HF 3378

1st Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/16/2026 05:36 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to human services; requiring commissioner of human services to release
unredacted initial Optum reports; prohibiting dissemination and publication of
certain data.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin DIRECTION TO THE COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES;
UNREDACTED INITIAL OPTUM REPORTS.
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new text begin (a) For the purposes of this section, "initial Optum reports" means the reports produced
by Optum, Inc., under contract with the Department of Human Services and announced in
the news release from the department on February 6, 2026.
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new text begin (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon a joint request by both the chairs and
ranking minority members of a legislative committee with jurisdiction over human services
policy and finance, the commissioner of human services must immediately release the initial
Optum reports to the members of that legislative committee in the reports' entirety without
redactions or edits, except for redactions requested by Optum to protect proprietary
information. Legislators or legislative staff who receive initial Optum reports under this
section must not disseminate or publicize any not public data, as defined in Minnesota
Statutes, section 13.02, subdivision 8a, that the reports contain.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective 14 days following final enactment.
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Sec. 2. new text begin OPTUM PROHIBITED FROM DISSEMINATING PRIVATE DATA.
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new text begin Optum, Inc., must not sell, share, or disseminate any private data on individuals, as
defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 13.02, subdivision 12, that Optum receives under or
incidental to Optum's contract or engagement with the Department of Human Services
pursuant to the governor's Executive Order No. 25-10.
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