Minnesota HF3378: Commissioner of human services required to release unredacted initial Optum reports, and dissemination and publication of data prohibited.

What the bill says

A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring commissioner of human services to release unredacted initial Optum reports; prohibiting dissemination and publication of certain data. new text begin [ADDED: (a) For the purposes of this section, "initial Optum reports" means the reports produced by Optum, Inc., under contract with the Department of Human Services and announced in the news release from the department on February 6, 2026.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon a joint request by both the chairs and ranking minority members of.

From the engrossed text, March 9, 2026:

A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring commissioner of human services to release unredacted initial Optum reports; prohibiting dissemination and publication of certain data. new text begin [ADDED: (a) For the purposes of this section, "initial Optum reports" means the reports produced by Optum, Inc., under contract with the Department of Human Services and announced in the news release from the department on February 6, 2026.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon a joint request by both the chairs and ranking minority members of a legislative committee with jurisdiction over human services policy and finance, the commissioner of human services must immediately release the initial Optum reports to the members of that legislative committee in the reports' entirety without redactions or edits, except for redactions requested by Optum to protect proprietary information. Legislators or legislative staff who receive initial Optum reports under this section must not disseminate or publicize any not public data, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 13.02, subdivision 8a, that the reports contain.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: EFFECTIVE DATE.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: This section is effective 14 days following final enactment.] new text end Sec. 2. new text begin [ADDED: OPTUM PROHIBITED FROM DISSEMINATING PRIVATE DATA.] new text …

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