SF1022 - Minnesota: DWI and chemical dependency prevention initiatives

Providing for an aggressive initiative against impaired driving and chemical dependency; expanding the authority of the court to order persons convicted of driving while impaired (under the influence of alcohol or controlled substance) or arrested for another DWI related offense to submit to the level of care recommended in chemical use assessments; expanding chemical use assessment and report requirements to defendants convicted of certain violent crimes and modifying report content requirements; requiring chemical use assessments used by the commissioner of public safety in decisions relating to reinstatement of drivers licenses to meet certain standards; providing for the timing of the assessments; authorizing the court to order an assessment based on the belief of the existence of a chemical dependency problem; clarifying the definition of American Indian under chemical dependency treatment provisions; reducing county

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