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CHAPTER 246B. Minnesota sex offender program

Table of Sections
SectionHeadnote
246B.01Minnesota sex offender program; definitions.
246B.02Establishment of Minnesota sex offender program.
246B.03Licensure.
246B.04Rules; evaluation.

246B.01 Minnesota sex offender program; definitions.

Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.

Subd. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of human services or the commissioner's designee.

Subd. 3. Sexual psychopathic personality. "Sexual psychopathic personality" has the meaning given in section 253B.02, subdivision 18b.

Subd. 4. Sexually dangerous person. "Sexually dangerous person" has the meaning given in section 253B.02, subdivision 18c.

HIST: 1Sp1993 c 1 art 7 s 27; 1Sp1994 c 1 art 2 s 25; 1997 c 217 art 1 s 3,4

246B.02 Establishment of Minnesota sex offender program.

The commissioner of human services shall establish and maintain a secure facility located in Moose Lake. The facility shall be operated by the Minnesota sex offender program. The program shall provide care and treatment in secure treatment facilities to persons committed by the courts as sexual psychopathic personalities or sexually dangerous persons, or persons admitted there with the consent of the commissioner of human services.

HIST: 1Sp1993 c 1 art 7 s 28; 1Sp1994 c 1 art 2 s 26; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 34

246B.03 Licensure.

The commissioner of human services shall apply to the commissioner of health to license the secure treatment facilities operated by the Minnesota sex offender program as supervised living facilities with applicable program licensing standards.

HIST: 1Sp1993 c 1 art 7 s 29; 1Sp1994 c 1 art 2 s 27; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 35

246B.04 Rules; evaluation.

The commissioner of human services shall adopt rules to govern the operation, maintenance, and licensure of secure treatment facilities operated by the Minnesota sex offender program or at any other facility operated by the commissioner, for a person committed as a sexual psychopathic personality or a sexually dangerous person. The commissioner shall establish an evaluation process to measure outcomes and behavioral changes as a result of treatment compared with incarceration without treatment, to determine the value, if any, of treatment in protecting the public.

HIST: 1Sp1993 c 1 art 7 s 30; 1994 c 529 s 3; 1Sp1994 c 1 art 2 s 28; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 36

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