HF 1182

2nd Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 05/12/2016 02:19pm

A bill for an act
relating to game and fish; requiring online applications for hunting and fishing
licenses to provide for organ donation; requiring a report; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2014, section 13.7931, subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law
in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97A.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.7931, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Electronic licensing system data.

Data on individuals created, collected,
stored, or maintained by the department for the purposes of obtaining a noncommercial
game and fish license, cross-country ski pass, horse pass, or snowmobile trail sticker;
registering a recreational motor vehicle; or any other electronic licensing transaction are
classified under section sections 84.0874 and 97A.408.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective March 1, 2017.

Sec. 2.

[97A.408] ANATOMICAL GIFT OPTION; EDUCATION.

(a) Applications through the Department of Natural Resources' online sales system
for a resident license to hunt or fish that is required under this chapter or chapter 97B
must allow the applicant to indicate a desire to make an anatomical gift according to
paragraph (b).

(b) The online sales system application must contain statements sufficient to comply
with the requirements of the Darlene Luther Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act,
chapter 525A, so that execution of the application makes the anatomical gift effective
for those indicating a desire to make an anatomical gift. The department Web site must
provide a link to a federally designated organ procurement organization Web site that
contains information describing Minnesota laws regarding anatomical gifts, the need for
and benefits of anatomical gifts, and the legal implications of making an anatomical gift,
including the law governing revocation of anatomical gifts.

(c) The commissioner must provide education by distributing information about
organ and tissue donation and how to register as a donor. The commissioner must
distribute the information through Department of Natural Resources print and digital
communications targeting those who hunt and fish. The commissioner must prepare the
information in conjunction with a Minnesota organ procurement organization.

(d) The commissioner is not required to keep the physical record of the donor's
application after issuing the license in order for the anatomical gift to be valid. When an
individual indicates consent on an online sales system transaction to share private data
for the record of registered donors, the commissioner must provide the private name and
address of the individual to the organ procurement organization designated by the federal
government. The names and addresses are classified as private data under section 84.0874
and remain private once provided to the organ procurement organization.

(e) Chapter 525A applies to anatomical gifts made on an application for a license
under this section.

(f) The department must be reimbursed under section 171.075, subdivision 1, for the
reasonable costs of administering an anatomical gift program.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective March 1, 2017, except that costs
incurred by the department to implement this section prior to the effective date are eligible
for reimbursement under paragraph (f).

Sec. 3. INTERIM REPORT.

By January 1, 2018, the commissioner of natural resources must submit a report
to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives
committees with primary jurisdiction over natural resources policy that describes the
progress made in implementing this act, including the arrangements made to provide
access to departmental records and any delays or problems encountered.