1.1 .................... moves to amend the first committee engrossment (CEH4077-1) to H.
1.2F. No. 4077 as follows:
1.3Page 4, after line 14, insert:
1.4 "Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.851, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.5to read:
1.6 Subd. 9. Civil commitment of sexual offenders. Data relating to the preparation
1.7of a petition to commit an individual as a sexual psychopathic personality or sexually
1.8dangerous person is governed by section 253B.185, subdivision 1b.
1.9 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 253B.045, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.10 Subdivision 1.
Restriction. Except when ordered by the court pursuant to a finding
1.11of necessity to protect the life of the proposed patient or others
or as provided under
1.12subdivision 1a, no person subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be confined in a
1.13jail or correctional institution, except pursuant to chapter 242 or 244.
1.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.15 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 253B.045, is amended by adding a
1.16subdivision to read:
1.17 Subd. 1a. Exception. A person who is being petitioned for commitment
1.18under section 253B.185 and who is placed under a judicial hold order under section
1.19253B.07, subdivision 2b or 7, may be confined at a Department of Corrections or a
1.20county correctional or detention facility, rather than a secure treatment facility, until a
1.21determination of the commitment petition as specified in this subdivision.
1.22 (a) A court may order that a person who is being petitioned for commitment under
1.23section 253B.185 be confined in a Department of Corrections facility pursuant to the
1.24judicial hold order under the following circumstances and conditions:
2.1 (1) The person is currently serving a sentence in a Department of Corrections
2.2facility and the court determines that the person has made a knowing and voluntary (i)
2.3waiver of the right to be held in a secure treatment facility and (ii) election to be held in a
2.4Department of Corrections facility. The order confining the person in the Department of
2.5Corrections facility shall remain in effect until the court vacates the order or the person's
2.6criminal sentence and conditional release term expire.
2.7 In no case may the person be held in a Department of Corrections facility pursuant
2.8only to this subdivision, and not pursuant to any separate correctional authority, for more
2.9than 210 days.
2.10 (2) A person who has elected to be confined in a Department of Corrections facility
2.11under this subdivision may revoke the election by filing a written notice of intent to revoke
2.12the election with the court and serving the notice upon the Department of Corrections and
2.13the county attorney. The court shall order the person transferred to a secure treatment
2.14facility within 15 days of the date that the notice of revocation was filed with the court,
2.15except that, if the person has additional time to serve in prison at the end of the 15-day
2.16period, the person shall not be transferred to a secure treatment facility until the person's
2.17prison term expires. After a person has revoked an election to remain in a Department of
2.18Corrections facility under this subdivision, the court may not adopt another election to
2.19remain in a Department of Corrections facility without the agreement of both parties and
2.20the Department of Corrections.
2.21 (3) Upon petition by the commissioner of corrections, after notice to the parties
2.22and opportunity for hearing and for good cause shown, the court may order that the
2.23person's place of confinement be changed from the Department of Corrections to a secure
2.24treatment facility.
2.25 (4) While at a Department of Corrections facility pursuant to this subdivision, the
2.26person shall remain subject to all rules and practices applicable to correctional inmates in
2.27the facility in which the person is placed, including, but not limited to, the powers and
2.28duties of the commissioner of corrections under section 241.01, powers relating to use of
2.29force under section 243.52, and the right of the commissioner of corrections to determine
2.30the place of confinement in a prison, reformatory, or other facility.
2.31 (5) A person may not be confined in a Department of Corrections facility under this
2.32provision beyond the end of the person's executed sentence or the end of any applicable
2.33conditional release period, whichever is later. If a person confined in a Department of
2.34Corrections facility pursuant to this provision reaches the person's supervised release
2.35date and is subject to a period of conditional release, the period of conditional release
2.36shall commence on the supervised release date even though the person remains in the
3.1Department of Corrections facility pursuant to this provision. At the end of the later of
3.2the executed sentence or any applicable conditional release period, the person shall be
3.3transferred to a secure treatment facility.
3.4 (6) Nothing in this section may be construed to establish a right of an inmate in a
3.5state correctional facility to participate in sex offender treatment. This section must be
3.6construed in a manner consistent with the provisions of section 244.03.
3.7 (b) The committing county may offer a person who is being petitioned for
3.8commitment under section 253B.185 and who is placed under a judicial hold order under
3.9section 253B.07, subdivision 2b or 7, the option to be held in a county correctional or
3.10detention facility rather than a secure treatment facility, under such terms as may be agreed
3.11to by the county, the commitment petitioner, and the commitment respondent. If a person
3.12makes such an election under this paragraph, the court hold order shall specify the terms
3.13of the agreement, including the conditions for revoking the election.
3.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
3.15 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 253B.045, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.16 Subd. 2.
Facilities. Each county or a group of counties shall maintain or provide
3.17by contract a facility for confinement of persons held temporarily for observation,
3.18evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and care. When the temporary confinement is provided
3.19at a regional treatment center, the commissioner shall charge the county of financial
3.20responsibility for the costs of confinement of persons hospitalized under section
253B.05,
3.21subdivisions 1 and 2
, and section
253B.07, subdivision 2b, except that the commissioner
3.22shall bill the responsible health plan first. If the person has health plan coverage, but the
3.23hospitalization does not meet the criteria in subdivision 6 or section
62M.07,
62Q.53,
3.24or
62Q.535, the county is responsible.
When a person is temporarily confined in a
3.25Department of Corrections facility solely under subdivision 1a, and not based on any
3.26separate correctional authority: (i) the commissioner of corrections may charge the
3.27county of financial responsibility for the costs of confinement; and (ii) the Department of
3.28Human Services shall use existing appropriations to fund all remaining nonconfinement
3.29costs. "County of financial responsibility" means the county in which the person resides
3.30at the time of confinement or, if the person has no residence in this state, the county
3.31which initiated the confinement. The charge
for confinement in a facility operated by the
3.32commissioner of human services shall be based on the commissioner's determination of
3.33the cost of care pursuant to section
246.50, subdivision 5. When there is a dispute as to
3.34which county is the county of financial responsibility, the county charged for the costs of
3.35confinement shall pay for them pending final determination of the dispute over financial
4.1responsibility. Disputes about the county of financial responsibility shall be submitted to
4.2the commissioner to be settled in the manner prescribed in section
256G.09.
4.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
4.4 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 253B.185, subdivision 1b,
4.5is amended to read:
4.6 Subd. 1b.
County attorney access to data. Notwithstanding sections
144.291
4.7to 144.298
;
245.467, subdivision 6;
245.4876, subdivision 7;
260B.171;
260B.235,
4.8subdivision 8
;
260C.171; and
609.749, subdivision 6, or any provision of chapter 13
4.9or other state law, prior to filing a petition for commitment as a sexual psychopathic
4.10personality or as a sexually dangerous person, and upon notice to the proposed patient,
4.11the county attorney or the county attorney's designee may move the court for an order
4.12granting access to any records or data, to the extent it relates to the proposed patient, for
4.13the purpose of determining whether good cause exists to file a petition and, if a petition
4.14is filed, to support the allegations set forth in the petition.
4.15 The court may grant the motion if: (1) the Department of Corrections refers the case
4.16for commitment as a sexual psychopathic personality or a sexually dangerous person; or
4.17(2) upon a showing that the requested category of data or records may be relevant to
4.18the determination by the county attorney or designee. The court shall decide a motion
4.19under this subdivision within 48 hours after a hearing on the motion. Notice to the
4.20proposed patient need not be given upon a showing that such notice may result in harm or
4.21harassment of interested persons or potential witnesses.
Notwithstanding any provision
4.22of chapter 13 or other state law, a county attorney considering the civil commitment of a
4.23person under this section may obtain records and data from the Department of Corrections
4.24or any probation or parole agency in this state upon request, without a court order, for the
4.25purpose of determining whether good cause exists to file a petition and, if a petition is
4.26filed, to support the allegations set forth in the petition. At the time of the request for
4.27the records, the county attorney shall provide notice of the request to the person who is
4.28the subject of the records.
4.29 Data collected pursuant to this subdivision shall retain their original status and, if not
4.30public, are inadmissible in any court proceeding unrelated to civil commitment, unless
4.31otherwise permitted.
4.32EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
4.33 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 253B.185, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
5.1 Subd. 5.
Financial responsibility. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, "state
5.2facility" has the meaning given in section
246.50 and also includes a Department of
5.3Corrections facility when the proposed patient is confined in such a facility pursuant to
5.4section 253B.045, subdivision 1a.
5.5 (b) Notwithstanding sections
246.54,
253B.045, and any other law to the contrary,
5.6when a petition is filed for commitment under this section pursuant to the notice required
5.7in section
244.05, subdivision 7, the state and county are each responsible for 50 percent of
5.8the cost of the person's confinement at a state facility or county jail, prior to commitment.
5.9 (c) The county shall submit an invoice to the state court administrator for
5.10reimbursement of the state's share of the cost of confinement.
5.11 (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), the state's responsibility for reimbursement is
5.12limited to the amount appropriated for this purpose.
5.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
5.14Renumber the sections in sequence
5.15Delete the title and insert:
5.17relating to public safety; reducing funding for the courts, Board of Public
5.18Defense, public safety programs, human rights, corrections, and Peace
5.19Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board; allowing persons facing civil
5.20commitment as sexually dangerous persons or sexual psychopathic personalities
5.21to choose to be confined in correctional facilities while the petition is being
5.22adjudicated; addressing the cost of care for persons facing civil commitment;
5.23addressing access to certain data by county attorneys on persons facing civil
5.24commitment; providing for a working group on state-controlled substance
5.25laws; requiring a report; appropriating money to match FEMA money received
5.26for natural disaster assistance payments;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006,
5.27sections 13.851, by adding a subdivision; 253B.045, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding
5.28a subdivision; 253B.185, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement,
5.29section 253B.185, subdivision 1b; Laws 2007, chapter 54, article 1, section 11."