1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to child protection; including opium in the list of controlled substances 
1.3 	used during pregnancy for purposes of civil commitment and child maltreatment 
1.4 	reporting;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 253B.02, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 253B.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Chemically dependent person. "Chemically dependent person" means 
1.8 	any person (a) determined as being incapable of self-management or management of 
1.9 	personal affairs by reason of the habitual and excessive use of alcohol, drugs, or other 
1.10 	mind-altering substances; and (b) whose recent conduct as a result of habitual and 
1.11 	excessive use of alcohol, drugs, or other mind-altering substances poses a substantial 
1.12 	likelihood of physical harm to self or others as demonstrated by (i) a recent attempt or 
1.13 	threat to physically harm self or others, (ii) evidence of recent serious physical problems, 
1.14 	or (iii) a failure to obtain necessary food, clothing, shelter, or medical care. "Chemically 
1.15 	dependent person" also means a pregnant woman who has engaged during the pregnancy 
1.16 	in habitual or excessive use, for a nonmedical purpose, of any of the following controlled 
1.17 	substances or their derivatives:  opium, cocaine, heroin, phencyclidine, methamphetamine, 
1.18 	or amphetamine.