HF 3140

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/24/2010 04:19pm

A bill for an act
relating to privacy; excluding full Social Security numbers from medical
assistance documents filed with the county recorder or registrar of titles;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 514.982, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 514.982, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Filing.

Any notice, release, or other document required to be filed
under sections 514.980 to 514.985 must be recorded or filed in the office of the county
recorder or registrar of titles, as appropriate, in the county where the real property is
located. new text begin The agency shall redact all but the last four digits of the Social Security number
of a medical assistance recipient from a document that is recorded or filed under this
subdivision. new text end Notwithstanding section 386.77, the agency shall pay the applicable filing fee
for any document filed under sections 514.980 to 514.985. An attestation, certification, or
acknowledgment is not required as a condition of filing. If the property described in the
medical assistance lien notice is registered property, the registrar of titles shall record it
on the certificate of title for each parcel of property described in the lien notice. If the
property described in the medical assistance lien notice is abstract property, the recorder
shall file the medical assistance lien in the county's grantor-grantee indexes and any tract
indexes the county maintains for each parcel of property described in the lien notice. The
recorder shall return recorded medical assistance lien notices for abstract property to the
agency at no cost. If the agency provides a duplicate copy of a medical assistance lien
notice for registered property, the registrar of titles shall show the recording data for the
medical assistance lien notice on the copy and return it to the agency at no cost. The filing
or mailing of any notice, release, or other document under sections 514.980 to 514.985 is
the responsibility of the agency.