SF1143 Summary

• Modifies data classification definitions throughout Minnesota's Government Data Practices Act (Chapter 13) by changing singular verb forms ("means") to plural forms ("are") for consistency in referring to multiple data categories.

• Establishes new requirements for government entities to maintain data inventories, written data access policies, and data subject rights policies that must be updated annually and made available to the public.

• Clarifies data handling procedures for classified information, including security information classifications, judicial branch data dissemination, and specific protections for personal data of contractor employees (effective August 1, 2012).

• Creates new data classification provisions for dependent eligibility audits, unofficial fiscal notes, design-build transportation projects, adopt-a-highway participants, and inactive financial transaction investigative data.

• Adds cross-references to open meeting law provisions in Chapter 13D for various entities (health associations, self-insurance funds, hospitals, cooperatives) and imposes limitations on dependent coverage termination requiring 30-day notice and appeal opportunities.