1998 Minnesota Statutes

     136A.162 Classification of data. 

    All data on applicants for financial assistance collected 
 and used by the higher education services office for student 
 financial aid programs administered by that office shall be 
 classified as private data on individuals under section 13.02, 
 subdivision 12.  Exceptions to this classification are that:  

    (a) the names and addresses of program recipients or 
 participants are public data; 

    (b) data on applicants may be disclosed to the commissioner 
 of human services to the extent necessary to determine 
 eligibility under section 136A.121, subdivision 2, clause (5); 
 and 

    (c) the following data collected in the Minnesota 
 supplemental loan program under section 136A.1701 may be 
 disclosed to a consumer credit reporting agency only if the 
 borrower and the cosigner give informed consent, according to 
 section 13.05, subdivision 4, at the time of application for a 
 loan: 

    (1) the lender-assigned borrower identification number; 

    (2) the name and address of borrower; 

    (3) the name and address of cosigner; 

    (4) the date the account is opened; 

    (5) the outstanding account balance; 

    (6) the dollar amount past due; 

    (7) the number of payments past due; 

    (8) the number of late payments in previous 12 months; 

    (9) the type of account; 

    (10) the responsibility for the account; and 

    (11) the status or remarks code. 

    HIST: 1977 c 384 s 8; 1979 c 238 s 5; 1981 c 311 s 39; 1982 c 
 545 s 24; 1Sp1985 c 11 s 48; 1989 c 293 s 42; 1991 c 292 art 5 s 
 3; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 59