1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to state government; making changes to data practices; amending Minnesota
1.3 Statutes 2024, section 13.04, subdivision 4.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.04, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 4.Procedure when data is not accurate or complete.(a) An individual subject
1.7of the data may contest the accuracy or completeness of public or private data about
1.8themselves.
1.9 (b) To exercise this right, an individual shall notify in writing the responsible authority
1.10of the government entity that maintains the data, describing the nature of the disagreement.
1.11 (c) Upon receiving notification from the data subject, the responsible authority shall
1.12within 30 days either:
1.13 (1) correct the data found to be inaccurate or incomplete and attempt to notify past
1.14recipients of inaccurate or incomplete data, including recipients named by the individual;
1.15or
1.16 (2) notify the individual that the responsible authority has determined the data to be
1.17correct. If the challenged data are determined to be accurate or complete, the responsible
1.18authority shall inform the individual of the right to appeal the determination to the
1.19commissioner as specified under paragraph (d). Data in dispute shall be disclosed only if
1.20the individual's statement of disagreement is included with the disclosed data.
1.21 (d) A data subject may appeal the determination of the responsible authority pursuant
1.22to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act relating to contested cases. An
1Section 1.
REVISOR SGS H1836-1HF1836 FIRST ENGROSSMENT
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 1836
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Klevorn, Howard and Bahner03/03/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy03/24/2025 2.1individual must submit an appeal to the commissioner within 60 days of the responsible
2.2authority's notice of the right to appeal or as otherwise provided by the rules of the
2.3commissioner. Upon receipt of an appeal by an individual, the commissioner shall, before
2.4issuing the order and notice of a contested case hearing required by chapter 14, try to resolve
2.5the dispute through education, conference, conciliation, or persuasion. If the parties consent,
2.6the commissioner may refer the matter to mediation. Following these efforts, the
2.7commissioner shall dismiss the appeal or issue the order and notice of hearing.
2.8 (e) The commissioner may dismiss an appeal without first attempting to resolve the
2.9dispute or before issuing an order and notice of a contested case hearing if:
2.10 (1) the appeal to the commissioner is not timely;
2.11 (2) the appeal concerns data previously presented as evidence in a court proceeding in
2.12which the data subject was a party; or
2.13 (3) the individual making the appeal is not the subject of the data challenged as inaccurate
2.14or incomplete.
2.15 (f) A responsible authority may submit private data to the commissioner to respond to
2.16a data subject's appeal of the determination that data are accurate and complete. Section
2.1713.03, subdivision 4, applies to data submitted by the responsible authority. Government
2.18data submitted to the commissioner by a government entity, copies of government data
2.19submitted by a data subject, or government data described by the data subject in their appeal
2.20have the same classification as the data when maintained by the government entity. The
2.21commissioner may disclose private data contained within the appeal record to the Office
2.22of Administrative Hearings.
2.23 (f) (g) Data on individuals that have been successfully challenged by an individual must
2.24be completed, corrected, or destroyed by a government entity without regard to the
2.25requirements of section 138.17.
2.26 (g) (h) After completing, correcting, or destroying successfully challenged data, a
2.27government entity may retain a copy of the commissioner of administration's order issued
2.28under chapter 14 or, if no order were issued, a summary of the dispute between the parties
2.29that does not contain any particulars of the successfully challenged data.
2.30 (i) Data maintained by the commissioner that a responsible authority has completed,
2.31corrected, or destroyed as the result of the informal resolution process described in paragraph
2.32(d) or by order of the commissioner, are private data on individuals.
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