1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; establishing targeted domestic violence prevention 
1.3 	programming; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. TARGETED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMMING.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Screening tool. The commissioner of corrections shall develop and 
1.7 	implement a tool to identify offenders who are at highest risk to commit domestic violence 
1.8 	offenses upon release from confinement.
1.9 		Subd. 2.Programming. The commissioner shall identify accepted best practices for 
1.10 	providing domestic violence prevention programming to offenders and shall provide 
1.11 	programming consistent with accepted best practices to offenders identified as being at 
1.12 	highest risk to commit domestic violence offenses upon release from confinement.
1.13 		Subd. 3.Report. By January 15, 2019, the commissioner of corrections shall submit a 
1.14 	report to the chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction 
1.15 	over public safety policy and finance. At a minimum, the report must include:
1.16 	(1) a description of the screening tool and rating system used to identify offenders who 
1.17 	are at highest risk to commit domestic violence offenses upon release from confinement;
1.18 	(2) the number of offenders identified as being likely to commit domestic violence 
1.19 	offenses upon release from confinement;
1.20 	(3) the number of offenders who have participated in targeted domestic violence 
1.21 	prevention programming;
2.1 	(4) the number of offenders who participated in targeted domestic violence prevention 
2.2 	programming who have been released from confinement;
2.3 	(5) the recidivism rate of offenders who participated in targeted domestic violence 
2.4 	prevention programming who have been released from confinement; and
2.5 	(6) the number of offenders who participated in targeted domestic violence prevention 
2.6 	programming who committed domestic violence offenses after release from confinement.
2.7 		Subd. 4.Appropriation. $100,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $100,000 in fiscal year 2019 
2.8 	are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of corrections to develop and 
2.9 	establish screening tools and targeted domestic violence prevention programming.