HF 1814

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 01:55am

A bill for an act
relating to state employees; providing criteria for state employees' personal
electronic health records.

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

Section 1. new text begin STATE EMPLOYEES' PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS;
CRITERIA.
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new text begin (a) The system that the commissioner of administration selects to provide electronic
personal health records under Laws 2007, chapter 148, article 2, section 78, must meet the
following criteria:
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new text begin (1) be interoperable and compliant with the ASTM International's Continuum of
Care Record standards and the Continuity of Care Document standards;
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new text begin (2) provide consumer-owned records that are portable among plans, employers,
and providers;
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new text begin (3) not be tethered to or affiliated with a specific health plan or provider;
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new text begin (4) support management, storing, and sharing of complete health history information,
including but not limited to, medical conditions, medication history, surgeries, medical
procedures, immunizations, lab results, radiology reports, health directives, and other
medical records;
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new text begin (5) provide a calendar or scheduling program that is exportable to other programs;
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new text begin (6) enable manual and automatic uploading of health indicators obtained from home
health devices, such as blood pressure measurements, weight, and blood sugar levels,
and provide graphing and charts;
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new text begin (7) provide maximum consumer control, including ability for consumers to
customize health education and wellness data links, and screen formatting options, such as
font size and color scheme;
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new text begin (8) provide employees the ability to share their health data electronically with health
providers and others and give them flexibility and control over which specific health
data is shared;
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new text begin (9) enable each employee to manage multiple personal health record accounts for
family members under the employee's account;
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new text begin (10) provide a range of consumer engagement and decision support tools, such as
online provider directories and health care cost management tools; and
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new text begin (11) support integration of third-party applications, such as health risk assessments
and wellness and incentive programs.
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new text begin (b) The commissioner of administration must contract with a vendor that
demonstrates the following:
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new text begin (1) a plan and ability to provide Minnesota consumers access to data on prescription
history, immunizations, lab and radiology results, and other medical records;
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new text begin (2) a commitment to providing online consumer-owned health records to all
Minnesotans by 2011;
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new text begin (3) a plan to serve rural and underserved communities; and
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new text begin (4) a commitment to providing Minnesota-based staff for onsite assistance in
planning and participation in securing and integrating health data from multiple sources
for consumers.
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new text begin The commissioner of administration must give preference to Minnesota-based
vendors.
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new text begin (c) The selected system must not permit ad-serving cookies, tracking of clicked
links, and server log commercial data mining without the express consent of the consumer.
The selected system must require the same privacy terms for all linked services and must
not share aggregate, de-identified information without express consent from the consumer.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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