1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring registered predatory offenders while on 
1.3 	supervised or conditional release to attend only chemical abuse treatment groups 
1.4 	that do not include members of the same gender as their victims;amending 
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 244.05, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 244.05, is amended by adding a 
1.8 	subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 6a.Predatory offender substance abuse treatment restrictions. When a 
1.10 	judge sentences an offender who is required to register as a predatory offender under 
1.11 	section 243.166, the judge must order that the offender, while on any form of supervised 
1.12 	or conditional release, not attend alcohol or chemical substance abuse treatment groups 
1.13 	that include persons of the same gender as the offender's victim. If the offender has both 
1.14 	male and female victims, the judge shall specify which type of substance abuse treatment 
1.15 	group the offender may participate in based on the needs of public safety. The agency 
1.16 	responsible for supervising the offender must confirm that the offender is complying 
1.17 	with this subdivision. If an offender attends a treatment support group in violation of the 
1.18 	court's order, the offender has violated the terms of the offender's supervised release. The 
1.19 	commissioner is not required to pay for an offender's alcohol or chemical substance 
1.20 	abuse treatment.

1.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
1.22 	and applies to offenders who are sentenced on or after that date.