HF 3776
Introduction - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006)
Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00 a.m.
1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18
A bill for an act
relating to child protection; including opium in the list of controlled substances
used during pregnancy for purposes of civil commitment and child maltreatment
reporting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 253B.02, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 253B.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Chemically dependent person.
"Chemically dependent person" means
any person (a) determined as being incapable of self-management or management of
personal affairs by reason of the habitual and excessive use of alcohol, drugs, or other
mind-altering substances; and (b) whose recent conduct as a result of habitual and
excessive use of alcohol, drugs, or other mind-altering substances poses a substantial
likelihood of physical harm to self or others as demonstrated by (i) a recent attempt or
threat to physically harm self or others, (ii) evidence of recent serious physical problems,
or (iii) a failure to obtain necessary food, clothing, shelter, or medical care. "Chemically
dependent person" also means a pregnant woman who has engaged during the pregnancy
in habitual or excessive use, for a nonmedical purpose, of any of the following controlled
substances or their derivatives: new text begin opium,new text end cocaine, heroin, phencyclidine, methamphetamine,
or amphetamine.