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13.46 WELFARE DATA.
    Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section:
(a) "Individual" means an individual according to section 13.02, subdivision 8, but does not
include a vendor of services.
(b) "Program" includes all programs for which authority is vested in a component of the
welfare system according to statute or federal law, including, but not limited to, the aid to families
with dependent children program formerly codified in sections 256.72 to 256.87, Minnesota
family investment program, temporary assistance for needy families program, medical assistance,
general assistance, general assistance medical care, child care assistance program, and child
support collections.
(c) "Welfare system" includes the Department of Human Services, local social services
agencies, county welfare agencies, private licensing agencies, the public authority responsible for
child support enforcement, human services boards, community mental health center boards, state
hospitals, state nursing homes, the ombudsman for mental health and developmental disabilities,
and persons, agencies, institutions, organizations, and other entities under contract to any of the
above agencies to the extent specified in the contract.
(d) "Mental health data" means data on individual clients and patients of community mental
health centers, established under section 245.62, mental health divisions of counties and other
providers under contract to deliver mental health services, or the ombudsman for mental health
and developmental disabilities.
(e) "Fugitive felon" means a person who has been convicted of a felony and who has escaped
from confinement or violated the terms of probation or parole for that offense.
(f) "Private licensing agency" means an agency licensed by the commissioner of human
services under chapter 245A to perform the duties under section 245A.16.
    Subd. 2. General. (a) Unless the data is summary data or a statute specifically provides a
different classification, data on individuals collected, maintained, used, or disseminated by the
welfare system is private data on individuals, and shall not be disclosed except:
    (1) according to section 13.05;
    (2) according to court order;
    (3) according to a statute specifically authorizing access to the private data;
    (4) to an agent of the welfare system, including a law enforcement person, attorney, or
investigator acting for it in the investigation or prosecution of a criminal or civil proceeding
relating to the administration of a program;
    (5) to personnel of the welfare system who require the data to verify an individual's identity;
determine eligibility, amount of assistance, and the need to provide services to an individual or
family across programs; evaluate the effectiveness of programs; assess parental contribution
amounts; and investigate suspected fraud;
    (6) to administer federal funds or programs;
    (7) between personnel of the welfare system working in the same program;
    (8) to the Department of Revenue to assess parental contribution amounts for purposes of
section 252.27, subdivision 2a, administer and evaluate tax refund or tax credit programs and
to identify individuals who may benefit from these programs. The following information may
be disclosed under this paragraph: an individual's and their dependent's names, dates of birth,
Social Security numbers, income, addresses, and other data as required, upon request by the
Department of Revenue. Disclosures by the commissioner of revenue to the commissioner of
human services for the purposes described in this clause are governed by section 270B.14,
subdivision 1
. Tax refund or tax credit programs include, but are not limited to, the dependent
care credit under section 290.067, the Minnesota working family credit under section 290.0671,
the property tax refund and rental credit under section 290A.04, and the Minnesota education
credit under section 290.0674;
    (9) between the Department of Human Services, the Department of Employment and
Economic Development, and when applicable, the Department of Education, for the following
purposes:
    (i) to monitor the eligibility of the data subject for unemployment benefits, for any
employment or training program administered, supervised, or certified by that agency;
    (ii) to administer any rehabilitation program or child care assistance program, whether
alone or in conjunction with the welfare system;
    (iii) to monitor and evaluate the Minnesota family investment program or the child care
assistance program by exchanging data on recipients and former recipients of food support, cash
assistance under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 256K, child care assistance under chapter 119B,
or medical programs under chapter 256B, 256D, or 256L; and
    (iv) to analyze public assistance employment services and program utilization, cost,
effectiveness, and outcomes as implemented under the authority established in Title II, Sections
201-204 of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999. Health records
governed by sections 144.291 to 144.298 and "protected health information" as defined in Code of
Federal Regulations, title 45, section 160.103, and governed by Code of Federal Regulations, title
45, parts 160-164, including health care claims utilization information, must not be exchanged
under this clause;
    (10) to appropriate parties in connection with an emergency if knowledge of the information
is necessary to protect the health or safety of the individual or other individuals or persons;
    (11) data maintained by residential programs as defined in section 245A.02 may be disclosed
to the protection and advocacy system established in this state according to Part C of Public Law
98-527 to protect the legal and human rights of persons with developmental disabilities or other
related conditions who live in residential facilities for these persons if the protection and advocacy
system receives a complaint by or on behalf of that person and the person does not have a legal
guardian or the state or a designee of the state is the legal guardian of the person;
    (12) to the county medical examiner or the county coroner for identifying or locating
relatives or friends of a deceased person;
    (13) data on a child support obligor who makes payments to the public agency may be
disclosed to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education to the extent necessary to determine
eligibility under section 136A.121, subdivision 2, clause (5);
    (14) participant Social Security numbers and names collected by the telephone assistance
program may be disclosed to the Department of Revenue to conduct an electronic data match with
the property tax refund database to determine eligibility under section 237.70, subdivision 4a;
    (15) the current address of a Minnesota family investment program participant may be
disclosed to law enforcement officers who provide the name of the participant and notify the
agency that:
    (i) the participant:
    (A) is a fugitive felon fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after
conviction, for a crime or attempt to commit a crime that is a felony under the laws of the
jurisdiction from which the individual is fleeing; or
    (B) is violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under state or federal law;
    (ii) the location or apprehension of the felon is within the law enforcement officer's official
duties; and
    (iii) the request is made in writing and in the proper exercise of those duties;
    (16) the current address of a recipient of general assistance or general assistance medical
care may be disclosed to probation officers and corrections agents who are supervising the
recipient and to law enforcement officers who are investigating the recipient in connection with a
felony level offense;
    (17) information obtained from food support applicant or recipient households may be
disclosed to local, state, or federal law enforcement officials, upon their written request, for
the purpose of investigating an alleged violation of the Food Stamp Act, according to Code of
Federal Regulations, title 7, section 272.1(c);
    (18) the address, Social Security number, and, if available, photograph of any member
of a household receiving food support shall be made available, on request, to a local, state, or
federal law enforcement officer if the officer furnishes the agency with the name of the member
and notifies the agency that:
    (i) the member:
    (A) is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, for a crime or
attempt to commit a crime that is a felony in the jurisdiction the member is fleeing;
    (B) is violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under state or federal law; or
    (C) has information that is necessary for the officer to conduct an official duty related to
conduct described in subitem (A) or (B);
    (ii) locating or apprehending the member is within the officer's official duties; and
    (iii) the request is made in writing and in the proper exercise of the officer's official duty;
    (19) the current address of a recipient of Minnesota family investment program, general
assistance, general assistance medical care, or food support may be disclosed to law enforcement
officers who, in writing, provide the name of the recipient and notify the agency that the recipient
is a person required to register under section 243.166, but is not residing at the address at which
the recipient is registered under section 243.166;
    (20) certain information regarding child support obligors who are in arrears may be made
public according to section 518A.74;
    (21) data on child support payments made by a child support obligor and data on the
distribution of those payments excluding identifying information on obligees may be disclosed to
all obligees to whom the obligor owes support, and data on the enforcement actions undertaken
by the public authority, the status of those actions, and data on the income of the obligor or
obligee may be disclosed to the other party;
    (22) data in the work reporting system may be disclosed under section 256.998, subdivision 7;
    (23) to the Department of Education for the purpose of matching Department of Education
student data with public assistance data to determine students eligible for free and reduced price
meals, meal supplements, and free milk according to United States Code, title 42, sections 1758,
1761, 1766, 1766a, 1772, and 1773; to allocate federal and state funds that are distributed based
on income of the student's family; and to verify receipt of energy assistance for the telephone
assistance plan;
    (24) the current address and telephone number of program recipients and emergency contacts
may be released to the commissioner of health or a local board of health as defined in section
145A.02, subdivision 2, when the commissioner or local board of health has reason to believe
that a program recipient is a disease case, carrier, suspect case, or at risk of illness, and the data
are necessary to locate the person;
    (25) to other state agencies, statewide systems, and political subdivisions of this state,
including the attorney general, and agencies of other states, interstate information networks,
federal agencies, and other entities as required by federal regulation or law for the administration
of the child support enforcement program;
    (26) to personnel of public assistance programs as defined in section 256.741, for access to
the child support system database for the purpose of administration, including monitoring and
evaluation of those public assistance programs;
    (27) to monitor and evaluate the Minnesota family investment program by exchanging data
between the Departments of Human Services and Education, on recipients and former recipients
of food support, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 256K, child care assistance
under chapter 119B, or medical programs under chapter 256B, 256D, or 256L;
    (28) to evaluate child support program performance and to identify and prevent fraud in
the child support program by exchanging data between the Department of Human Services,
Department of Revenue under section 270B.14, subdivision 1, paragraphs (a) and (b), without
regard to the limitation of use in paragraph (c), Department of Health, Department of Employment
and Economic Development, and other state agencies as is reasonably necessary to perform
these functions; or
    (29) counties operating child care assistance programs under chapter 119B may disseminate
data on program participants, applicants, and providers to the commissioner of education.
    (b) Information on persons who have been treated for drug or alcohol abuse may only be
disclosed according to the requirements of Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, sections 2.1 to
2.67.
    (c) Data provided to law enforcement agencies under paragraph (a), clause (15), (16), (17),
or (18), or paragraph (b), are investigative data and are confidential or protected nonpublic while
the investigation is active. The data are private after the investigation becomes inactive under
section 13.82, subdivision 5, paragraph (a) or (b).
    (d) Mental health data shall be treated as provided in subdivisions 7, 8, and 9, but is not
subject to the access provisions of subdivision 10, paragraph (b).
    For the purposes of this subdivision, a request will be deemed to be made in writing if
made through a computer interface system.
    Subd. 3. Investigative data. (a) Data on persons, including data on vendors of services and
data on licensees, that is collected, maintained, used, or disseminated by the welfare system in an
investigation, authorized by statute and relating to the enforcement of rules or law, is confidential
data on individuals pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 3, or protected nonpublic data not on
individuals pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 13, and shall not be disclosed except:
(1) pursuant to section 13.05;
(2) pursuant to statute or valid court order;
(3) to a party named in a civil or criminal proceeding, administrative or judicial, for
preparation of defense; or
(4) to provide notices required or permitted by statute.
The data referred to in this subdivision shall be classified as public data upon its submission
to an administrative law judge or court in an administrative or judicial proceeding. Inactive
welfare investigative data shall be treated as provided in section 13.39, subdivision 3.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in law, the commissioner of human services shall
provide all active and inactive investigative data, including the name of the reporter of alleged
maltreatment under section 626.556 or 626.557, to the ombudsman for mental health and
developmental disabilities upon the request of the ombudsman.
    Subd. 4. Licensing data. (a) As used in this subdivision:
    (1) "licensing data" means all data collected, maintained, used, or disseminated by the
welfare system pertaining to persons licensed or registered or who apply for licensure or
registration or who formerly were licensed or registered under the authority of the commissioner
of human services;
    (2) "client" means a person who is receiving services from a licensee or from an applicant
for licensure; and
    (3) "personal and personal financial data" means Social Security numbers, identity of and
letters of reference, insurance information, reports from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension,
health examination reports, and social/home studies.
    (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (c), the following data on applicants, license holders,
and former licensees are public: name, address, telephone number of licensees, date of receipt of a
completed application, dates of licensure, licensed capacity, type of client preferred, variances
granted, record of training and education in child care and child development, type of dwelling,
name and relationship of other family members, previous license history, class of license, the
existence and status of complaints, and the number of serious injuries to or deaths of individuals
in the licensed program as reported to the commissioner of human services, the local social
services agency, or any other county welfare agency. For purposes of this clause, a serious injury
is one that is treated by a physician. When a correction order or fine has been issued, a license
is suspended, immediately suspended, revoked, denied, or made conditional, or a complaint
is resolved, the following data on current and former licensees and applicants are public:
the substance and investigative findings of the licensing or maltreatment complaint, licensing
violation, or substantiated maltreatment; the record of informal resolution of a licensing violation;
orders of hearing; findings of fact; conclusions of law; specifications of the final correction order,
fine, suspension, immediate suspension, revocation, denial, or conditional license contained in the
record of licensing action; and the status of any appeal of these actions.
    (2) Notwithstanding sections 626.556, subdivision 11, and 626.557, subdivision 12b, when
any person subject to disqualification under section 245C.14 in connection with a license to
provide family day care for children, child care center services, foster care for children in
the provider's home, or foster care or day care services for adults in the provider's home is a
substantiated perpetrator of maltreatment, and the substantiated maltreatment is a reason for a
licensing action, the identity of the substantiated perpetrator of maltreatment is public data. For
purposes of this clause, a person is a substantiated perpetrator if the maltreatment determination
has been upheld under section 256.045; 626.556, subdivision 10i; 626.557, subdivision 9d;
or chapter 14, or if an individual or facility has not timely exercised appeal rights under these
sections.
    (3) For applicants who withdraw their application prior to licensure or denial of a license, the
following data are public: the name of the applicant, the city and county in which the applicant
was seeking licensure, the dates of the commissioner's receipt of the initial application and
completed application, the type of license sought, and the date of withdrawal of the application.
    (4) For applicants who are denied a license, the following data are public: the name and
address of the applicant, the city and county in which the applicant was seeking licensure, the
dates of the commissioner's receipt of the initial application and completed application, the type
of license sought, the date of denial of the application, the nature of the basis for the denial, the
record of informal resolution of a denial, orders of hearings, findings of fact, conclusions of law,
specifications of the final order of denial, and the status of any appeal of the denial.
    (5) The following data on persons subject to disqualification under section 245C.14 in
connection with a license to provide family day care for children, child care center services, foster
care for children in the provider's home, or foster care or day care services for adults in the
provider's home, are public: the nature of any disqualification set aside under section 245C.22,
subdivisions 2 and 4
, and the reasons for setting aside the disqualification; the nature of any
disqualification for which a variance was granted under sections 245A.04, subdivision 9; and
245C.30, and the reasons for granting any variance under section 245A.04, subdivision 9; and, if
applicable, the disclosure that any person subject to a background study under section 245C.03,
subdivision 1
, has successfully passed a background study.
    (6) When maltreatment is substantiated under section 626.556 or 626.557 and the victim
and the substantiated perpetrator are affiliated with a program licensed under chapter 245A, the
commissioner of human services, local social services agency, or county welfare agency may
inform the license holder where the maltreatment occurred of the identity of the substantiated
perpetrator and the victim.
    (7) Notwithstanding clause (1), for child foster care, only the name of the license holder
and the status of the license are public if the county attorney has requested that data otherwise
classified as public data under clause (1) be considered private data based on the best interests of
a child in placement in a licensed program.
    (c) The following are private data on individuals under section 13.02, subdivision 12, or
nonpublic data under section 13.02, subdivision 9: personal and personal financial data on family
day care program and family foster care program applicants and licensees and their family
members who provide services under the license.
    (d) The following are private data on individuals: the identity of persons who have made
reports concerning licensees or applicants that appear in inactive investigative data, and the
records of clients or employees of the licensee or applicant for licensure whose records are
received by the licensing agency for purposes of review or in anticipation of a contested matter.
The names of reporters under sections 626.556 and 626.557 may be disclosed only as provided in
section 626.556, subdivision 11, or 626.557, subdivision 12b.
    (e) Data classified as private, confidential, nonpublic, or protected nonpublic under this
subdivision become public data if submitted to a court or administrative law judge as part of a
disciplinary proceeding in which there is a public hearing concerning a license which has been
suspended, immediately suspended, revoked, or denied.
    (f) Data generated in the course of licensing investigations that relate to an alleged violation
of law are investigative data under subdivision 3.
    (g) Data that are not public data collected, maintained, used, or disseminated under this
subdivision that relate to or are derived from a report as defined in section 626.556, subdivision
2
, or 626.5572, subdivision 18, are subject to the destruction provisions of sections 626.556,
subdivision 11c
, and 626.557, subdivision 12b.
    (h) Upon request, not public data collected, maintained, used, or disseminated under this
subdivision that relate to or are derived from a report of substantiated maltreatment as defined
in section 626.556 or 626.557 may be exchanged with the Department of Health for purposes
of completing background studies pursuant to section 144.057 and with the Department of
Corrections for purposes of completing background studies pursuant to section 241.021.
    (i) Data on individuals collected according to licensing activities under chapters 245A
and 245C, and data on individuals collected by the commissioner of human services according
to maltreatment investigations under sections 626.556 and 626.557, may be shared with the
Department of Human Rights, the Department of Health, the Department of Corrections, the
Ombudsman for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, and the individual's professional
regulatory board when there is reason to believe that laws or standards under the jurisdiction of
those agencies may have been violated.
    (j) In addition to the notice of determinations required under section 626.556, subdivision
10f
, if the commissioner or the local social services agency has determined that an individual is a
substantiated perpetrator of maltreatment of a child based on sexual abuse, as defined in section
626.556, subdivision 2, and the commissioner or local social services agency knows that the
individual is a person responsible for a child's care in another facility, the commissioner or local
social services agency shall notify the head of that facility of this determination. The notification
must include an explanation of the individual's available appeal rights and the status of any
appeal. If a notice is given under this paragraph, the government entity making the notification
shall provide a copy of the notice to the individual who is the subject of the notice.
    (k) All not public data collected, maintained, used, or disseminated under this subdivision
and subdivision 3 may be exchanged between the Department of Human Services, Licensing
Division, and the Department of Corrections for purposes of regulating services for which the
Department of Human Services and the Department of Corrections have regulatory authority.
    Subd. 5. Medical data; contracts. Data relating to the medical, psychiatric, or mental health
of any individual, including diagnosis, progress charts, treatment received, case histories, and
opinions of health care providers, that is collected, maintained, used, or disseminated by any
agency to the welfare system is private data on individuals and will be available to the data
subject, unless the private health care provider has clearly requested in writing that the data
be withheld pursuant to sections 144.291 to 144.298. Data on individuals that is collected,
maintained, used, or disseminated by a private health care provider under contract to any agency
of the welfare system is private data on individuals, and is subject to the provisions of sections
13.02 to 13.07 and this section, except that the provisions of section 13.04, subdivision 3, shall not
apply. Access to medical data referred to in this subdivision by the individual who is the subject
of the data is subject to the provisions of sections 144.291 to 144.298. Access to information that
is maintained by the public authority responsible for support enforcement and that is needed to
enforce medical support is subject to the provisions of section 518A.41.
    Subd. 6. Other data. Data collected, used, maintained, or disseminated by the welfare system
that is not data on individuals is public pursuant to section 13.03, except the following data:
(a) investigative data classified by section 13.39;
(b) welfare investigative data classified by section 13.46, subdivision 3; and
(c) security information classified by section 13.37, subdivision 2.
    Subd. 7. Mental health data. (a) Mental health data are private data on individuals and
shall not be disclosed, except:
(1) pursuant to section 13.05, as determined by the responsible authority for the community
mental health center, mental health division, or provider;
(2) pursuant to court order;
(3) pursuant to a statute specifically authorizing access to or disclosure of mental health data
or as otherwise provided by this subdivision; or
(4) with the consent of the client or patient.
(b) An agency of the welfare system may not require an individual to consent to the release
of mental health data as a condition for receiving services or for reimbursing a community mental
health center, mental health division of a county, or provider under contract to deliver mental
health services.
(c) Notwithstanding section 245.69, subdivision 2, paragraph (f), or any other law to the
contrary, the responsible authority for a community mental health center, mental health division of
a county, or a mental health provider must disclose mental health data to a law enforcement agency
if the law enforcement agency provides the name of a client or patient and communicates that the:
(1) client or patient is currently involved in an emergency interaction with the law
enforcement agency; and
(2) data is necessary to protect the health or safety of the client or patient or of another person.
The scope of disclosure under this paragraph is limited to the minimum necessary for law
enforcement to respond to the emergency. Disclosure under this paragraph may include, but is not
limited to, the name and telephone number of the psychiatrist, psychologist, therapist, mental
health professional, practitioner, or case manager of the client or patient. A law enforcement
agency that obtains mental health data under this paragraph shall maintain a record of the
requestor, the provider of the information, and the client or patient name. Mental health data
obtained by a law enforcement agency under this paragraph are private data on individuals and
must not be used by the law enforcement agency for any other purpose. A law enforcement
agency that obtains mental health data under this paragraph shall inform the subject of the data
that mental health data was obtained.
(d) In the event of a request under paragraph (a), clause (4), a community mental health
center, county mental health division, or provider must release mental health data to Criminal
Mental Health Court personnel in advance of receiving a copy of a consent if the Criminal Mental
Health Court personnel communicate that the:
(1) client or patient is a defendant in a criminal case pending in the district court;
(2) data being requested is limited to information that is necessary to assess whether the
defendant is eligible for participation in the Criminal Mental Health Court; and
(3) client or patient has consented to the release of the mental health data and a copy of the
consent will be provided to the community mental health center, county mental health division, or
provider within 72 hours of the release of the data.
For purposes of this paragraph, "Criminal Mental Health Court" refers to a specialty criminal
calendar of the Hennepin County District Court for defendants with mental illness and brain
injury where a primary goal of the calendar is to assess the treatment needs of the defendants
and to incorporate those treatment needs into voluntary case disposition plans. The data released
pursuant to this paragraph may be used for the sole purpose of determining whether the person
is eligible for participation in mental health court. This paragraph does not in any way limit or
otherwise extend the rights of the court to obtain the release of mental health data pursuant to
court order or any other means allowed by law.
    Subd. 8. Access for auditing. To the extent required by state or federal law, representatives
of federal, state, or local agencies shall have access to data maintained by public or private
community mental health centers, mental health divisions of counties, and other providers under
contract to deliver mental health services which is necessary to achieve the purpose of auditing.
Public or private community mental health centers, mental health divisions of counties, and other
providers under contract to deliver mental health services shall not permit this data to identify any
particular patient or client by name or contain any other unique personal identifier.
    Subd. 9. Fraud. In cases of suspected fraud, in which access to mental health data maintained
by public or private community mental health centers or mental health divisions of counties
and other providers under contract to deliver mental health services is necessary to a proper
investigation, the county board or the appropriate prosecutorial authority shall refer the matter to
the commissioner of human services. The commissioner and agents of the commissioner, while
maintaining the privacy rights of individuals and families, shall have access to mental health data
to conduct an investigation. Upon deeming it appropriate as a result of the investigation, the
commissioner shall refer the matter to the appropriate legal authorities and may disseminate to
those authorities whatever mental health data are necessary to properly prosecute the case.
    Subd. 10. Responsible authority. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter
to the contrary, the responsible authority for each component of the welfare system listed in
subdivision 1, clause (c), shall be as follows:
(1) the responsible authority for the Department of Human Services, state hospitals, and
nursing homes is the commissioner of the Department of Human Services;
(2) the responsible authority of a county welfare agency is the director of the county welfare
agency;
(3) the responsible authority for a local social services agency, human services board, or
community mental health center board is the chair of the board;
(4) the responsible authority of any person, agency, institution, organization, or other entity
under contract to any of the components of the welfare system listed in subdivision 1, clause
(c), is the person specified in the contract; and
(5) the responsible authority of the public authority for child support enforcement is the head
of the public authority for child support enforcement.
(b) A responsible authority shall allow another responsible authority in the welfare system
access to data classified as not public data when access is necessary for the administration and
management of programs, or as authorized or required by statute or federal law.
    Subd. 11. Nursing home appraisals. Names, addresses, and other data that could identify
nursing homes selected as part of a random sample to be appraised by the Department of Human
Services in its rate setting process are classified as protected nonpublic data until the sample
has been completed.
History: 1979 c 328 s 15; 1980 c 603 s 23; 1980 c 615 s 34; 1981 c 311 s 39; 1982 c 545 s
8,24; 1983 c 15 s 1; 1983 c 312 art 8 s 1; 1984 c 436 s 19-24; 1984 c 579 s 1-5; 1984 c 640 s 32;
1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 293 s 1,2; 1985 c 298 s 13-17; 1986 c 337 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1987 c
333 s 22; 1987 c 351 s 8-11; 1987 c 352 s 1; 1988 c 598 s 3; 1989 c 209 art 1 s 4; art 2 s 2; 1989
c 282 art 5 s 1; 1989 c 351 s 6; 1990 c 568 art 3 s 1; 1990 c 573 s 6,7; 1991 c 292 art 5 s 1; 1993
c 171 s 1; 1993 c 351 s 8-10; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1994 c 618 art 1 s 10,11; 1994
c 630 art 11 s 2; 1994 c 631 s 31; 1994 c 636 art 4 s 2; 1995 c 178 art 3 s 1; 1995 c 212 art 3
s 59; 1995 c 229 art 4 s 1; 1995 c 257 art 1 s 1; 1995 c 259 art 1 s 10-12; 1996 c 412 art 1 s
1; 1996 c 440 art 1 s 13; 1997 c 85 art 4 s 1,2; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 1; 1Sp1997 c 3 s 5; 1998 c
371 s 2; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3; 1999 c 99 s 7; 1999 c 107 s 66; 1999 c 159 s 1,; 1999 c 205 art
1 s 1; 1999 c 227 s 22; 1999 c 241 art 9 s 1; 1999 c 245 art 7 s 1; 2000 c 260 s 87,90; 2000 c
311 art 6 s 1; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2001 c 178 art 2 s 4; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 10 s 66; art 14 s 1; 2002 c
375 art 1 s 2-4; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2003 c 15 art 1 s 33; 2003 c 130 s 12; 1Sp2003 c 14
art 1 s 106; 2004 c 206 s 52; 2004 c 290 s 7-9; 2005 c 10 art 1 s 6; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2005 c 107
art 2 s 60; 2005 c 163 s 40; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 1 s 1; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28; 2006 c
280 s 46; 2007 c 112 s 1,2; 2007 c 147 art 2 s 1; art 10 s 15

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