Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF2307 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to vital records; requiring that immunization data be included on death
3	3	1.3 records; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
4	4	1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
5	5	1.5 Section 1. [144.2212] DEATH CERTIFICATE; IMMUNIZATION RECORD.
6	6	1.6 Subdivision 1.Documentation.(a) The commissioner of health shall include on each
7	7	1.7death certificate the dates and types of immunization administered within the two years
8	8	1.8preceding the person's death. The death certificate immunization record must document
9	9	1.9vaccination event data elements that must include:
10	10	1.10 (1) vaccination administration date;
11	11	1.11 (2) vaccine dose volume;
12	12	1.12 (3) vaccine dose volume units;
13	13	1.13 (4) vaccine expiration date;
14	14	1.14 (5) vaccine lot number;
15	15	1.15 (6) vaccine product name;
16	16	1.16 (7) vaccine route of administration; and
17	17	1.17 (8) vaccine site of administration.
18	18	1.18The state registrar shall enter on the decedent's state death record at the time the death
19	19	1.19certificate is certified all vaccination event data elements in paragraph (b) through and
20	20	1.20including two years prior to the date of death.
21	21	1Section 1.
22	22	25-03985 as introduced03/04/25 REVISOR SGS/LJ
23	23	SENATE
24	24	STATE OF MINNESOTA
25	25	S.F. No. 2307NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
26	26	(SENATE AUTHORS: MATHEWS)
27	27	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
28	28	Introduction and first reading03/10/2025
29	29	Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1 (b) For children under eighteen years of age, the entire immunization record text must
30	30	2.2be placed into a text field attached to the decedent's death certificate.
31	31	2.3 Subd. 2.Immunization death reports.(a) Within ten days of the beginning of the state
32	32	2.4fiscal year, the commissioner of health shall produce a report, available to the public, on
33	33	2.5the total deaths that occurred within 24 hours, three days, one week, three weeks, ten weeks,
34	34	2.625 weeks, and one year of immunization, including subtotals of type of vaccine, gender,
35	35	2.7age group, race, ethnicity, and comorbidity type, if available.
36	36	2.8 (b) Within 30 days after the end of the state fiscal year, the commissioner of health shall
37	37	2.9produce a report and make the report available to the public. The report shall include the
38	38	2.10prior five years of the same data specified in paragraph (a).
39	39	2.11 Subd. 3.Cause of death and injury study.The commissioner of health shall conduct
40	40	2.12a biennial cause of death and injury study and issue a public report within two weeks of the
41	41	2.13date that is one year before each general presidential election and each general midterm or
42	42	2.14gubernatorial election. The report shall include:
43	43	2.15 (1) deaths involving cause of or contributing condition to death;
44	44	2.16 (2) injuries involving anything that appears in a physician's notes for the patient; and
45	45	2.17 (3) demographic data that includes race, age, gender, occupation, and other data as
46	46	2.18appropriate and that is not a violation of privacy.
47	47	2.19 Subd. 4.Independent audit of reports.(a) The commissioner of health shall select
48	48	2.20four public health audit proposals biennially from a person or organization not affiliated or
49	49	2.21dependent upon any governmental entity, pharmaceutical industry ecosystem entity, or
50	50	2.22public official. The selected auditor or auditors shall be required to sign a nondisclosure
51	51	2.23agreement to protect the privacy of individuals that the data represents, conduct themselves
52	52	2.24in accordance with state and federal privacy laws, and share the auditors' findings with the
53	53	2.25commissioner at least two days prior to any public disclosure of the findings, unless injury
54	54	2.26or death might occur within those two days.
55	55	2.27 (b) Prior to the engagement of the auditors, the commissioner shall determine and agree
56	56	2.28upon the format of the data files to be shared with the auditors.
57	57	2.29 (c) The auditors' proposal must meet minimum standards of competence in data
58	58	2.30management, aggregation, depiction, and presentation as a result of the work to be done.
59	59	2.31 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment and
60	60	2.32applies to deaths occurring on or after January 1, 2026.
61	61	2Section 1.
62	62	25-03985 as introduced03/04/25 REVISOR SGS/LJ