HF3378 • 2026

Commissioner of human services required to release unredacted initial Optum reports, and dissemination and publication of data prohibited.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Schomacker, Gillman, Anderson, P. E., Curran, Rarick, Zeleznikar, Gander
Last action: 2026-03-25
Official status: Withdrawn
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's effective date is not specified in the provided official source material.

Release of Unredacted Optum Reports and Data Protection

This bill requires the Commissioner of Human Services to release unedited initial reports from Optum, Inc., when requested by certain legislators, and restricts how this data can be shared.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Commissioner of Human Services to give full, unredacted Optum reports to legislative committee chairs and ranking minority members upon request.
Limits what information legislators or their staff can share about these reports.
Prohibits Optum from selling or sharing private personal data received through its contract with the Department of Human Services.

Who It Names or Affects

The Commissioner of Human Services
Legislators and legislative staff who receive the reports
Optum, Inc., a company that works with the Department of Human Services

Terms To Know

Initial Optum Reports: Reports made by Optum, Inc. for the Department of Human Services.
Not Public Data: Information that is not meant to be shared with the public according to Minnesota laws.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if Optum or legislators do not follow these rules.
It only applies to data received under a specific contract and executive order, so its impact may be limited.

Bill History

2026-03-25 Senate
Withdrawn
2026-03-17 Senate
Received from House
2026-03-16 House
Author stricken Van Binsbergen
2026-03-12 House
House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, March 12, 2026
2026-03-09 House
Committee report, to adopt as amended
2026-03-05 House
Author added Van Binsbergen
2026-03-02 House
Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
2026-02-23 House
Author added Knudsen
2026-02-19 House
Authors added Gillman, Schultz, and Anderson, P. E.
2026-02-17 House
Introduction and first reading, referred to Human Services Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Commissioner of human services required to release unredacted initial Optum reports, and dissemination and publication of data prohibited.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

A bill for an act

relating to human services; requiring commissioner of human services to release

unredacted initial Optum reports; prohibiting dissemination and publication of

certain data.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.
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DIRECTION TO THE COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES;

UNREDACTED INITIAL OPTUM REPORTS.
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(a) For the purposes of this section, "initial Optum reports" means the reports produced

by Optum, Inc., under contract with the Department of Human Services and announced in

the news release from the department on February 6, 2026.

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(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon a joint request by both the chairs and

ranking minority members of a legislative committee with jurisdiction over human services

policy and finance, the commissioner of human services must immediately release the initial

Optum reports to the members of that legislative committee in the reports' entirety without

redactions or edits, except for redactions requested by Optum to protect proprietary

information. Legislators or legislative staff who receive initial Optum reports under this

section must not disseminate or publicize any not public data, as defined in Minnesota

Statutes, section 13.02, subdivision 8a, that the reports contain.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective 14 days following final enactment.

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Sec. 2.
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OPTUM PROHIBITED FROM DISSEMINATING PRIVATE DATA.
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Optum, Inc., must not sell, share, or disseminate any private data on individuals, as

defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 13.02, subdivision 12, that Optum receives under or

incidental to Optum's contract or engagement with the Department of Human Services

pursuant to the governor's Executive Order No. 25-10.

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