Limits for contact tracing, digital contract tracing, immunizations, communicable disease testing, and the required disclosure of certain information established; destruction of certain data required; mandatory digital contact tracing by employers prohibited; and civil penalties provided.

HF 394 limits how health data can be collected and used during communicable disease outbreaks in Minnesota. It requires health departments to destroy certain disease reporting data within 90 days (or 30 days after an investigation ends) and prohibits mandatory digital contact tracing by employers or government entities. The bill mandates that digital contact tracing can only occur with voluntary consent and bans the collection of location or proximity data from wireless devices for contact tracing purposes. It directly affects Minnesotans whose health data might be collected during disease investigations and sets clear rules for data handling by health authorities.