MN SF3009

Commissioners of health and human services shall conduct an inventory of health-related data collected by their departments, including health care programs, vital statistics, disease surveillance registries, and health outcome measurements.

The inventory must review data collection categories and methods for race, ethnicity, country of origin, primary language, tribal enrollment status, and socioeconomic status, and specify whether collection is currently required.

Commissioners shall consult with culturally based community groups, community health boards, tribal governments, hospitals, and health plan companies to review the inventory and recommend whether additional data types and categories are necessary to identify and reduce health disparities.

Recommendations shall address data aggregation needs to make information more accessible to community groups, researchers, and the legislature, and identify ways to improve data collection for accurate research and measurable program outcomes.

Commissioners must submit the completed inventory and recommendations to legislative committee chairs and ranking minority members with health and human services jurisdiction by January 15, 2011.