| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to veterans; modifying human services data and veterans data provisions; |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.461, subdivision 27; 197.065. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.461, subdivision 27, is amended to read: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Subd. 27.State soldiers assistance program Veterans affairs programs.Access to |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7information for purposes of verifying eligibility for the State Soldiers Assistance Program, |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8the Veterans Stable Housing Initiative, and veterans programs is governed by section |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9197.065. |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 197.065, is amended to read: |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 197.065 ACCESS TO DATABASE. |
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| 12 | | - | 1.12 (a) Notwithstanding section 13.46, subdivision 2, the commissioner of veterans affairs |
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| 13 | | - | 1.13may electronically access the MAXIS database maintained by the Department of Human |
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| 14 | | - | 1.14Services Children, Youth, and Families for the purpose of verifying eligibility status of |
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| 15 | | - | 1.15applicants for benefits under the State Soldiers Assistance Program, the Veterans Stable |
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| 16 | | - | 1.16Housing Initiative, and veterans programs. The commissioner may electronically access |
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| 17 | | - | 1.17the MAXIS database to ensure that veterans are connected to all available state and federal |
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| 18 | | - | 1.18resources for which the veterans are eligible. |
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| 19 | | - | 1.19 (b) In order to access any private data on individuals, as defined by section 13.02, |
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| 20 | | - | 1.20subdivision 12, pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section, the commissioner of veterans |
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| 21 | | - | 1.21affairs must have received informed consent from the subject of that data. |
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| 12 | + | 1.12 Notwithstanding section 13.46, subdivision 2, the commissioner of veterans affairs may |
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| 13 | + | 1.13electronically access the MAXIS database maintained by the Department of Human Services |
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| 14 | + | 1.14Children, Youth, and Families for the purpose of verifying eligibility status of applicants |
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| 15 | + | 1.15for benefits under the State Soldiers Assistance Program, the Veterans Stable Housing |
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| 16 | + | 1.16Initiative, and veterans programs. The commissioner may electronically access the MAXIS |
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| 17 | + | 1.17database to ensure that veterans are connected to all available state and federal resources |
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| 18 | + | 1.18for which the veterans are eligible. The commissioner must provide informed consent in |
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| 19 | + | 1.19order to access Department of Human Services and Department of Children, Youth, and |
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| 20 | + | 1.20Families data. |
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