2004 Minnesota Statutes

     246B.04 Rules; evaluation. 

    Subdivision 1.    Program rules and 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. 

    Subd. 2.    Ban on obscene material or pornographic work. 
  The commissioner shall prohibit persons civilly committed as 
 sexual psychopathic personalities or sexually dangerous persons 
 under sections 246.43 and 253B.185 from having or receiving 
 material that is obscene as defined under section 617.241, 
 subdivision 1, material that depicts sexual conduct as defined 
 under section 617.241, subdivision 1, or pornographic work as 
 defined under section 617.246, subdivision 1, while receiving 
 services in any secure treatment facilities operated by the 
 Minnesota sex offender program or any other facilities operated 
 by the commissioner. 

    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; 2004 c 134 s 2