1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; changing provisions to the cancer reporting system;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 144.69; proposing coding for new law in 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 144.69, is amended to read:
1.7 	144.69 CLASSIFICATION OF DATA ON INDIVIDUALS.
1.8 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including section 13.05, subdivision 9, data 
1.9 	collected on individuals by the cancer surveillance system, including the names and personal 
1.10 	identifiers of persons required in section 144.68 to report, shall be private and may only be 
1.11 	used for the purposes set forth in this section and sections 144.671, 144.672, and 144.68. 
1.12 	Any disclosure other than is provided for in this section and sections 144.671, 144.672, and 
1.13 	144.68, is declared to be a misdemeanor and punishable as such. Except as provided by 
1.14 	rule, and as part of an epidemiologic investigation, an officer or employee of the 
1.15 	commissioner of health may interview patients named in any such report, or relatives of 
1.16 	any such patient, only after the consent of notifying the attending physician or surgeon is 
1.17 	obtained of the investigation and providing an opportunity for the physician to inform the 
1.18 	commissioner of any circumstances that would influence the timing or approach to the 
1.19 	patient.

2.1 	Sec. 2. [144.9999] TRANSFERS OF INFORMATION TO NON-MINNESOTA 
2.2 	STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
2.3 	(a) Information containing personal identifiers collected by the cancer reporting system 
2.4 	may be disseminated to the statewide cancer registry of other states solely for purposes 
2.5 	consistent with sections 144.671, 144.672, 144.68, and 144.69, provided that the other state 
2.6 	agrees to maintain the classification of the information as provided under section 144.69.
2.7 	(b) Information containing indirect personal identifiers, excluding direct identifiers such 
2.8 	as name, Social Security number, and street address collected by the cancer reporting system, 
2.9 	may be provided to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Program of 
2.10 	Cancer Registries and the National Cancer Institute's SEER registry.