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Chapter 270B

Section 270B.14

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270B.14 DISCLOSURE FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN TAX ADMINISTRATION.
    Subdivision 1. Disclosure to commissioner of human services. (a) On the request of the
commissioner of human services, the commissioner shall disclose return information regarding
taxes imposed by chapter 290, and claims for refunds under chapter 290A, to the extent provided
in paragraph (b) and for the purposes set forth in paragraph (c).
    (b) Data that may be disclosed are limited to data relating to the identity, whereabouts,
employment, income, and property of a person owing or alleged to be owing an obligation of
child support.
    (c) The commissioner of human services may request data only for the purposes of carrying
out the child support enforcement program and to assist in the location of parents who have, or
appear to have, deserted their children. Data received may be used only as set forth in section
256.978.
    (d) The commissioner shall provide the records and information necessary to administer the
supplemental housing allowance to the commissioner of human services.
    (e) At the request of the commissioner of human services, the commissioner of revenue shall
electronically match the Social Security numbers and names of participants in the telephone
assistance plan operated under sections 237.69 to 237.711, with those of property tax refund filers,
and determine whether each participant's household income is within the eligibility standards
for the telephone assistance plan.
    (f) The commissioner may provide records and information collected under sections 295.50
to 295.59 to the commissioner of human services for purposes of the Medicaid Voluntary
Contribution and Provider-Specific Tax Amendments of 1991, Public Law 102-234. Upon the
written agreement by the United States Department of Health and Human Services to maintain
the confidentiality of the data, the commissioner may provide records and information collected
under sections 295.50 to 295.59 to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services section of
the United States Department of Health and Human Services for purposes of meeting federal
reporting requirements.
    (g) The commissioner may provide records and information to the commissioner of human
services as necessary to administer the early refund of refundable tax credits.
    (h) The commissioner may disclose information to the commissioner of human services
necessary to verify income for eligibility and premium payment under the MinnesotaCare
program, under section 256L.05, subdivision 2.
    (i) The commissioner may disclose information to the commissioner of human services
necessary to verify whether applicants or recipients for the Minnesota family investment program,
general assistance, food support, Minnesota supplemental aid program, and child care assistance
have claimed refundable tax credits under chapter 290 and the property tax refund under chapter
290A, and the amounts of the credits.
    (j) The commissioner may disclose information to the commissioner of human services
necessary to verify income for purposes of calculating parental contribution amounts under
section 252.27, subdivision 2a.
    Subd. 2. Disclosure to Department of Employment and Economic Development. (a) Data
relating to individuals are treated as follows:
(1) Return information may be disclosed to the Department of Employment and Economic
Development to the extent provided in clause (2) and for the purposes provided in clause (3).
(2) The data that may be disclosed is limited to the amount of gross income earned by an
individual, the total amounts of earnings from each employer, and the employer's name.
(3) Data may be requested pertaining only to individuals who have claimed benefits under
sections 268.03 to 268.23 and only if the individuals are the subject of investigations based on
other information available to the Department of Employment and Economic Development. Data
received may be used only as set forth in section 268.19, subdivision 1, paragraph (b).
(b) Data pertaining to corporations or other employing units may be disclosed to the
Department of Employment and Economic Development to the extent necessary for the proper
enforcement of chapter 268.
    Subd. 3. Administration of enterprise, job opportunity, and biotechnology and health
sciences industry zone programs. The commissioner may disclose return information relating to
the taxes imposed by chapters 290 and 297A to the Department of Employment and Economic
Development or a municipality receiving an enterprise zone designation under section 469.169
but only as necessary to administer the funding limitations under section 469.169, subdivision
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, or to the Department of Employment and Economic Development and appropriate officials
from the local government units in which a qualified business is located but only as necessary to
enforce the job opportunity building zone benefits under section 469.315, or biotechnology and
health sciences industry zone benefits under section 469.336.
    Subd. 4. Revenue recapture. (a) The commissioner may disclose return information to a
claimant agency as defined in section 270A.03, subdivision 2, with respect to returns filed under
chapters 290 and 290A, as limited by paragraph (b) as necessary to accomplish the intent of
chapter 270A.
(b) The commissioner may disclose to the claimant agency only the name, address, Social
Security number and the amount of refund of a debtor, as defined in section 270A.03, subdivision
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    Subd. 5. Child support debtors. The commissioner may disclose returns and return
information with respect to returns filed under chapter 290, to the extent necessary to accomplish
the intent of section 289A.50, subdivision 5, providing for the withholding of income tax refunds
from child support debtors pursuant to court order.
    Subd. 6. Business activities report. The commissioner may disclose information regarding
the filing of a report or a return to the extent provided in and for the purpose of section 290.371.
    Subd. 7. Minnesota Racing Commission. The commissioner may disclose return
information relating to the taxes imposed by chapter 290 to the Minnesota Racing Commission
with respect to an applicant or a holder of a license issued by the Minnesota Racing Commission
or an owner of a horse entered in an event licensed by the Minnesota Racing Commission.
    Subd. 8. Exchange between Departments of Labor and Industry and Revenue. The
Departments of Labor and Industry and Revenue may exchange information as follows:
(1) data used in determining whether a business is an employer or a contracting agent;
(2) taxpayer identity information relating to employers and employees for purposes of
supporting tax administration and chapters 176, 177, and 181; and
(3) data to the extent provided in and for the purpose set out in section 176.181, subdivision 8.
    Subd. 9. Requests for data. Requests for data under this section must be in the form the
commissioner prescribes.
    Subd. 10. Procedures to protect information. A state agency or municipality receiving
Department of Revenue data under this chapter must establish procedures for safeguarding the
information.
    Subd. 11. Disclosure to commissioner of health. (a) On the request of the commissioner of
health, the commissioner may disclose return information to the extent provided in paragraph (b)
and for the purposes provided in paragraph (c).
(b) Data that may be disclosed are limited to the taxpayer's identity, as defined in section
270B.01, subdivision 5.
(c) The commissioner of health may request data only for the purposes of carrying out
epidemiologic investigations, which includes conducting occupational health and safety
surveillance, and locating and notifying individuals exposed to health hazards as a result of
employment. Requests for data by the commissioner of health must be in writing and state the
purpose of the request. Data received may be used only for the purposes of section 144.0525.
(d) The commissioner may disclose health care service revenue data to the commissioner of
health as provided by section 62J.41, subdivision 2.
    Subd. 12.[Repealed, 1993 c 146 art 2 s 31]
    Subd. 13. Disclosure to Explore Minnesota Tourism. The commissioner may disclose to
Explore Minnesota Tourism the name, address, North American Industry Classification System
(NAICS) code, and telephone number of a travel or tourism related business that is authorized to
collect sales and use tax. The data may be used only by Explore Minnesota Tourism to survey
travel or tourism related businesses.
    Subd. 14. Disclosure to secretary of state. The commissioner may disclose return
information to the secretary of state to the extent necessary to verify that the annual fee collected
from a foreign corporation under section 303.07, subdivision 2, is the correct amount due.
    Subd. 15. Disclosure to commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency. For purposes of
administering and enforcing the Dry Cleaning and Environmental Response and Reimbursement
Law of sections 115B.47 to 115B.51, the commissioner may disclose to the commissioner of
the Pollution Control Agency the names and addresses of the facilities, owners, and operators
collected by the commissioner under section 115B.49, subdivision 4.
    Subd. 16. Disclosure to law enforcement authorities. Under circumstances involving threat
of death or physical injury to any individual, the commissioner may disclose return information to
the extent necessary to apprise appropriate federal, state, or local law enforcement authorities of
such circumstances. Data disclosed under this subdivision are classified under section 13.82 once
they are received by the law enforcement authority.
    Subd. 17. Disclosure to Department of Commerce. The commissioner may disclose to
the commissioner of commerce information required to administer the Uniform Disposition of
Unclaimed Property Act in sections 345.31 to 345.60, including the Social Security numbers of the
taxpayers whose refunds are on the report of abandoned property submitted by the commissioner
to the commissioner of commerce under section 345.41. Except for data published under section
345.42, the information received that is private or nonpublic data retains its classification, and
can be used by the commissioner of commerce only for the purpose of verifying that the persons
claiming the refunds are the owners.
    Subd. 18. Disclosure to commissioner of veterans affairs. (a) At the request of the
commissioner of veterans affairs, the commissioner may disclose return information to the extent
provided in paragraph (b) and for the purposes provided in paragraph (c).
(b) Data that may be disclosed are limited to the taxpayer's identity, as defined in section
270B.01, subdivision 5.
(c) The commissioner of veterans affairs may request data only for the purposes of locating
and notifying individual veterans of health hazards, including, but not limited to, hearing loss,
chemical, biological, and radiation exposure, Gulf War Syndrome, and other injuries as they
become recognized as a result of their service in the armed forces of the United States and for the
purpose of notifying veterans, their dependents, and survivors of veterans of potential benefits to
which they may be entitled, including, but not limited to, eligibility for health care assistance for
posttraumatic stress disorders and chemical dependency treatment as well as physical injuries.
Requests for data by the commissioner of veterans affairs must be in writing and state the purpose
of the request.
    Subd. 19. Disclosure to Department of Finance. The commissioner may disclose to the
commissioner of finance returns or return information necessary in order to prepare a revenue
forecast under section 16A.103.
History: 1989 c 184 art 1 s 14; 1990 c 516 s 8; 1991 c 199 art 2 s 1; 1992 c 569 s 15; 1993 c
146 art 2 s 16; 1993 c 351 s 33-35; 1993 c 375 art 17 s 11; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 510 art 4 s 8;
1995 c 38 s 1; 1995 c 259 art 1 s 46,47; 1995 c 264 art 19 s 4; 1996 c 417 s 31; 1997 c 66 s 79;
1Sp1997 c 3 s 39-41; 1999 c 227 s 17,18; 2000 c 468 s 26; 2002 c 277 s 32; 2002 c 377 art 12 s 9;
2002 c 380 art 1 s 2; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 1 s 106; 2004 c 135 s 1; 2004 c 171 s 19;
2004 c 290 s 36; 2007 c 112 s 51; 2007 c 129 s 54; 2007 c 147 art 2 s 51; 2007 c 148 art 2 s 47

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