3E Relating to the Minnesota sex offender program (MSOP)

ARTICLE 1 - STRICT AND INTENSIVE SUPERVISION AND TREATMENT AND PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN

Specifying certain duties of the commissioner of human services relating to ensuring an adequate number of facilities providing strict and intensive supervision and treatment for individuals (SIST) civilly committed by court or on provisional discharge, requiring the development of education for sex offender civil commitment procedural changes for judges, court staff, county attorneys and other lawyers and court appointed examiners, and the development of a public education campaign for informing the general public on the process of civilly committing sex offenders and of certain policies

ARTICLE 2 - CIVIL COMMITMENT MODIFICATIONS

Modifying and clarifying the county cost reimbursement liability; modifying certain civil commitment provisions relating to persons with sexual psychopathic personality or to be sexually dangerous; requiring strict and intensive supervision and treatment (SIST); requiring the commissioner of human services to arrange for regular biennial reviews of the committed person after the disposition order date and requiring the commissioner to create an evaluation unit for biennial reviews; replacing the special review board with the judicial appeal panel for discharges, releases, transfers, transfer and discharge revocations, and appeals responsibilities; providing procedures for patient and patient attorney argument, affidavit, and exhibits filing with county attorneys and subsequent hearings; appropriating money to the commissioner of human services for the program; repealing sexual psychopathic personality and sexually dangerous persons petition for reduction in custody
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