HF 838

1st Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/13/2013 08:18pm

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; providing access to court services, detention, and
corrections data for domestic fatality review teams; amending Minnesota Statutes
2012, section 611A.203, subdivision 4.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 611A.203, subdivision 4, is amended to
read:

Subd. 4.

Duties; access to data.

(a) The domestic fatality review team shall collect,
review, and analyze death certificates and death data, including investigative reports,
medical and counseling records, victim service records, employment records, child abuse
reports, or other information concerning domestic violence deaths, survivor interviews
and surveys, and other information deemed by the team as necessary and appropriate
concerning the causes and manner of domestic violence deaths.

(b) The review team has access to the following not public data, as defined in
section 13.02, subdivision 8a, relating to a case being reviewed by the team: inactive
law enforcement investigative data under section 13.82; autopsy records and coroner or
medical examiner investigative data under section 13.83; hospital, public health, or other
medical records of the victim under section 13.384; records under section 13.46, created
by social service agencies that provided services to the victim, the alleged perpetrator, or
another victim who experienced or was threatened with domestic abuse by the perpetrator;
and child maltreatment records under section 626.556, relating to the victim or a family or
household member of the victim. Access to medical records under this paragraph also
includes records governed by sections 144.291 to 144.298. new text begin The review team has access to
corrections and detention data as provided in section 13.85.
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(c) As part of any review, the domestic fatality review team may compel the
production of other records by applying to the district court for a subpoena, which will be
effective throughout the state according to the Rules of Civil Procedure.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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