SF 1671

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 05/18/2013 08:48am

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; requiring discussion of the total economic costs of
violence and a report to the legislature.

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

Section 1. new text begin ECONOMIC COSTS OF VIOLENCE; REPORT.
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new text begin (a) The following shall appoint representatives to discuss issues in a public
informational hearing related to the economic costs of violence specified in paragraph
(b) with representatives of the Freedom from Violence Project of Inventing Solutions
and the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over public
safety finance: the commissioners of public safety, corrections, health, human services,
education, revenue, commerce, and employment and economic development; a district
court judge designated by the Supreme Court; the Minnesota County Attorneys
Association; the state public defender; the Minnesota County Probation Officers
Association; Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association; League of Minnesota Cities;
Association of Minnesota Counties; Minnesota Housing Finance Agency; the Minnesota
Association of Community Corrections Act Counties; and the Minnesota Center Against
Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA).
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new text begin (b) The issues to be discussed are:
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new text begin (1) the economic costs of:
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new text begin (i) violence against persons;
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new text begin (ii) treatment and care for victims and survivors of violence, such as physical and
mental health care, level one trauma care, prescriptions, rehabilitation, medical devices,
insurance claim processing, coroner, and premature burial;
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new text begin (iii) family and nonfamily households for wage losses due to the death or permanent
or temporary disability of a wage earner, legal assistance, and physical and mental health
care due to violence by or against a household member or for the diminished income
level of a convicted felon;
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new text begin (iv) employers for recruitment and training of replacements for workers who, due
to violence, are killed or permanently disabled and juggling schedules due to temporary
disability and for disruption of the workplace with discussions of firearm incidents;
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new text begin (v) domestic violence;
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new text begin (vi) suicides;
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new text begin (vii) firearm accidents;
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new text begin (viii) communities for loss of business, tourism, and community development due to
violence;
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new text begin (ix) the state and counties for criminal justice, sanctions, legal defense, prosecution,
and incarceration costs due to violence;
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new text begin (x) the state for loss of income tax revenue due to wage losses from the death or
permanent or temporary disability of a wage earner due to violence or the diminished
income level of a convicted felon; and
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new text begin (xi) school districts for security, prevention programs, and actual acts of school
violence; and
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new text begin (2) new tax revenues to cover the cost of violence.
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new text begin (c) The Freedom from Violence Project of Inventing Solutions shall report to the
legislature on the results of the discussions, specifically including but not limited to
summaries of the economic cost of domestic violence, sexual violence, firearms-related
violence, and school violence, under this section by March 15, 2014, after consultation with
and review of the report by the commissioners of public safety, corrections, health, human
services, education, revenue, commerce, and employment and economic development.
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