1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; requiring commissioner of human services to release 
1.3 	unredacted initial Optum reports; prohibiting dissemination and publication of 
1.4 	certain data.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

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

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective 14 days following final enactment.

1.20 	Sec. 2. OPTUM PROHIBITED FROM DISSEMINATING PRIVATE DATA.
 1.21 	Optum, Inc., must not sell, share, or disseminate any private data on individuals, as 
1.22 	defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 13.02, subdivision 12, that Optum receives under or 
2.1 	incidental to Optum's contract or engagement with the Department of Human Services 
2.2 	pursuant to the governor's Executive Order No. 25-10.