HF 2290

1st Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to workers' compensation; providing penalties for gaining improper
access to medical records; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 609.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [609.553] THEFT OF MEDICAL RECORDS.
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new text begin Any person or contractor who: (1) represents an employer whose employees
meet the definition of "excluded employments" found in section 176.041, subdivision
1, paragraph (a), and (2) fraudulently requests or receives an employee's medical data
which the person, contractor, or employer is not entitled by knowingly misrepresenting,
misstating, or failing to disclose any material fact is guilty of theft and shall be prosecuted
and sentenced pursuant to section 609.52. An alleged violation of this subdivision may be
prosecuted by a county attorney with appropriate jurisdiction or by the attorney general.
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