1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to corrections; authorizing Department of Corrections access to 
1.3 	employment data for research of effectiveness of employment programming 
1.4 	for offenders in the community;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 
1.5 	268.19, subdivision 1.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 268.19, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Use of data. (a) Except as provided by this section, data gathered 
1.9 	from any person under the administration of the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law 
1.10 	are private data on individuals or nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 
1.11 	13.02, subdivisions 9 and 12, and may not be disclosed except according to a district court 
1.12 	order or section 13.05. A subpoena is not considered a district court order. These data 
1.13 	may be disseminated to and used by the following agencies without the consent of the 
1.14 	subject of the data:
1.15 	(1) state and federal agencies specifically authorized access to the data by state 
1.16 	or federal law;
1.17 	(2) any agency of any other state or any federal agency charged with the 
1.18 	administration of an unemployment insurance program;
1.19 	(3) any agency responsible for the maintenance of a system of public employment 
1.20 	offices for the purpose of assisting individuals in obtaining employment;
1.21 	(4) the public authority responsible for child support in Minnesota or any other 
1.22 	state in accordance with section 256.978;
1.23 	(5) human rights agencies within Minnesota that have enforcement powers;
1.24 	(6) the Department of Revenue to the extent necessary for its duties under Minnesota 
1.25 	laws;
2.1 	(7) public and private agencies responsible for administering publicly financed 
2.2 	assistance programs for the purpose of monitoring the eligibility of the program's recipients;
2.3 	(8) the Department of Labor and Industry and the Commerce Fraud Bureau in the 
2.4 	Department of Commerce for uses consistent with the administration of their duties under 
2.5 	Minnesota law;
2.6 	(9) the Department of Human Services and the Office of Inspector General and its 
2.7 	agents within the Department of Human Services, including county fraud investigators, 
2.8 	for investigations related to recipient or provider fraud and employees of providers when 
2.9 	the provider is suspected of committing public assistance fraud;
2.10 	(10) local and state welfare agencies for monitoring the eligibility of the data subject 
2.11 	for assistance programs, or for any employment or training program administered by those 
2.12 	agencies, whether alone, in combination with another welfare agency, or in conjunction 
2.13 	with the department or to monitor and evaluate the statewide Minnesota family investment 
2.14 	program by providing data on recipients and former recipients of food stamps or food 
2.15 	support, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 256K, child care assistance 
2.16 	under chapter 119B, or medical programs under chapter 256B, 256D, or 256L;
2.17 	(11) local and state welfare agencies for the purpose of identifying employment, 
2.18 	wages, and other information to assist in the collection of an overpayment debt in an 
2.19 	assistance program;
2.20 	(12) local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies for the purpose of 
2.21 	ascertaining the last known address and employment location of an individual who is the 
2.22 	subject of a criminal investigation;
2.23 	(13) the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has access to data on 
2.24 	specific individuals and specific employers provided the specific individual or specific 
2.25 	employer is the subject of an investigation by that agency;
2.26 	(14) the Department of Health for the purposes of epidemiologic investigations;
2.27 	(15) the Department of Corrections for the purpose purposes of case planning and 
2.28 	internal research for preprobation, probation,  and postprobation employment tracking of 
2.29 	offenders sentenced to probation and preconfinement and postconfinement employment 
2.30 	tracking of committed offenders;
2.31 	(16) the state auditor to the extent necessary to conduct audits of job opportunity 
2.32 	building zones as required under section 469.3201; and
2.33 	(17) the Office of Higher Education for purposes of supporting program 
2.34 	improvement, system evaluation, and research initiatives including the Statewide 
2.35 	Longitudinal Education Data System.
3.1 	(b) Data on individuals and employers that are collected, maintained, or used by 
3.2 	the department in an investigation under section 268.182 are confidential as to data 
3.3 	on individuals and protected nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 
3.4 	13.02, subdivisions 3 and 13, and must not be disclosed except under statute or district 
3.5 	court order or to a party named in a criminal proceeding, administrative or judicial, for 
3.6 	preparation of a defense.
3.7 	(c) Data gathered by the department in the administration of the Minnesota 
3.8 	unemployment insurance program must not be made the subject or the basis for any 
3.9 	suit in any civil proceedings, administrative or judicial, unless the action is initiated by 
3.10 	the department.