SF 2202

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to health; appropriating money for research
on issues related to sexual crimes.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin (a) $150,000 is appropriated for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2006, and $150,000 is appropriated for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2007, from the general fund to the commissioner
of health for the department's Injury and Violence Prevention
Unit. These appropriations must be used to:
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new text begin (1) examine in detail how the financial resources spent to
prosecute and incarcerate sex offenders compares with the
resources spent to treat the victims of sex crimes and to
prevent sexual offending;
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new text begin (2) provide a comparison of the costs, including financial,
social, and human costs, of responding to sex crimes to the
costs of investing in programs to prevent sex crimes; and
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new text begin (3) examine the linkages of risk and protective factors in
other crime and public health efforts, such as Mothers Against
Drunk Driving, youth violence prevention, teen pregnancy,
homelessness, and tobacco and drug use.
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new text begin (b) By January 15, 2006, and January 15, 2007, the
department's Injury and Violence Prevention Unit shall report to
the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house
of representatives committees and divisions having jurisdiction
over health and criminal justice policy and finance on the use
of these appropriations and the research funded. The unit shall
use the results of this research to identify empirically based
early intervention and primary prevention efforts to address the
risk and protective factors identified.
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