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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to health; expanding maternal death studies conducted by the commissioner
3	3	1.3 of health to include maternal morbidity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
4	4	1.4 145.901.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 145.901, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 145.901 MATERNAL MORBIDITY AND DEATH STUDIES.
8	8	1.8 Subdivision 1.Purpose.(a) The commissioner of health may conduct maternal morbidity
9	9	1.9and death studies to assist the planning, implementation, and evaluation of medical, health,
10	10	1.10and welfare service systems and to reduce the numbers of preventable adverse maternal
11	11	1.11outcomes and deaths in Minnesota.
12	12	1.12 (b) For purposes of this section, "maternal morbidity" has the meaning given to severe
13	13	1.13maternal morbidity by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and includes an
14	14	1.14unexpected outcome of labor or delivery that results in significant short- or long-term
15	15	1.15consequences to a woman's health.
16	16	1.16 Subd. 2.Access to data.(a) The commissioner of health has access to medical data as
17	17	1.17defined in section 13.384, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), medical examiner data as defined
18	18	1.18in section 13.83, subdivision 1, and health records created, maintained, or stored by providers
19	19	1.19as defined in section 144.291, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), without the consent of the subject
20	20	1.20of the data, and without the consent of the parent, spouse, other guardian, or legal
21	21	1.21representative of the subject of the data, when the subject of the data is a woman who died
22	22	1.22or experienced morbidities during a pregnancy or within 12 months of a fetal death, a live
23	23	1.23birth, or other termination of a pregnancy.
24	24	1Section 1.
25	25	REVISOR SGS/AC 25-0482503/18/25
26	26	State of Minnesota
27	27	This Document can be made available
28	28	in alternative formats upon request
29	29	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
30	30	H. F. No. 3273
31	31	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
32	32	Authored by Mahamoud, Clardy and Agbaje04/30/2025
33	33	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy 2.1 The commissioner has access only to medical data and health records related to maternal
34	34	2.2morbidities and deaths that occur on or after July 1, 2000, including the names of the
35	35	2.3providers, clinics, or other health services such as family home visiting programs; the
36	36	2.4women, infants, and children (WIC) program; prescription monitoring programs; and
37	37	2.5behavioral health services, where care was received before, during, or related to the pregnancy
38	38	2.6or death. The commissioner has access to records maintained by family home visiting
39	39	2.7programs; the women, infants, and children (WIC) program; the prescription monitoring
40	40	2.8program; behavioral health services programs; substance use treatment facilities; law
41	41	2.9enforcement; and a medical examiner, a coroner, or hospitals or to hospital discharge data,
42	42	2.10for the purpose of providing the name and location of any pre-pregnancy, prenatal,
43	43	2.11postpartum, or other care received by the subject of the data up to one year after the end of
44	44	2.12the pregnancy.
45	45	2.13 (b) The provider or responsible authority that creates, maintains, or stores the data shall
46	46	2.14furnish the data upon the request of the commissioner. The provider or responsible authority
47	47	2.15may charge a fee for providing the data, not to exceed the actual cost of retrieving and
48	48	2.16duplicating the data.
49	49	2.17 (c) The commissioner shall make a good faith reasonable effort to notify the subject of
50	50	2.18the data, or the subject's parent, spouse, other guardian, or legal representative of the subject
51	51	2.19of the data before collecting data on the subject. For purposes of this paragraph, "reasonable
52	52	2.20effort" means one notice is sent by certified mail to the last known address of the subject
53	53	2.21of the data, or the subject's parent, spouse, guardian, or legal representative informing the
54	54	2.22recipient of the data collection and offering a public health nurse support visit if desired.
55	55	2.23 (d) The commissioner does not have access to coroner or medical examiner data that
56	56	2.24are part of an active investigation as described in section 13.83.
57	57	2.25 (e) The commissioner may request and receive from a coroner or medical examiner the
58	58	2.26name of the health care provider that provided prenatal, postpartum, or other health services
59	59	2.27to the subject of the data.
60	60	2.28 (f) The commissioner may access Department of Human Services data to identify sources
61	61	2.29of care and services to assist with the evaluation of welfare systems, including housing, to
62	62	2.30reduce preventable maternal deaths.
63	63	2.31 (g) The commissioner may request and receive law enforcement reports or incident
64	64	2.32reports related to the subject of the data.
65	65	2.33 Subd. 3.Management of records.After the commissioner has collected all data about
66	66	2.34a subject of a maternal morbidity or death study needed to perform the study, the data from
67	67	2Section 1.
68	68	REVISOR SGS/AC 25-0482503/18/25 3.1source records obtained under subdivision 2, other than data identifying the subject, must
69	69	3.2be transferred to separate records to be maintained by the commissioner. Notwithstanding
70	70	3.3section 138.17, after the data have been transferred, all source records obtained under
71	71	3.4subdivision 2 possessed by the commissioner must be destroyed.
72	72	3.5 Subd. 4.Classification of data.(a) Data provided to the commissioner from source
73	73	3.6records under subdivision 2, including identifying information on individual providers, data
74	74	3.7subjects, or their children, and data derived by the commissioner under subdivision 3 for
75	75	3.8the purpose of carrying out maternal morbidity and death studies, are classified as confidential
76	76	3.9data on individuals or confidential data on decedents, as defined in sections 13.02, subdivision
77	77	3.103, and 13.10, subdivision 1, paragraph (a).
78	78	3.11 (b) Information classified under paragraph (a) shall not be subject to discovery or
79	79	3.12introduction into evidence in any administrative, civil, or criminal proceeding. Such
80	80	3.13information otherwise available from an original source shall not be immune from discovery
81	81	3.14or barred from introduction into evidence merely because it was utilized by the commissioner
82	82	3.15in carrying out maternal morbidity and death studies.
83	83	3.16 (c) Summary data on maternal morbidity and death studies created by the commissioner,
84	84	3.17which does not identify individual data subjects or individual providers, shall be public in
85	85	3.18accordance with section 13.05, subdivision 7.
86	86	3.19 (d) Data provided by the commissioner of human services to the commissioner of health
87	87	3.20under this section retain the same classification the data held when retained by the
88	88	3.21commissioner of human services, as required under section 13.03, subdivision 4, paragraph
89	89	3.22(c).
90	90	3.23 Subd. 5.Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Review Committee.(a) The commissioner
91	91	3.24of health shall convene a Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Review Committee to conduct
92	92	3.25maternal morbidity and death study reviews, make recommendations, and publicly share
93	93	3.26summary information. The commissioner shall appoint members to the review committee,
94	94	3.27and membership may include but is not limited to medical examiners or coroners,
95	95	3.28representatives of health care institutions that provide care to pregnant women, obstetric
96	96	3.29and midwifery practitioners, Medicaid representatives, representatives of state agencies,
97	97	3.30individuals from communities with disparate rates of maternal morbidity and mortality, and
98	98	3.31other subject matter experts as appropriate. Committee membership shall not exceed 25
99	99	3.32members. The review committee shall review data from source records obtained under
100	100	3.33subdivision 2, other than data identifying the subject or the provider.
101	101	3Section 1.
102	102	REVISOR SGS/AC 25-0482503/18/25 4.1 (b) A person attending a Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Review Committee meeting
103	103	4.2shall not disclose what transpired at the meeting, except as necessary to carry out the purposes
104	104	4.3of the review committee. The proceedings and records of the review committee are protected
105	105	4.4nonpublic data as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 13. Discovery and introduction into
106	106	4.5evidence in legal proceedings of case review committee proceedings and records, and
107	107	4.6testimony in legal proceedings by review committee members and persons presenting
108	108	4.7information to the review committee, shall occur in compliance with the requirements in
109	109	4.8section 142A.03, subdivision 7, paragraph (e).
110	110	4Section 1.
111	111	REVISOR SGS/AC 25-0482503/18/25