HF 485

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 02/28/2013 12:42pm

A bill for an act
relating to sexually exploited youth; establishing a director of child sex
trafficking prevention; modifying provisions relating to sexually exploited
youth; establishing and amending grant programs relating to combatting sexual
exploitation of youth; providing related services and housing to victims;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 260B.007,
subdivisions 6, 16; 260C.007, subdivisions 6, 31; 260C.176, subdivisions 1, 3,
5; 260C.178, subdivision 1; 260C.181, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145; repealing
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 609.093.

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

ARTICLE 1

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Section 1.

new text begin [145.4716] SAFE HARBOR FOR SEXUALLY EXPLOITED YOUTH.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Director. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of health shall establish a position for a
director of child sex trafficking prevention.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Duties of director. new text end

new text begin The director of child sex trafficking prevention is
responsible for the following:
new text end

new text begin (1) developing and providing comprehensive training on sexual exploitation of
youth for social service professionals, medical professionals, public health workers, and
criminal justice professionals;
new text end

new text begin (2) collecting, organizing, maintaining, and disseminating information on sexual
exploitation and services across the state, including maintaining a list of resources on the
Department of Health Web site;
new text end

new text begin (3) monitoring and applying for federal funding for antitrafficking efforts that may
benefit victims in the state;
new text end

new text begin (4) managing grant programs established under this act;
new text end

new text begin (5) identifying best practices in serving sexually exploited youth, as defined in
section 260C.007, subdivision 31;
new text end

new text begin (6) providing oversight of and technical support to regional navigators pursuant to
section 145.4717;
new text end

new text begin (7) conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the statewide program for safe harbor
of sexually exploited youth; and
new text end

new text begin (8) developing a policy, consistent with the requirements of chapter 13, for sharing
data related to sexually exploited youth, as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 31,
among regional navigators and community-based advocates.
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [145.4717] REGIONAL NAVIGATOR GRANTS.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of health, through its director of child sex trafficking prevention,
established in section 145.4716, shall provide grants to regional navigators serving six
regions of the state to be determined by the commissioner. Each regional navigator must
develop and annually submit a work plan to the director of child sex trafficking prevention.
The work plans must include, but are not limited to, the following information:
new text end

new text begin (1) a needs statement specific to the region, including an examination of the
population at risk;
new text end

new text begin (2) regional resources available to sexually exploited youth, as defined in section
260C.007, subdivision 31;
new text end

new text begin (3) grant goals and measurable outcomes; and
new text end

new text begin (4) grant activities including timelines.
new text end

Sec. 3.

new text begin [145.4718] PROGRAM EVALUATION.
new text end

new text begin (a) The director of child sex trafficking prevention, established under section
145.4716, must conduct, or contract for, comprehensive evaluation of the statewide
program for safe harbor for sexually exploited youth. The first evaluation must be
completed by June 30, 2015, and must be submitted to the commissioner of health by
September 1, 2015, and every two years thereafter. The evaluation must consider whether
the program is reaching intended victims and whether support services are available,
accessible, and adequate for sexually exploited youth, as defined in section 260C.007,
subdivision 31.
new text end

new text begin (b) In conducting the evaluation, the director of child sex trafficking prevention must
consider evaluation of outcomes, including whether the program increases identification
of sexually exploited youth, coordination of investigations, access to services and housing
available for sexually exploited youth, and improved effectiveness of services. The
evaluation must also include examination of the ways in which penalties under section
609.3241 are assessed, collected, and distributed to ensure funding for investigation,
prosecution, and victim services to combat sexual exploitation of youth.
new text end

ARTICLE 2

SAFE HARBOR PROVISIONS

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 260B.007, subdivision 6, is amended to
read:

Subd. 6.

Delinquent child.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (b)
and (c), "delinquent child" means a child:

(1) who has violated any state or local law, except as provided in section 260B.225,
subdivision 1, and except for juvenile offenders as described in subdivisions 16 to 18;

(2) who has violated a federal law or a law of another state and whose case has been
referred to the juvenile court if the violation would be an act of delinquency if committed
in this state or a crime or offense if committed by an adult;

(3) who has escaped from confinement to a state juvenile correctional facility after
being committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections; or

(4) who has escaped from confinement to a local juvenile correctional facility after
being committed to the facility by the court.

(b) The term delinquent child does not include a child alleged to have committed
murder in the first degree after becoming 16 years of age, but the term delinquent child
does include a child alleged to have committed attempted murder in the first degree.

(c) The term delinquent child does not include a child deleted text begin under the age of 16 years
deleted text end deleted text begin deleted text end alleged to have engaged in conduct which would, if committed by an adult, violate any
federal, state, or local law relating to being hired, offering to be hired, or agreeing to be
hired by another individual to engage in sexual penetration or sexual conduct.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2014, and applies to
offenses committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 260B.007, subdivision 16, is amended to read:

Subd. 16.

Juvenile petty offender; juvenile petty offense.

(a) "Juvenile petty
offense" includes a juvenile alcohol offense, a juvenile controlled substance offense,
a violation of section 609.685, or a violation of a local ordinance, which by its terms
prohibits conduct by a child under the age of 18 years which would be lawful conduct if
committed by an adult.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), "juvenile petty offense" also
includes an offense that would be a misdemeanor if committed by an adult.

(c) "Juvenile petty offense" does not include any of the following:

(1) a misdemeanor-level violation of section 518B.01, 588.20, 609.224, 609.2242,
609.324, new text begin subdivision 2 or 3, new text end 609.5632, 609.576, 609.66, 609.746, 609.748, 609.79,
or 617.23;

(2) a major traffic offense or an adult court traffic offense, as described in section
260B.225;

(3) a misdemeanor-level offense committed by a child whom the juvenile court
previously has found to have committed a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, or felony
offense; or

(4) a misdemeanor-level offense committed by a child whom the juvenile court
has found to have committed a misdemeanor-level juvenile petty offense on two or
more prior occasions, unless the county attorney designates the child on the petition
as a juvenile petty offender notwithstanding this prior record. As used in this clause,
"misdemeanor-level juvenile petty offense" includes a misdemeanor-level offense that
would have been a juvenile petty offense if it had been committed on or after July 1, 1995.

(d) A child who commits a juvenile petty offense is a "juvenile petty offender." The
term juvenile petty offender does not include a child deleted text begin under the age of 16 years deleted text end alleged
to have violated any law relating to being hired, offering to be hired, or agreeing to be
hired by another individual to engage in sexual penetration or sexual conduct which, if
committed by an adult, would be a misdemeanor.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2014, and applies to
offenses committed on or after that date.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 260C.007, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Child in need of protection or services.

"Child in need of protection or
services" means a child who is in need of protection or services because the child:

(1) is abandoned or without parent, guardian, or custodian;

(2)(i) has been a victim of physical or sexual abuse as defined in section 626.556,
subdivision 2, (ii) resides with or has resided with a victim of child abuse as defined in
subdivision 5 or domestic child abuse as defined in subdivision 13, (iii) resides with or
would reside with a perpetrator of domestic child abuse as defined in subdivision 13 or
child abuse as defined in subdivision 5 or 13, or (iv) is a victim of emotional maltreatment
as defined in subdivision 15;

(3) is without necessary food, clothing, shelter, education, or other required care
for the child's physical or mental health or morals because the child's parent, guardian,
or custodian is unable or unwilling to provide that care;

(4) is without the special care made necessary by a physical, mental, or emotional
condition because the child's parent, guardian, or custodian is unable or unwilling to
provide that care;

(5) is medically neglected, which includes, but is not limited to, the withholding of
medically indicated treatment from a disabled infant with a life-threatening condition. The
term "withholding of medically indicated treatment" means the failure to respond to the
infant's life-threatening conditions by providing treatment, including appropriate nutrition,
hydration, and medication which, in the treating physician's or physicians' reasonable
medical judgment, will be most likely to be effective in ameliorating or correcting all
conditions, except that the term does not include the failure to provide treatment other
than appropriate nutrition, hydration, or medication to an infant when, in the treating
physician's or physicians' reasonable medical judgment:

(i) the infant is chronically and irreversibly comatose;

(ii) the provision of the treatment would merely prolong dying, not be effective in
ameliorating or correcting all of the infant's life-threatening conditions, or otherwise be
futile in terms of the survival of the infant; or

(iii) the provision of the treatment would be virtually futile in terms of the survival
of the infant and the treatment itself under the circumstances would be inhumane;

(6) is one whose parent, guardian, or other custodian for good cause desires to be
relieved of the child's care and custody, including a child who entered foster care under a
voluntary placement agreement between the parent and the responsible social services
agency under section 260C.227;

(7) has been placed for adoption or care in violation of law;

(8) is without proper parental care because of the emotional, mental, or physical
disability, or state of immaturity of the child's parent, guardian, or other custodian;

(9) is one whose behavior, condition, or environment is such as to be injurious or
dangerous to the child or others. An injurious or dangerous environment may include, but
is not limited to, the exposure of a child to criminal activity in the child's home;

(10) is experiencing growth delays, which may be referred to as failure to thrive, that
have been diagnosed by a physician and are due to parental neglect;

(11) deleted text begin has engaged in prostitution as defined in section 609.321, subdivision 9 deleted text end new text begin is a
sexually exploited youth new text end ;

(12) has committed a delinquent act or a juvenile petty offense before becoming
ten years old;

(13) is a runaway;

(14) is a habitual truant;

(15) has been found incompetent to proceed or has been found not guilty by reason
of mental illness or mental deficiency in connection with a delinquency proceeding, a
certification under section 260B.125, an extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution, or a
proceeding involving a juvenile petty offense; new text begin or
new text end

(16) has a parent whose parental rights to one or more other children were
involuntarily terminated or whose custodial rights to another child have been involuntarily
transferred to a relative and there is a case plan prepared by the responsible social services
agency documenting a compelling reason why filing the termination of parental rights
petition under section 260C.301, subdivision 3, is not in the best interests of the child deleted text begin ; or deleted text end new text begin .
new text end

deleted text begin (17) is a sexually exploited youth.
deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2014.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 260C.007, subdivision 31, is amended to read:

Subd. 31.

Sexually exploited youth.

"Sexually exploited youth" means an
individual who:

(1) is alleged to have engaged in conduct which would, if committed by an adult,
violate any federal, state, or local law relating to being hired, offering to be hired, or
agreeing to be hired by another individual to engage in sexual penetration or sexual conduct;

(2) is a victim of a crime described in section 609.342, 609.343, new text begin 609.344, new text end 609.345,
609.3451, 609.3453, 609.352, 617.246, or 617.247;

(3) is a victim of a crime described in United States Code, title 18, section 2260;
2421; 2422; 2423; 2425; 2425A; or 2256; or

(4) is a sex trafficking victim as defined in section 609.321, subdivision 7b.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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

Sec. 5. new text begin REPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 609.093, new text end new text begin is repealed.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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

ARTICLE 3

CHILD PROTECTION

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 260C.176, subdivision 1, is amended to
read:

Subdivision 1.

Notice; release.

new text begin (a) new text end If a child is taken into custody as provided in
section 260C.175, the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child shall be notified as soon
as possible. Unless there is reason to believe that the child would endanger self or others
or not return for a court hearing, or that the child's health or welfare would be immediately
endangered, the child shall be released to the custody of a parent, guardian, or other suitable
relative. new text begin If a child taken into custody is believed to be a sexually exploited youth, the
detaining officer, the county attorney, or the county social services agency shall consider
access of the trafficker to the child when determining whether there is reason to believe
that the child's health or welfare would be immediately endangered if the child is released.
new text end

new text begin (b) new text end When a child is taken into custody by a peace officer under section 260C.175,
subdivision 1, clause (2), item (ii), release from detention may be authorized by the
detaining officer, the detaining officer's supervisor, the county attorney, or the social
services agency, provided that the agency has conducted an assessment and with the
family has developed and implemented a safety plan for the child, if needed. The person
to whom the child is released shall promise to bring the child to the court, if necessary,
at the time the court may direct. If the person taking the child into custody believes
it desirable, that person may request the parent, guardian, custodian, or other person
designated by the court to sign a written promise to bring the child to court as provided
above. The intentional violation of such a promise, whether given orally or in writing,
shall be punishable as contempt of court.

The court may require the parent, guardian, custodian, or other person to whom the
child is released, to post any reasonable bail or bond required by the court which shall be
forfeited to the court if the child does not appear as directed. The court may also release
the child on the child's own promise to appear in juvenile court.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2013.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 260C.176, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Advisement if detained.

new text begin Except as provided in subdivision 5, new text end if the person
who has taken the child into custody determines that the child should be placed in a secure
detention facility or a shelter care facility, that person shall advise the child and as soon
as is possible, the child's parent, guardian, or custodian:

(1) of the reasons why the child has been taken into custody and why the child is
being placed in a juvenile secure detention facility or a shelter care facility;

(2) of the location of the juvenile secure detention facility or a shelter care facility. If
there is reason to believe that disclosure of the location of the shelter care facility would
place the child's health and welfare in immediate endangerment, disclosure of the location
of the shelter care facility shall not be made;

(3) that the child's parent, guardian, or custodian and attorney or guardian ad litem
may make an initial visit to the juvenile secure detention facility or shelter care facility
at any time. Subsequent visits by a parent, guardian, or custodian may be made on a
reasonable basis during visiting hours and by the child's attorney or guardian ad litem
at reasonable hours;

(4) that the child may telephone parents and an attorney or guardian ad litem from
the juvenile secure detention facility or shelter care facility immediately after being
admitted to the facility and thereafter on a reasonable basis to be determined by the
director of the facility;

(5) that the child may not be detained pursuant to section 260C.175, subdivision
1, clause (1) or (2), item (ii), at a shelter care facility longer than 72 hours, excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, unless a petition has been filed within that time and the
court orders the child's continued detention, pursuant to section 260C.178;

(6) of the date, time, and place of the detention hearing, if this information is
available to the person who has taken the child into custody; and

(7) that the child and the child's parent, guardian, or custodian have the right to
be present and to be represented by counsel at the detention hearing, and that if they
cannot afford counsel, counsel will be appointed at public expense for the child, or for
any party, if it is a child in need of protection or services, neglected and in foster care,
or termination of parental rights matter.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2013.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 260C.176, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Shelter care new text begin or secure detention new text end ; notice to parent.

When a child is to
be placed in a new text begin secure detention facility or new text end shelter care facility, the person taking the child
into custody or the court shall determine whether or not there is reason to believe that
disclosure of the deleted text begin shelter care deleted text end facility's location to the child's parent, guardian, or custodian
would immediately endanger the health and welfare of the child. If there is reason to
believe that the child's health and welfare would be immediately endangered, disclosure of
the location shall not be made. This determination shall be included in the report required
by subdivision 4, along with instructions to the new text begin secure detention facility or new text end shelter care
facility to notify or withhold notification.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2013.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 260C.178, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Hearing and release requirements.

(a) If a child was taken into
custody under section 260C.175, subdivision 1, clause (1) or (2), item (ii), the court shall
hold a hearing within 72 hours of the time the child was taken into custody, excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, to determine whether the child should continue in
custody.

(b) Unless there is reason to believe that the child would endanger self or others or
not return for a court hearing, or that the child's health or welfare would be immediately
endangered, the child shall be released to the custody of a parent, guardian, custodian,
or other suitable person, subject to reasonable conditions of release including, but not
limited to, a requirement that the child undergo a chemical use assessment as provided in
section 260C.157, subdivision 1.

(c) If the court determines there is reason to believe that the child would endanger
self or others or not return for a court hearing, or that the child's health or welfare would
be immediately endangered if returned to the care of the parent or guardian who has
custody and from whom the child was removed, the court shall order the child into
foster care under the legal responsibility of the responsible social services agency or
responsible probation or corrections agency for the purposes of protective care as that term
is used in the juvenile court rules or into the home of a noncustodial parent and order the
noncustodial parent to comply with any conditions the court determines to be appropriate
to the safety and care of the child, including cooperating with paternity establishment
proceedings in the case of a man who has not been adjudicated the child's father. The
court shall not give the responsible social services legal custody and order a trial home
visit at any time prior to adjudication and disposition under section 260C.201, subdivision
1, paragraph (a), clause (3), but may order the child returned to the care of the parent or
guardian who has custody and from whom the child was removed and order the parent or
guardian to comply with any conditions the court determines to be appropriate to meet
the safety, health, and welfare of the child.

(d) In determining whether the child's health or welfare would be immediately
endangered, the court shall consider new text begin :
new text end

new text begin (1) new text end whether the child would reside with a perpetrator of domestic child abuse new text begin ; or
new text end

new text begin (2) whether the child is believed to be a sexually exploited youth and the trafficker
may have access to the child if released new text end .

(e) The court, before determining whether a child should be placed in or continue
in foster care under the protective care of the responsible agency, shall also make a
determination, consistent with section 260.012 as to whether reasonable efforts were made
to prevent placement or whether reasonable efforts to prevent placement are not required.
In the case of an Indian child, the court shall determine whether active efforts, according
to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, United States Code, title 25, section 1912(d),
were made to prevent placement. The court shall enter a finding that the responsible
social services agency has made reasonable efforts to prevent placement when the agency
establishes either:

(1) that it has actually provided services or made efforts in an attempt to prevent
the child's removal but that such services or efforts have not proven sufficient to permit
the child to safely remain in the home; or

(2) that there are no services or other efforts that could be made at the time of the
hearing that could safely permit the child to remain home or to return home. When
reasonable efforts to prevent placement are required and there are services or other efforts
that could be ordered which would permit the child to safely return home, the court shall
order the child returned to the care of the parent or guardian and the services or efforts put
in place to ensure the child's safety. When the court makes a prima facie determination
that one of the circumstances under paragraph (g) exists, the court shall determine that
reasonable efforts to prevent placement and to return the child to the care of the parent or
guardian are not required.

If the court finds the social services agency's preventive or reunification efforts
have not been reasonable but further preventive or reunification efforts could not permit
the child to safely remain at home, the court may nevertheless authorize or continue
the removal of the child.

(f) The court may not order or continue the foster care placement of the child unless
the court makes explicit, individualized findings that continued custody of the child by
the parent or guardian would be contrary to the welfare of the child and that placement is
in the best interest of the child.

(g) At the emergency removal hearing, or at any time during the course of the
proceeding, and upon notice and request of the county attorney, the court shall determine
whether a petition has been filed stating a prima facie case that:

(1) the parent has subjected a child to egregious harm as defined in section
260C.007, subdivision 14;

(2) the parental rights of the parent to another child have been involuntarily
terminated;

(3) the child is an abandoned infant under section 260C.301, subdivision 2,
paragraph (a), clause (2);

(4) the parents' custodial rights to another child have been involuntarily transferred
to a relative under Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 260C.201, subdivision 11, paragraph
(e), clause (1); section 260C.515, subdivision 4; or a similar law of another jurisdiction;

(5) the parent has committed sexual abuse as defined in section 626.556, subdivision
2, against the child or another child of the parent;

(6) the parent has committed an offense that requires registration as a predatory
offender under section 243.166, subdivision 1b, paragraph (a) or (b); or

(7) the provision of services or further services for the purpose of reunification is
futile and therefore unreasonable.

(h) When a petition to terminate parental rights is required under section 260C.301,
subdivision 3 or 4, but the county attorney has determined not to proceed with a
termination of parental rights petition, and has instead filed a petition to transfer permanent
legal and physical custody to a relative under section 260C.507, the court shall schedule a
permanency hearing within 30 days of the filing of the petition.

(i) If the county attorney has filed a petition under section 260C.307, the court shall
schedule a trial under section 260C.163 within 90 days of the filing of the petition except
when the county attorney determines that the criminal case shall proceed to trial first under
section 260C.503, subdivision 2, paragraph (c).

(j) If the court determines the child should be ordered into foster care and the child's
parent refuses to give information to the responsible social services agency regarding
the child's father or relatives of the child, the court may order the parent to disclose the
names, addresses, telephone numbers, and other identifying information to the responsible
social services agency for the purpose of complying with sections 260C.151, 260C.212,
260C.215, and 260C.221.

(k) If a child ordered into foster care has siblings, whether full, half, or step, who
are also ordered into foster care, the court shall inquire of the responsible social services
agency of the efforts to place the children together as required by section 260C.212,
subdivision 2, paragraph (d), if placement together is in each child's best interests, unless
a child is in placement for treatment or a child is placed with a previously noncustodial
parent who is not a parent to all siblings. If the children are not placed together at the time
of the hearing, the court shall inquire at each subsequent hearing of the agency's reasonable
efforts to place the siblings together, as required under section 260.012. If any sibling is
not placed with another sibling or siblings, the agency must develop a plan to facilitate
visitation or ongoing contact among the siblings as required under section 260C.212,
subdivision 1, unless it is contrary to the safety or well-being of any of the siblings to do so.

(l) When the court has ordered the child into foster care or into the home of a
noncustodial parent, the court may order a chemical dependency evaluation, mental health
evaluation, medical examination, and parenting assessment for the parent as necessary
to support the development of a plan for reunification required under subdivision 7 and
section 260C.212, subdivision 1, or the child protective services plan under section
626.556, subdivision 10, and Minnesota Rules, part 9560.0228.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2013.
new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 260C.181, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Least restrictive setting.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 1,
if the child had been taken into custody pursuant to section 260C.175, subdivision 1, clause
(1) or (2), item (ii), and is not alleged to be delinquent new text begin or a sexually exploited youth new text end , the
child shall be detained in the least restrictive setting consistent with the child's health and
welfare and in closest proximity to the child's family as possible. Placement may be with a
child's relative, a designated caregiver under chapter 257A, or in a shelter care facility. The
placing officer shall comply with this section and shall document why a less restrictive
setting will or will not be in the best interests of the child for placement purposes.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2013.
new text end

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 260C.181, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Secure detention; limitations. new text end

new text begin If the child had been taken into custody
pursuant to section 260C.175, subdivision 1, clause (1) or (2), item (ii), and is alleged to
be a sexually exploited youth, upon motion by the county attorney, placement in a secure
detention facility may be continued for up to 48 additional hours, exclusive of Saturdays,
Sundays, and holidays, if the court determines that the child's health or welfare would be
immediately endangered if released to a less restrictive setting.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2013.
new text end

ARTICLE 4

APPROPRIATIONS

Section 1. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
new text end

new text begin (a) $762,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of health in
fiscal year 2014 for grants to six regional navigators under Minnesota Statutes, section
145.4717. This appropriation shall be added to the base.
new text end

new text begin (b) $750,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of health for
grants to provide training on sexual exploitation of youth, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes,
section 145.4716, subdivision 4. Of this amount, $500,000 is appropriated in fiscal year
2014 and $250,000 in fiscal year 2015. This appropriation shall be added to the base.
new text end

new text begin (c) $300,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of health
in fiscal year 2015 for program evaluation required under Minnesota Statutes, section
145.4718. This appropriation shall be added to the base.
new text end

new text begin (d) $532,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $532,000 in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated
from the general fund to the commissioner of health for grants to outreach workers for
the safe harbor of sexually exploited youth program under Minnesota Statutes, section
145.4716. This appropriation shall be added to the base.
new text end

new text begin (e) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated
from the general fund to the commissioner of health for supportive service grants for the
safe harbor for sexually exploited youth program, under Minnesota Statutes, section
145.4716, including advocacy services, civil legal services, health care services, mental
and chemical health services, education and employment services, aftercare and relapse
prevention, and family reunification services. This appropriation shall be added to the base.
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new text begin (f) $82,550 in fiscal year 2014 and $82,550 in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated from
the general fund to the commissioner of health for the director of child sex trafficking
prevention position. This appropriation shall be added to the base.
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Sec. 2. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.
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new text begin (a) $4,472,500 in fiscal year 2014 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of human services for a safe harbor shelter and housing fund to be spent
in the following manner for housing and supportive services for youth who are sexually
exploited:
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new text begin (1) $2,190,000 to increase the capacity of emergency shelter beds;
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new text begin (2) $1,370,000 for transitional living programs;
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new text begin (3) $547,500 for supportive housing services; and
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new text begin (4) $365,000 to increase the capacity of child foster care homes.
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new text begin The appropriation in this paragraph is added to the base.
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new text begin (b) $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of human services for renovation and construction of facilities to serve
the housing and supportive services needs of youth who are sexually exploited. This is
a onetime appropriation.
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new text begin (c) The appropriations in this section are available until spent.
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