HF 3061

1st Engrossment - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 04/28/2020 12:58pm

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; providing for health and welfare rights of inmates;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 241.02, by adding a subdivision;
641.15, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 241.02, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 1a. new text end

new text begin Inmate constitutional rights; health and welfare. new text end

new text begin The commissioner must
ensure that each state correctional facility and each correctional facility inspected by the
commissioner has policies and programs that preserve and protect the constitutional rights
of inmates and provide adequately for inmate health and wellness.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 641.15, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Subd. 4a. new text end

new text begin Equal treatment. new text end

new text begin (a) A sheriff must apply the same rules to all inmates under
the sheriff's care regardless of the grounds for which an inmate is detained or the government
authority that ordered the inmate detained.
new text end

new text begin (b) On the effective date of this section, if a county has an existing contract for detaining
inmates that requires standards of inmate care and supervision that do not comply with the
standard in paragraph (a), the county may honor the contract, but shall not renew the contract
or enter a new contract that contains provisions that violate paragraph (a).
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
new text end

new text begin Sections 1 and 2 are effective May 1, 2021.
new text end