HF1466 Summary

• Amends Minnesota's Government Data Practices Act (Chapter 13) to make technical corrections and clarifications to data classification definitions and procedures across multiple state agencies and programs.

• Changes grammatical construction of data definitions from singular to plural form (e.g., "data which is" to "data are") throughout Chapter 13 to properly reflect that "data" is a plural noun.

• Modifies data classification provisions for specific programs including welfare, medical examiner, coroner, licensing, and real property appraisal data, with an effective date of the day following final enactment for real property appraisal changes.

• Adds new data classification provisions for specific entities and programs including ethanol producer payments, adopt-a-highway participants, audits by independent health plan organizations, and domestic violence risk assessments shared with criminal justice agencies.

• Creates new Chapter 13D section codifying open meeting law exemptions for various boards and associations (Board of Animal Health, health insurance associations, self-insurers' security funds, and others), and updates cross-references in Chapters 79A and 136A related to data practices compliance.