1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to unemployment insurance; authorizing data sharing with the attorney
1.3 general; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.19, subdivision 1.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.19, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 Subdivision 1.Use of data.(a) Except as provided by this section, data gathered from
1.7any person under the administration of the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law are
1.8private data on individuals or nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 13.02,
1.9subdivisions 9 and 12, and may not be disclosed except according to a district court order
1.10or section 13.05. A subpoena is not considered a district court order. These data may be
1.11disseminated to and used by the following agencies without the consent of the subject of
1.12the data:
1.13 (1) state and federal agencies specifically authorized access to the data by state or federal
1.14law;
1.15 (2) any agency of any other state or any federal agency charged with the administration
1.16of an unemployment insurance program;
1.17 (3) any agency responsible for the maintenance of a system of public employment offices
1.18for the purpose of assisting individuals in obtaining employment;
1.19 (4) the public authority responsible for child support in Minnesota or any other state in
1.20accordance with section 256.978;
1.21 (5) human rights agencies within Minnesota that have enforcement powers;
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NINETY-THIRD SESSION 2.1 (6) the Department of Revenue to the extent necessary for its duties under Minnesota
2.2laws;
2.3 (7) public and private agencies responsible for administering publicly financed assistance
2.4programs for the purpose of monitoring the eligibility of the program's recipients;
2.5 (8) the Department of Labor and Industry and the Commerce Fraud Bureau in the
2.6Department of Commerce for uses consistent with the administration of their duties under
2.7Minnesota law;
2.8 (9) the Department of Human Services and the Office of Inspector General and its agents
2.9within the Department of Human Services, including county fraud investigators, for
2.10investigations related to recipient or provider fraud and employees of providers when the
2.11provider is suspected of committing public assistance fraud;
2.12 (10) local and state welfare agencies for monitoring the eligibility of the data subject
2.13for assistance programs, or for any employment or training program administered by those
2.14agencies, whether alone, in combination with another welfare agency, or in conjunction
2.15with the department or to monitor and evaluate the statewide Minnesota family investment
2.16program and other cash assistance programs, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,
2.17and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training program by
2.18providing data on recipients and former recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
2.19Program (SNAP) benefits, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 256K, child
2.20care assistance under chapter 119B, or medical programs under chapter 256B or 256L or
2.21formerly codified under chapter 256D;
2.22 (11) local and state welfare agencies for the purpose of identifying employment, wages,
2.23and other information to assist in the collection of an overpayment debt in an assistance
2.24program;
2.25 (12) local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies for the purpose of ascertaining
2.26the last known address and employment location of an individual who is the subject of a
2.27criminal investigation;
2.28 (13) the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has access to data on
2.29specific individuals and specific employers provided the specific individual or specific
2.30employer is the subject of an investigation by that agency;
2.31 (14) the Department of Health for the purposes of epidemiologic investigations;
2.32 (15) the Department of Corrections for the purposes of case planning and internal research
2.33for preprobation, probation, and postprobation employment tracking of offenders sentenced
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REVISOR SS/BM 23-0060611/28/22 3.1to probation and preconfinement and postconfinement employment tracking of committed
3.2offenders;
3.3 (16) the state auditor to the extent necessary to conduct audits of job opportunity building
3.4zones as required under section 469.3201; and
3.5 (17) the Office of Higher Education for purposes of supporting program improvement,
3.6system evaluation, and research initiatives including the Statewide Longitudinal Education
3.7Data System.; and
3.8 (18) the attorney general for the purpose of conducting an investigation pursuant to
3.9section 177.45 or 181.1721.
3.10 (b) Data on individuals and employers that are collected, maintained, or used by the
3.11department in an investigation under section 268.182 are confidential as to data on individuals
3.12and protected nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivisions 3
3.13and 13, and must not be disclosed except under statute or district court order or to a party
3.14named in a criminal proceeding, administrative or judicial, for preparation of a defense.
3.15 (c) Data gathered by the department in the administration of the Minnesota unemployment
3.16insurance program must not be made the subject or the basis for any suit in any civil
3.17proceedings, administrative or judicial, unless the action is initiated by the department.
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