1E Relating to public safety; establishing, modifying and regulating public safety, criminal justice, law enforcement, victim services and corrections policies, programs, reports, activities and practices; providing for background checks of employees at the governor residence and appointees of the governor; authorizing commissioner of corrections to order inmates to be screened for certain health conditions; defining a peace officer as an emergency medical services person under certain conditions; prohibiting the sale and possession of certain drug paraphernalia; requiring participation in diversionary programs for certain persons convicted of certain controlled substance offenses; creating a felony penalty for DWI (driving while impaired) following a prior conviction for criminal vehicular homicide involving impaired driving; prohibiting the commissioner from suspending drivers license of an individual for failure to appear in court or failure to pay a fine; modifying certain public safety peer counseling and debriefing procedures; requiring the commissioner of corrections to report certain information relating to prison based mental health programs to the legislature; authorizing the commissioner of corrections to enter into contracts with a county or group of counties to house inmates in newly constructed county or regional jail facilities providing inmates with access to chemical dependency treatment programs licensed by commissioner of human services; requiring commissioner to provide substance abuse information to supervising corrections agency for offenders released from prison; requiring periodic independent reviews of prison based substance abuse assessment activities; requiring the commissioner to cooperate with community based corrections agencies for determination of best method to address substance abuse treatment needs of offenders released from prison; requiring commissioner to keep adequate records regarding inmate participation in substance abuse treatment programs; authorizing the medical director of the department of corrections to make health care decisions for inmates under certain conditions; clarifying registration requirements for predatory offenders; providing for continued registration for predatory offenders required to be registered in any other state; modifying certain prosecuting authority or court comment provisions relating to controlled substance offenders release; extending the sunset of conditional release of nonviolent controlled substance offenders provision; modifying certain sentencing hearings and departures procedures relating to aggravated sentences; requiring commissioner of public safety to contract with a nonprofit organization providing legal services to domestic and international trafficking victims to maintain a toll-free telephone hotline for trafficking victims; specifying certain hotline requirements; authorizing organizations providing mentoring services to request the bureau of criminal apprehension (BCA) to perform criminal background checks; requiring the department of public safety to provide information and publication or training publications available to local law enforcement agencies and officers relating to the best practices for handling death scene investigations; specifying certain remains delivery and notice requirements of local law enforcement officials and certain remains identification responsibilities of medical examiners or coroners; regulating the handling of unidentified human remains and the collection of biological samples for DNA; requiring the arrestee to request destruction of a biological specimen for DNA analysis upon acquittal of a felony; establishing the forensic laboratory advisory board, specifying membership and duties; authorizing access to data in the comprehensive incident based reporting system (CIBRS) by the department of corrections fugitive apprehension unit; allowing the BCA to employ a subscription service to enhance officer safety during tactical operations; clarifying responsibility for receiving missing persons reports; giving local law enforcement in the area where a person has been missing jurisdiction over taking missing persons report; modifying membership of the criminal and juvenile justice information policy group; modifying certain appeal provisions relating to the uniform fire code; modifying certain restrictions on ownership and possession of regulated animals; requiring preparation of address or location change notice forms by the Minnesota animal control association and approval by the board of animal health; prescribing criminal penalties for certain violations; modifying the process for selection of a coroner or medical examiner; determining qualifications, cause for removal and filling vacancies with regard to the positions of coroner and medical examiner; providing procedure for the selection of a Hennepin county medical examiner, specifying qualifications and length of term; specifying jurisdiction of coroner or medical examiner with regard to the county a death occurs; providing for transfer of coroner and medical examiner jurisdiction as specified by county; authorizing coroner or medical examiner to appoint his or her staff; requiring each county to have a system for receiving, storing and releasing bodies, requiring the prompt reporting of certain deaths to the coroner or medical examiner for prompt evaluation, specifying procedure of autopsies on individuals who have died in correctional facilities; authorizing the coroner or medical examiner to determine a policy with regard to hospice patients; giving coroner or medical examiner authorization to call for an autopsy as deems necessary; permitting exhumation of a human body only with permission of surviving legal next of kin or by order of the district court where the body is located; authorizing the coroner or medical examiner to seek the assistance of medical specialists to confirm manner of death or obtain an expert opinion; permitting coroner, medical examiner or county attorney to request an inquest into a death, requiring coroner or medical examiner to keep full and complete records; authorizing prompt reporting of certain deaths to the coroner or medical examiner, requiring coroner or medical examiner to promptly contact law enforcement in the case of a death where a crime may have been committed; permitting the coroner or medical examiner access to health records of deceased person in question; instructing coroner or medical examiner to release requested records to a court or grand jury; authorizing coroner or medical examiner to immediately take charge of body immediately upon notification of death, requiring the coroner or medical examiner to provide generated reports to the county attorney if death was potentially of a criminal nature; instructing county board to compensate expenses the coroner, medical examiner, assistants, investigators and other medical specialists incur in carrying out their duties; permitting the coroner or medical examiner to charge fees for certain administrative functions; authorizing coroner or medical examiner to facilitate the organ donation process and evaluate cremation requests; requiring release of a body to person or persons who have the right to control the disposition upon the completion of the investigation; authorizing the coroner or medical examiner to release any property or articles needed to law enforcement in order to conduct an investigation; providing for release of property used when no longer needed; providing for the forensic pathologist, in reviewing the death of an incarcerated person, to file or amend the cause and manner of death with the state registrar; instructing coroner or medical examiner to make reasonable attempts to identify deceased person promptly; requiring report after 60 days by coroner or medical examiner to the BCA in an attempt to identify deceased persons; providing for coroner or medical examiner to preserve data for purposes of identifying deceased persons; instructing the coroner or medical examiner to contact state archeologist when investigation comes to a close; allowing coroner or medical examiner to perform examinations and tests in the matter of a criminal nature; permitting county boards to contract coroner and medical examiner services; modifying certain provisions providing for the sentencing of career offenders; providing for mandatory sentences for offenders under certain circumstances; increasing penalties for certain assaults on animal control officers; providing a mandatory sentence for engrained offenders under certain conditions; modifying payment of treatment for offenders under conditional release; clarifying the venue where a person aiding an offender can be charged; modifying penalties for theft, issuance of dishonored checks and damage to property; creating the crime of unlawful conduct relating to telephone records, defining certain terms, specifying certain exceptions and penalties; defining criminal sexual conduct for victim notification, domestic assault and harassment purposes; imposing conditional release terms on child pornography offenders released from prison; providing for appeal of state fire marshal decision to suspend, revoke or refuse fireworks operator permit; prohibiting the charging of a fee for inmate participation in employment; modifying certain county board requirements for withdrawal of a county from a regional jail system; removing certain sunset provisions relating to certain aggravated departures; creating a collateral consequences committee to study collateral consequences of adult conviction and juvenile adjudications, requiring a report to legislature by a certain date; requiring superintendent of the bureau of criminal apprehension (BCA) to coordinate with federal, local units of government and others to reduce reporting, data entry and record keeping backlog relating to missing persons and unidentified bodies, requiring a report to legislature by a certain date; requiring the superintendent of BCA in consultation with the sheriffs association and chiefs of police association to develop a model policy to address law enforcement efforts and duties regarding missing adults and provide training to local law enforcement agencies, requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; modifying sentencing guidelines; requiring commissioner of corrections to make recommendations to improve the availability of prison based substance abuse treatment programming and improve post prison release outcomes; appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety and the bureau of criminal apprehension; specifying instructions to the revisor; repealing certain provisions relating to drug paraphernalia, medical examiner and certain provisions relating to departure from guidelines, definitions and certain prior provision modifications for mandatory sentences for certain patterned and predatory sex offenders with no prior conviction requirements and presumptive and mandatory sentences for repeat sex offenders
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