1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to privacy; excluding full Social Security numbers from medical 
1.3 	assistance documents filed with the county recorder or registrar of titles; 
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 514.982, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 514.982, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Filing. Any notice, release, or other document required to be filed 
1.8 	under sections 514.980 to 514.985 must be recorded or filed in the office of the county 
1.9 	recorder or registrar of titles, as appropriate, in the county where the real property is 
1.10 	located. The agency shall redact all but the last four digits of the Social Security number 
1.11 	of a medical assistance recipient from a document that is recorded or filed under this 
1.12 	subdivision. Notwithstanding section 386.77, the agency shall pay the applicable filing fee 
1.13 	for any document filed under sections 514.980 to 514.985. An attestation, certification, or 
1.14 	acknowledgment is not required as a condition of filing. If the property described in the 
1.15 	medical assistance lien notice is registered property, the registrar of titles shall record it 
1.16 	on the certificate of title for each parcel of property described in the lien notice. If the 
1.17 	property described in the medical assistance lien notice is abstract property, the recorder 
1.18 	shall file the medical assistance lien in the county's grantor-grantee indexes and any tract 
1.19 	indexes the county maintains for each parcel of property described in the lien notice. The 
1.20 	recorder shall return recorded medical assistance lien notices for abstract property to the 
1.21 	agency at no cost. If the agency provides a duplicate copy of a medical assistance lien 
1.22 	notice for registered property, the registrar of titles shall show the recording data for the 
1.23 	medical assistance lien notice on the copy and return it to the agency at no cost. The filing 
2.1 	or mailing of any notice, release, or other document under sections 514.980 to 514.985 is 
2.2 	the responsibility of the agency.