1.1    .................... moves to amend H.F. No. 3553, the first committee engrossment,
1.2as follows:
1.3Page 9, after line 2, insert:

1.4    "Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 268.19, subdivision 1, is
1.5amended to read:
1.6    Subdivision 1. Use of data. (a) Except as provided by this section, data gathered
1.7from any person under the administration of the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law
1.8are private data on individuals or nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section
1.913.02, subdivisions 9 and 12 , and may not be disclosed except according to a district court
1.10order or section 13.05. A subpoena is not considered a district court order. These data
1.11may be disseminated to and used by the following agencies without the consent of the
1.12subject of the data:
1.13    (1) state and federal agencies specifically authorized access to the data by state
1.14or federal law;
1.15    (2) any agency of any other state or any federal agency charged with the
1.16administration of an unemployment insurance program;
1.17    (3) any agency responsible for the maintenance of a system of public employment
1.18offices for the purpose of assisting individuals in obtaining employment;
1.19    (4) the public authority responsible for child support in Minnesota or any other
1.20state in accordance with section 256.978;
1.21    (5) human rights agencies within Minnesota that have enforcement powers;
1.22    (6) the Department of Revenue to the extent necessary for its duties under Minnesota
1.23laws;
1.24    (7) public and private agencies responsible for administering publicly financed
1.25assistance programs for the purpose of monitoring the eligibility of the program's
1.26recipients;
2.1    (8) the Department of Labor and Industry and the Division of Insurance Fraud
2.2Prevention in the Department of Commerce for uses consistent with the administration of
2.3their duties under Minnesota law;
2.4    (9) local and state welfare agencies for monitoring the eligibility of the data subject
2.5for assistance programs, or for any employment or training program administered by those
2.6agencies, whether alone, in combination with another welfare agency, or in conjunction
2.7with the department or to monitor and evaluate the statewide Minnesota family investment
2.8program by providing data on recipients and former recipients of food stamps or food
2.9support, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 256K, child care assistance
2.10under chapter 119B, or medical programs under chapter 256B, 256D, or 256L;
2.11    (10) local and state welfare agencies for the purpose of identifying employment,
2.12wages, and other information to assist in the collection of an overpayment debt in an
2.13assistance program;
2.14    (11) local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies for the purpose of ascertaining
2.15the last known address and employment location of an individual who is the subject of
2.16a criminal investigation;
2.17    (12) the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has access to data on
2.18specific individuals and specific employers provided the specific individual or specific
2.19employer is the subject of an investigation by that agency;
2.20    (13) the Department of Health for the purposes of epidemiologic investigations; and
2.21    (14) the Department of Corrections for the purpose of preconfinement and
2.22postconfinement employment tracking of individuals who had been committed to the
2.23custody of the commissioner of corrections committed offenders for the purpose of case
2.24planning.
2.25    (b) Data on individuals and employers that are collected, maintained, or used by
2.26the department in an investigation under section 268.182 are confidential as to data
2.27on individuals and protected nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section
2.2813.02, subdivisions 3 and 13 , and must not be disclosed except under statute or district
2.29court order or to a party named in a criminal proceeding, administrative or judicial, for
2.30preparation of a defense.
2.31    (c) Data gathered by the department in the administration of the Minnesota
2.32unemployment insurance program must not be made the subject or the basis for any
2.33suit in any civil proceedings, administrative or judicial, unless the action is initiated by
2.34the department.
2.35EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2008."
2.36Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.1Amend the title accordingly