Minnesota Legislature
HF 3317
as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/08/2018 05:52pm
Current Version - as introduced
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A bill for an act
relating to health; changing provisions to the cancer reporting system; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 144.69; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 144.69, is amended to read:
144.69 CLASSIFICATION OF DATA ON INDIVIDUALS.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including section 13.05, subdivision 9, data
collected on individuals by the cancer surveillance system, including the names and personal
identifiers of persons required in section 144.68 to report, shall be private and may only be
used for the purposes set forth in this section and sections 144.671, 144.672, and 144.68.
Any disclosure other than is provided for in this section and sections 144.671, 144.672, and
144.68, is declared to be a misdemeanor and punishable as such. Except as provided by
rule, and as part of an epidemiologic investigation, an officer or employee of the
commissioner of health may interview patients named in any such report, or relatives of
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Sec. 2.
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[144.9999] TRANSFERS OF INFORMATION TO NON-MINNESOTA
STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
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(a) Information containing personal identifiers collected by the cancer reporting system
may be disseminated to the statewide cancer registry of other states solely for purposes
consistent with sections 144.671, 144.672, 144.68, and 144.69, provided that the other state
agrees to maintain the classification of the information as provided under section 144.69.
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(b) Information containing indirect personal identifiers, excluding direct identifiers such
as name, Social Security number, and street address collected by the cancer reporting system,
may be provided to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Program of
Cancer Registries and the National Cancer Institute's SEER registry.
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