 
11.3 	24 months after the date on which a unique health identifier for employers and health plans 
11.4 	is adopted or established under United States Code, title 42, sections 1320d to 1320d-8 
11.5 	(1996 and subsequent amendments), All group purchasers and health care providers in 
11.6 	Minnesota shall use a unique identification number to identify group purchasers, except as 
11.7 	provided in paragraph (b).
11.8 	(b) Small health plans, as defined by the federal Secretary of Health and Human 
11.9 	Services under United States Code, title 42, section 1320d-4 (1996 and subsequent 
11.10 	amendments), shall use a unique identification number to identify group purchasers no 
11.11 	later than 36 months after the date on which a unique health identifier for employers and 
11.12 	health plans is adopted or established under United States Code, title 42, sections 1320d to 
11.13 	1320d-8 (1996 and subsequent amendments).
11.14 	(c) (b) The unique health identifier for group purchasers that are health plans and 
11.15 	employers adopted or established by the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services 
11.16 	under United States Code, title 42, sections 1320d to 1320d-8 (1996 and subsequent 
11.17 	amendments), shall be used as the unique identification number for group purchasers
11.18 	 under Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 160, subpart A, shall be the Standard 
11.19 	Unique Health Identifier for Health Plans as adopted in Code of Federal Regulations, 
11.20 	title 45, part 162, subpart E, and any future modifications to the subpart, effective as 
11.21 	required by the subpart.
11.22 	(d) (c) Group purchasers that are health plans under Code of Federal Regulations, 
11.23 	title 45, part 160, subpart A, shall obtain a unique health identifier from the federal 
11.24 	Secretary of Health and Human Services using the process prescribed by the Secretary in 
11.25 	Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 162, subpart E, and any future modifications 
11.26 	to the subpart.
11.27 	(e) (d) The unique group purchaser identifier, as described in this section, shall be 
11.28 	used for purposes of submitting and receiving claims, and in conjunction with other data 
11.29 	collection and reporting functions.
11.30 	(f) (e) The commissioner of health may contract with the federal Secretary of Health 
11.31 	and Human Services or the Secretary's agent to implement this subdivision.

11.32 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.56, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
11.33 		Subdivision 1.General provisions. (a) The legislature finds that there is a need to 
11.34 	advance the use of electronic methods of data interchange among all health care participants 
11.35 	in the state in order to achieve significant administrative cost savings. The legislature 
12.1 	also finds that in order to advance the use of health care electronic data interchange in a 
12.2 	cost-effective manner, the state needs to implement electronic data interchange standards 
12.3 	that are nationally accepted, widely recognized, and available for immediate use. The 
12.4 	legislature intends to set forth a plan for a systematic phase in of uniform health care 
12.5 	electronic data interchange standards in all segments of the health care industry.
12.6 	(b) The commissioner of health, with the advice of the Minnesota Health Data 
12.7 	Institute and the Minnesota Administrative Uniformity Committee, shall administer the 
12.8 	implementation of and monitor compliance with, electronic data interchange standards of 
12.9 	health care participants, according to the plan provided in this section.
12.10 	(c) The commissioner may grant exemptions to category I and II industry 
12.11 	participants from the requirements to implement some or all of the provisions in this 
12.12 	section if the commissioner determines that the cost of compliance would place the 
12.13 	organization in financial distress, or if the commissioner determines that appropriate 
12.14 	technology is not available to the organization.

12.15 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.56, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
12.16 		Subd. 2.Identification of core transaction sets. (a) All category I and II industry 
12.17 	participants in Minnesota shall comply with the standards developed by the ANSI ASC 
12.18 	X12 for the following core transaction sets, according to the implementation plan outlined 
12.19 	for each transaction set.
12.20 	(1) ANSI ASC X12 835 health care claim payment/advice transaction set.
12.21 	(2) ANSI ASC X12 837 health care claim transaction set.
12.22 	(3) ANSI ASC X12 834 health care enrollment transaction set.
12.23 	(4) ANSI ASC X12 270/271 health care eligibility transaction set.
12.24 	(5) ANSI ASC X12 276/277 health care claims status request/notification transaction 
12.25 	set.
12.26 	(b) The commissioner, with the advice of the Minnesota Health Data Institute and 
12.27 	the Minnesota Administrative Uniformity Committee, and in coordination with federal 
12.28 	efforts, may approve the use of new ASC X12 standards, or new versions of existing 
12.29 	standards, as they become available, or other nationally recognized standards, where 
12.30 	appropriate ASC X12 standards are not available for use. These alternative standards may 
12.31 	be used during a transition period while ASC X12 standards are developed.

12.32 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.56, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
12.33 		Subd. 3.Implementation guides. (a) The commissioner, with the advice of the 
12.34 	Minnesota Administrative Uniformity Committee, and the Minnesota Center for Health 
13.1 	Care Electronic Data Interchange shall review and recommend the use of guides to 
13.2 	implement the core transaction sets. Implementation guides must contain the background 
13.3 	and technical information required to allow health care participants to implement the 
13.4 	transaction set in the most cost-effective way.
13.5 	(b) The commissioner shall promote the development of implementation 
13.6 	guides among health care participants for those business transaction types for which 
13.7 	implementation guides are not available, to allow providers and group purchasers 
13.8 	to implement electronic data interchange. In promoting the development of these 
13.9 	implementation guides, the commissioner shall review the work done by the American 
13.10 	Hospital Association through the national Uniform Billing Committee and its state 
13.11 	representative organization; the American Medical Association through the National 
13.12 	Uniform Claim Task Force Committee; the American Dental Association; the National 
13.13 	Council of Prescription Drug Programs; and the Workgroup for Electronic Data 
13.14 	Interchange.

13.15 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.581, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
13.16 		Subdivision 1.Minnesota uniform remittance advice report. (a) All group 
13.17 	purchasers shall provide a uniform remittance advice report claim payment/advice 
13.18 	transaction to health care providers when a claim is adjudicated. The uniform remittance 
13.19 	advice report claim payment/advice transaction shall comply with the standards prescribed 
13.20 	in this section 62J.536, subdivision 1b, and rules adopted under section 62J.536, 
13.21 	subdivision 2.
13.22 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), this section does not apply to group purchasers not 
13.23 	included as covered entities under United States Code, title 42, sections 1320d to 1320d-8, 
13.24 	as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated under those sections.

13.25 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.581, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
13.26 		Subd. 3.Scope. For purposes of sections 62J.50 to 62J.61, the uniform remittance 
13.27 	advice report and the claim payment/advice transaction and uniform explanation of 
13.28 	benefits document format specified in subdivision 4 shall apply to all health care services 
13.29 	delivered by a health care provider or health care provider organization in Minnesota, 
13.30 	regardless of the location of the payer. Health care services not paid on an individual 
13.31 	claims basis, such as capitated payments, are not included in this section. A health plan 
13.32 	company is excluded from the requirements in subdivisions 1 and 2 if they comply with 
13.33 	section 62A.01, subdivisions 2 and 3.

14.1 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.581, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
14.2 		Subd. 4.Specifications. The uniform remittance advice report and the uniform 
14.3 	explanation of benefits document shall be provided by use of a paper document 
14.4 	conforming to the specifications in this section or by use of the ANSI X12N 835 standard 
14.5 	electronic format as established under United States Code, title 42, sections 1320d to 
14.6 	1320d-8, and as amended from time to time for the remittance advice. The commissioner, 
14.7 	after consulting with the Administrative Uniformity Committee, shall specify the data 
14.8 	elements and definitions for the uniform remittance advice report and the uniform 
14.9 	explanation of benefits document. The commissioner and the Administrative Uniformity 
14.10 	Committee must consult with the Minnesota Dental Association and Delta Dental Plan 
14.11 	of Minnesota before requiring under this section the use of a paper document for the 
14.12 	uniform explanation of benefits document or the uniform remittance advice report claim 
14.13 	payment/advice transaction for dental care services.

14.14 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.61, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
14.15 		Subdivision 1.Exemption. The commissioner of health is exempt from chapter 
14.16 	14, including section 14.386, in implementing sections 62J.50 to 62J.54, subdivision 
14.17 	3, and 62J.56 to 62J.59 62J.581.

14.18 	Sec. 18. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 14.19 	The revisor shall make changes necessary to correct punctuation, grammar, and 
14.20 	structure of the remaining text required by the repealed section in this article.

14.21 	Sec. 19.  REPEALER.
 14.22 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62J.59, is repealed.

14.23 	ARTICLE 2
14.24 	COMBINING REPORTS ON VULNERABLE ADULTS MALTREATMENT

14.25 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 626.557, subdivision 12b, is amended to 
14.26 	read:
14.27 		Subd. 12b.Data management. (a) In performing any of the duties of this section as 
14.28 	a lead investigative agency, the county social service agency shall maintain appropriate 
14.29 	records. Data collected by the county social service agency under this section are welfare 
14.30 	data under section 13.46. Notwithstanding section 13.46, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), 
14.31 	data under this paragraph that are inactive investigative data on an individual who is a 
15.1 	vendor of services are private data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02. The identity 
15.2 	of the reporter may only be disclosed as provided in paragraph (c).
15.3 	Data maintained by the common entry point are confidential data on individuals or 
15.4 	protected nonpublic data as defined in section 13.02. Notwithstanding section 138.163, 
15.5 	the common entry point shall maintain data for three calendar years after date of receipt 
15.6 	and then destroy the data unless otherwise directed by federal requirements.
15.7 	(b) The commissioners of health and human services shall prepare an investigation 
15.8 	memorandum for each report alleging maltreatment investigated under this section. 
15.9 	County social service agencies must maintain private data on individuals but are not 
15.10 	required to prepare an investigation memorandum. During an investigation by the 
15.11 	commissioner of health or the commissioner of human services, data collected under this 
15.12 	section are confidential data on individuals or protected nonpublic data as defined in 
15.13 	section 13.02. Upon completion of the investigation, the data are classified as provided in 
15.14 	clauses (1) to (3) and paragraph (c).
15.15 	(1) The investigation memorandum must contain the following data, which are public:
15.16 	(i) the name of the facility investigated;
15.17 	(ii) a statement of the nature of the alleged maltreatment;
15.18 	(iii) pertinent information obtained from medical or other records reviewed;
15.19 	(iv) the identity of the investigator;
15.20 	(v) a summary of the investigation's findings;
15.21 	(vi) statement of whether the report was found to be substantiated, inconclusive, 
15.22 	false, or that no determination will be made;
15.23 	(vii) a statement of any action taken by the facility;
15.24 	(viii) a statement of any action taken by the lead investigative agency; and
15.25 	(ix) when a lead investigative agency's determination has substantiated maltreatment, 
15.26 	a statement of whether an individual, individuals, or a facility were responsible for the 
15.27 	substantiated maltreatment, if known.
15.28 	The investigation memorandum must be written in a manner which protects the 
15.29 	identity of the reporter and of the vulnerable adult and may not contain the names or, to 
15.30 	the extent possible, data on individuals or private data listed in clause (2).
15.31 	(2) Data on individuals collected and maintained in the investigation memorandum 
15.32 	are private data, including:
15.33 	(i) the name of the vulnerable adult;
15.34 	(ii) the identity of the individual alleged to be the perpetrator;
15.35 	(iii) the identity of the individual substantiated as the perpetrator; and
15.36 	(iv) the identity of all individuals interviewed as part of the investigation.
16.1 	(3) Other data on individuals maintained as part of an investigation under this section 
16.2 	are private data on individuals upon completion of the investigation.
16.3 	(c) After the assessment or investigation is completed, the name of the reporter 
16.4 	must be confidential. The subject of the report may compel disclosure of the name of the 
16.5 	reporter only with the consent of the reporter or upon a written finding by a court that 
16.6 	the report was false and there is evidence that the report was made in bad faith. This 
16.7 	subdivision does not alter disclosure responsibilities or obligations under the Rules of 
16.8 	Criminal Procedure, except that where the identity of the reporter is relevant to a criminal 
16.9 	prosecution, the district court shall do an in-camera review prior to determining whether 
16.10 	to order disclosure of the identity of the reporter.
16.11 	(d) Notwithstanding section 138.163, data maintained under this section by the 
16.12 	commissioners of health and human services must be maintained under the following 
16.13 	schedule and then destroyed unless otherwise directed by federal requirements:
16.14 	(1) data from reports determined to be false, maintained for three years after the 
16.15 	finding was made;
16.16 	(2) data from reports determined to be inconclusive, maintained for four years after 
16.17 	the finding was made;
16.18 	(3) data from reports determined to be substantiated, maintained for seven years 
16.19 	after the finding was made; and
16.20 	(4) data from reports which were not investigated by a lead investigative agency and 
16.21 	for which there is no final disposition, maintained for three years from the date of the report.
16.22 	(e) The commissioners of health and human services shall each annually report to the 
16.23 	legislature and the governor on publish on their Web sites  the number and type of reports of 
16.24 	alleged maltreatment involving licensed facilities reported under this section, the number of 
16.25 	those requiring investigation under this section, and the resolution of those investigations. 
16.26 	The report shall identify: On a biennial basis, the commissioners of health and human 
16.27 	services shall jointly report the following information to the legislature and the governor:
16.28 	(1) the number and type of reports of alleged maltreatment involving licensed 
16.29 	facilities reported under this section, the number of those requiring investigations under 
16.30 	this section, the resolution of those investigations, and which of the two lead agencies 
16.31 	was responsible;
16.32 	(2) trends about types of substantiated maltreatment found in the reporting period;
16.33 	(3) if there are upward trends for types of maltreatment substantiated, 
16.34 	recommendations for addressing and responding to them;
16.35 	(4) efforts undertaken or recommended to improve the protection of vulnerable adults;
17.1 	(5) whether and where backlogs of cases result in a failure to conform with statutory 
17.2 	time frames and recommendations for reducing backlogs if applicable;
17.3 	(2) where adequate coverage requires additional appropriations and staffing; and
17.4 	(3) any other trends that affect the safety of vulnerable adults.
17.5 	(6) recommended changes to statutes affecting the protection of vulnerable adults; and
17.6 	(7) any other information that is relevant to the report trends and findings.
17.7 	(f) Each lead investigative agency must have a record retention policy.
17.8 	(g) Lead investigative agencies, prosecuting authorities, and law enforcement 
17.9 	agencies may exchange not public data, as defined in section 13.02, if the agency or 
17.10 	authority requesting the data determines that the data are pertinent and necessary to 
17.11 	the requesting agency in initiating, furthering, or completing an investigation under 
17.12 	this section. Data collected under this section must be made available to prosecuting 
17.13 	authorities and law enforcement officials, local county agencies, and licensing agencies 
17.14 	investigating the alleged maltreatment under this section. The lead investigative agency 
17.15 	shall exchange not public data with the vulnerable adult maltreatment review panel 
17.16 	established in section 256.021 if the data are pertinent and necessary for a review 
17.17 	requested under that section. Notwithstanding section 138.17, upon completion of the 
17.18 	review, not public data received by the review panel must be destroyed.
17.19 	(h) Each lead investigative agency shall keep records of the length of time it takes to 
17.20 	complete its investigations.
17.21 	(i) A lead investigative agency may notify other affected parties and their authorized 
17.22 	representative if the lead investigative agency has reason to believe maltreatment has 
17.23 	occurred and determines the information will safeguard the well-being of the affected 
17.24 	parties or dispel widespread rumor or unrest in the affected facility.
17.25 	(j) Under any notification provision of this section, where federal law specifically 
17.26 	prohibits the disclosure of patient identifying information, a lead investigative agency may 
17.27 	not provide any notice unless the vulnerable adult has consented to disclosure in a manner 
17.28 	which conforms to federal requirements.

17.29 	ARTICLE 3
17.30 	TUBERCULOSIS

17.31 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.40, subdivision 12, is amended to 
17.32 	read:
17.33 		Subd. 12.Suspension and leave of absence for health reasons. Affliction with 
17.34 	active tuberculosis or othera communicable disease, mental illness, drug or alcoholic 
17.35 	addiction, or other serious incapacity shall be grounds for temporary suspension and 
18.1 	leave of absence while the teacher is suffering from such disability. Unless the teacher 
18.2 	consents, such action must be taken only upon evidence that suspension is required from a 
18.3 	physician who has examined the teacher. The physician must be competent in the field 
18.4 	involved and must be selected by the teacher from a list of three provided by the school 
18.5 	board, and the examination must be at the expense of the school district. A copy of the 
18.6 	report of the physician shall be furnished the teacher upon request. If the teacher fails to 
18.7 	submit to the examination within the prescribed time, the board may discharge the teacher, 
18.8 	effective immediately. In the event of mental illness, if the teacher submits to such an 
18.9 	examination and the examining physician's or psychiatrist's statement is unacceptable to 
18.10 	the teacher or the board, a panel of three physicians or psychiatrists must be selected to 
18.11 	examine the teacher at the board's expense. The board and the teacher shall each select a 
18.12 	member of this panel, and these two members shall select a third member. The panel must 
18.13 	examine the teacher and submit a statement of its findings and conclusions to the board. 
18.14 	Upon receipt and consideration of the statement from the panel the board may suspend 
18.15 	the teacher. The board must notify the teacher in writing of such suspension and the 
18.16 	reasons therefor. During the leave of absence, the district must pay the teacher sick leave 
18.17 	benefits up to the amount of unused accumulated sick leave, and after it is exhausted, the 
18.18 	district may in its discretion pay additional benefits. The teacher must be reinstated to the 
18.19 	teacher's position upon evidence from such a physician of sufficient recovery to be capable 
18.20 	of resuming performance of duties in a proper manner. In the event that the teacher does 
18.21 	not qualify for reinstatement within 12 months after the date of suspension, the continuing 
18.22 	disability may be a ground for discharge under subdivision 13.

18.23 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.41, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
18.24 		Subd. 6.Grounds for discharge or demotion. (a) Except as otherwise provided 
18.25 	in paragraph (b), causes for the discharge or demotion of a teacher either during or after 
18.26 	the probationary period must be:
18.27 	(1) immoral character, conduct unbecoming a teacher, or insubordination;
18.28 	(2) failure without justifiable cause to teach without first securing the written release 
18.29 	of the school board having the care, management, or control of the school in which the 
18.30 	teacher is employed;
18.31 	(3) inefficiency in teaching or in the management of a school, consistent with 
18.32 	subdivision 5, paragraph (b);
18.33 	(4) affliction with active tuberculosis or other a communicable disease must be 
18.34 	considered as cause for removal or suspension while the teacher is suffering from such 
18.35 	disability; or
19.1 	(5) discontinuance of position or lack of pupils.
19.2 	For purposes of this paragraph, conduct unbecoming a teacher includes an unfair 
19.3 	discriminatory practice described in section 363A.13.
19.4 	(b) A probationary or continuing-contract teacher must be discharged immediately 
19.5 	upon receipt of notice under section 122A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), that the 
19.6 	teacher's license has been revoked due to a conviction for child abuse or sexual abuse.

19.7 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 154.25, is amended to read:
19.8 	154.25 NOT TO SERVE CERTAIN PERSONS.
19.9 	No person practicing the occupation of a barber in any barber shop, barber school, or 
19.10 	college in this state shall knowingly serve a person afflicted, in a dangerous or infectious 
19.11 	state of the disease, with erysipelas, eczema, impetigo, sycosis, tuberculosis, or any other 
19.12 	contagious or infectious disease. Any person so afflicted is hereby prohibited from being 
19.13 	served in any barber shop, barber school, or college in this state. Any violation of this 
19.14 	section shall be considered a misdemeanor as provided for in sections 154.001, 154.002, 
19.15 	154.003, 154.01 to 154.161, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.26.

19.16 	Sec. 4. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 19.17 	 The revisor shall make changes necessary to correct punctuation, grammar, and 
19.18 	structure of the remaining text required by the repealed sections in this article.

19.19 	Sec. 5.  REPEALER.
 19.20 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 144.443; 144.444; and 144.45, are repealed.

19.21 	ARTICLE 4
19.22 	MISCELLANEOUS

19.23 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
19.24 		Subdivision 1.Rules. The commissioner may adopt reasonable rules pursuant to 
19.25 	chapter 14 for the preservation of the public health. The rules shall not conflict with the 
19.26 	charter or ordinance of a city of the first class upon the same subject. The commissioner 
19.27 	may control, by rule, by requiring the taking out of licenses or permits, or by other 
19.28 	appropriate means, any of the following matters:
19.29 	(1) the manufacture into articles of commerce, other than food, of diseased, tainted, 
19.30 	or decayed animal or vegetable matter;
19.31 	(2) the business of scavengering and the disposal of sewage;
20.1 	(3) the location of mortuaries and cemeteries and the removal and burial of the dead;
20.2 	(4) the management of boarding places for infants and the treatment of infants 
20.3 	in them;
20.4 	(5) the pollution of streams and other waters and the distribution of water by persons 
20.5 	for drinking or domestic use;
20.6 	(6) the construction and equipment, in respect to sanitary conditions, of schools, 
20.7 	hospitals, almshouses, prisons, and other public institutions, and of lodging houses and 
20.8 	other public sleeping places kept for gain;
20.9 	(7) the treatment, in hospitals and elsewhere, of persons suffering from 
20.10 	communicable diseases, including all manner of venereal disease and infection, the 
20.11 	disinfection and quarantine of persons and places in case of those diseases, and the 
20.12 	reporting of sicknesses and deaths from them;
20.13 	Neither the commissioner nor any community health board of health as defined in 
20.14 	section 145A.02, subdivision 2 5, nor director of public health may adopt any rule or 
20.15 	regulation for the treatment in any penal or correctional institution of any person suffering 
20.16 	from any communicable disease or venereal disease or infection, which requires the 
20.17 	involuntary detention of any person after the expiration of the period of sentence to 
20.18 	the penal or correctional institution, or after the expiration of the period to which the 
20.19 	sentence may be reduced by good time allowance or by the lawful order of any judge or 
20.20 	the Department of Corrections;
20.21 	(8) the prevention of infant blindness and infection of the eyes of the newly born 
20.22 	by the designation, from time to time, of one or more prophylactics to be used in those 
20.23 	cases and in the manner that the commissioner directs, unless specifically objected to 
20.24 	by a parent of the infant;
20.25 	(9) The furnishing of vaccine matter; the assembling, during epidemics of smallpox, 
20.26 	with other persons not vaccinated, but no rule of the board or of any public board or officer 
20.27 	shall at any time compel the vaccination of a child, or exclude, except during epidemics 
20.28 	of smallpox and when approved by the local board of education, a child from the public 
20.29 	schools for the reason that the child has not been vaccinated; any person required to be 
20.30 	vaccinated may select for that purpose any licensed physician and no rule shall require the 
20.31 	vaccination of any child whose physician certifies that by reason of the child's physical 
20.32 	condition vaccination would be dangerous;
20.33 	(10) (9) the accumulation of filthy and unwholesome matter to the injury of the 
20.34 	public health and its removal;
21.1 	(11) (10) the collection, recording, and reporting of vital statistics by public officers 
21.2 	and the furnishing of information to them by physicians, undertakers, and others of births, 
21.3 	deaths, causes of death, and other pertinent facts;
21.4 	(12) (11) the construction, equipment, and maintenance, in respect to sanitary 
21.5 	conditions, of lumber camps, migratory or migrant labor camps, and other industrial camps;
21.6 	(13) (12) the general sanitation of tourist camps, summer hotels, and resorts in 
21.7 	respect to water supplies, disposal of sewage, garbage, and other wastes and the prevention 
21.8 	and control of communicable diseases; and, to that end, may prescribe the respective duties 
21.9 	of agents of a board of health as authorized under section 145A.04; and all boards of health 
21.10 	shall make such investigations and reports and obey such directions as the commissioner 
21.11 	may require or give and, under the supervision of the commissioner, enforce the rules;
21.12 	(14) (13) atmospheric pollution which may be injurious or detrimental to public 
21.13 	health;
21.14 	(15) (14) sources of radiation, and the handling, storage, transportation, use and 
21.15 	disposal of radioactive isotopes and fissionable materials; and
21.16 	(16) (15) the establishment, operation and maintenance of all clinical laboratories 
21.17 	not owned, or functioning as a component of a licensed hospital. These laboratories shall 
21.18 	not include laboratories owned or operated by five or less licensed practitioners of the 
21.19 	healing arts, unless otherwise provided by federal law or regulation, and in which these 
21.20 	practitioners perform tests or procedures solely in connection with the treatment of their 
21.21 	patients. Rules promulgated under the authority of this clause, which shall not take effect 
21.22 	until federal legislation relating to the regulation and improvement of clinical laboratories 
21.23 	has been enacted, may relate at least to minimum requirements for external and internal 
21.24 	quality control, equipment, facility environment, personnel, administration and records. 
21.25 	These rules may include the establishment of a fee schedule for clinical laboratory 
21.26 	inspections. The provisions of this clause shall expire 30 days after the conclusion of any 
21.27 	fiscal year in which the federal government pays for less than 45 percent of the cost of 
21.28 	regulating clinical laboratories.

21.29 	Sec. 2. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 21.30 	 The revisor shall make changes necessary to correct punctuation, grammar, and 
21.31 	structure of the remaining text required by the repealed sections in this article.

21.32 	Sec. 3.  REPEALER.
 22.1 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 62J.322; 144.011, subdivision 2; 144.0506; 
22.2 	144.071; 144.072; 144.076; 144.146, subdivision 1; 144.1475; 145.132; 145.97; and 
22.3 	145.98, subdivisions 1 and 3, are repealed.