1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; requiring uniform technology and data standards for local 
1.3 	public health agencies; appropriating money from American Recovery and 
1.4 	Reinvestment Act of 2009;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 62J.495, 
1.5 	subdivision 1.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 62J.495, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Implementation. (a) By January 1, 2015, all hospitals and health 
1.9 	care providers must have in place an interoperable electronic health records system 
1.10 	within their hospital system or clinical practice setting. The commissioner of health, 
1.11 	in consultation with the Health Information Technology and Infrastructure Advisory 
1.12 	Committee, shall develop a statewide plan to meet this goal, including uniform standards 
1.13 	to be used for the interoperable system for sharing and synchronizing patient data across 
1.14 	systems. The standards must be compatible with federal efforts. The uniform standards 
1.15 	must be developed by January 1, 2009, with a status report on the development of these 
1.16 	standards submitted to the legislature by January 15, 2008.
1.17 	(b) By January 1, 2011, the commissioner of health, in consultation with the Health 
1.18 	Information Technology and Infrastructure Advisory Committee, shall develop uniform 
1.19 	technology and data standards outlined in paragraph (a) for local public health agencies 
1.20 	and issue a status report to the legislature on the development of these standards by 
1.21 	January 15, 2010.

1.22 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.1 	Of the funds available to the state from the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
2.2 	Act of 2009, $....... is appropriated to the commissioner of health to develop the standards 
2.3 	required in section 1.

2.4 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.5 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 2009.