Minnesota Statutes Health (Ch. 144-159) § 145.471. Prenatal Trisomy Diagnosis Awareness Act

(1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of health;

(2) “deliver” means providing information to an expectant parent and, if appropriate, other family members, in a written format;

(3) “health care practitioner” means a medical professional that provides prenatal or postnatal care and administers or requests administration of a diagnostic or screening test to a pregnant woman that detects for trisomy conditions; and

(4) “trisomy conditions” means trisomy 13, otherwise known as Patau syndrome; trisomy 18, otherwise known as Edwards syndrome; and trisomy 21, otherwise known as Down syndrome.

Subd. 4.Commissioner duties. (a) The commissioner shall make the following information available to health care practitioners:

(b) The commissioner shall post the information in paragraph (a) on the Department of Health website.

(c) The commissioner shall follow existing department practice to ensure that the information is culturally and linguistically appropriate for all recipients.

(d) Any local or national organization that provides education or services related to trisomy conditions may request that the commissioner include the organization's informational material and contact information on the Department of Health website. Once a request is made, the commissioner may add the information to the website.