SF1434 Summary

• Modifies data classification and sharing provisions for Minnesota human services programs including welfare, child care assistance, medical assistance, and maltreatment investigations

• Expands investigative data disclosure to allow law enforcement officers, investigators, and prosecutors to access welfare investigative data for purposes of investigation or prosecution related to program administration

• Establishes new fingerprint and photograph requirements for background study subjects under NETStudy 2.0, with fingerprints retained by FBI but not state agencies, and photographs retained by commissioner for identity verification purposes

• Authorizes interagency data sharing agreements allowing the Department of Revenue to share applicant and recipient financial information with the Department of Human Services for medical assistance eligibility purposes

• Modifies child care assistance program payment data classifications to make payment data public when centers have been disqualified, had authorizations revoked, or investigated for financial misconduct, while keeping data identifying specific recipients private