MN HF2557

Requires written informed consent from patients (or parents/guardians for minors) before health information is submitted to the Minnesota Department of Health for multiple surveillance and registry programs, including early hearing detection and intervention, heritable and congenital disorder testing, birth defects, occupational diseases, trauma, traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, cancer, and lead surveillance systems.

Changes immunization record access requirements for schools, child care facilities, and postsecondary institutions to require written informed consent from parents or students before Department of Health and local board of health officials may inspect the files.

Modifies birth defects information system to require written informed consent from parents before the commissioner may access any birth defect case information, with consent forms to be made part of the child's medical record.

Requires written informed consent before physicians may report occupational diseases to the Department of Health and before hospitals may submit trauma registry and traumatic brain and spinal cord injury registry information to the commissioner.

Establishes informed consent requirements for cancer surveillance reporting by healthcare providers and facilities, blood lead analysis reporting, and early hearing detection and intervention programs, with the Department of Health to provide standardized consent forms.