1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; requiring disclosure of employers
1.3 	of applicants for publicly funded health programs;
1.4 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.5 	chapter 62J.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [62J.85] PUBLIC PROGRAMS; EMPLOYER
1.8 	DISCLOSURE.
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Definition. As used in this section,
1.10 	"proposed beneficiary" means:
1.11 	(1) an individual who files an application for benefits or
1.12 	hospital care for the individual; or 
1.13 	(2) an individual on whose behalf an application for
1.14 	benefits or hospital care is filed, including, but not limited
1.15 	to, children or other dependents of the applicant.
1.16 		Subd. 2.Information required under state-funded
1.17 	programs. An applicant for health care benefits under public
1.18 	programs, including, but not limited to, Medicaid, medical
1.19 	assistance, general assistance medical care, or MinnesotaCare,
1.20 	and any person requesting uncompensated care in a hospital shall
1.21 	identify the employer or employers of the proposed beneficiary
1.22 	of the health care benefits.  In the event the proposed
1.23 	beneficiary is not employed, the applicant shall identify the
1.24 	employer or employers of any adult who is responsible for
1.25 	providing all or some of the proposed beneficiary's support.
2.1 		Subd. 3.Information to be provided to legislature and
2.2 	public. (a) On or before January 1 of each year, the
2.3 	commissioner of human services shall transmit to the legislature
2.4 	a report identifying all employers identified according to
2.5 	subdivision 2 who employ 25 or more public health program
2.6 	beneficiaries.  In determining whether the 25-employee threshold
2.7 	is met, the commissioner shall include all public health program
2.8 	beneficiaries employed by the employer and its subsidiaries at
2.9 	all locations within the state.  The report shall include each
2.10 	employer's name and, as appropriate, the names of its
2.11 	subsidiaries that employ public health program beneficiaries,
2.12 	locations, the total number of its employees and dependents who
2.13 	are enrolled in each state-funded health care program, and the
2.14 	total cost to the state of providing public health care benefits
2.15 	for the employees and enrolled dependents of each named
2.16 	employer.  The report shall not include the name of any
2.17 	individual public health program beneficiary and is subject to
2.18 	privacy standards according to the Health Insurance Portability
2.19 	and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191.
2.20 	(b) The commissioner of human services shall make the
2.21 	report available to the public on the Department of Human
2.22 	Services Web site.
2.23 	(c) A member of the public may request and receive a copy
2.24 	of the report published under this subdivision.