Law and Government Legislation regarding 'Corrections and Corrections Department' in Minnesota

TICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS Making miscellaneous technical corrections and removing obsolete and redundant references to statutes and other laws relating to legislative audits, government data practices, criminal justice data, state fair liquor sales, a road name, sewage treatment replacement systems, the legislative commission on waste management, battery management pilot projects, mixed municipal solid waste incinerators, the workforce development council, the national board of medical examiners, limited market value, office of enterprise technology and enterprise technology revolving fund, constables, fiduciaries, the crime victim and witness advisory council, unlicensed mental health practitioners and the office of unlicensed mental health practice, city of Worthington general election date, cigarette and tobacco products tax and liquor excise tax effective dates; providing a revisor instruction to update [...]

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TICLE 1 - APPROPRIATION Providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to the supreme court, court of appeals, trial and tax courts, uniform laws commission and judicial standards and public defense boards, to the commissioner of public safety for emergency management, criminal apprehension, the fire marshal, alcohol and gambling enforcement, office of justice programs, 911 emergency services and ARMER public safety, to the peace officer standards and training (POST) board, to the private detective board, to the commissioner of human rights for database replacement, to the commissioner of corrections (DOC) for correctional institutions, community services and operations support and for sentencing guidelines ARTICLE 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS Requiring department of human rights gifts and bequests to be credited to a special account; increasing incrementally 911 emergency fees; modifying [...]

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TICLE 1 - POSTRETIREMENT OPTION REVISION Restricting the state employee postretirement program to conform with federal in-service distribution restrictions ARTICLE 2 - REVISED REEMPLOYMENT ANNUITANT TREATMENT Increasing teachers retirement association (TRA) reemployed annuitant exempt income limit; revising reemployed annuitant account holding period ARTICLE 3 - TEACHER RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION CLARIFICATION OF STRIKE PERIOD PROCEDURE Revising TRA strike period and leave of absence service credit purchase procedures ARTICLE 4 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION REVISED PRIVATIZATION PROCEDURES Providing for certification and decertification of medical facilities and other public employing units; specifying certain eligibility determination requirements; requiring recommendation report to the legislature under certain conditions ARTICLE [...]

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TICLE 1 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE Requiring the commissioner of public safety to create a grant process for crisis intervention team training for local police and sheriff departments; specifying consultation and training requirements; requiring sheriffs and local corrections to use a mental health screening tool approved by the commissioner of corrections in consultation with the commissioner of human services and local correction staff to identify persons with mental illness; providing for a county jail reentry project to promote public safety, prevent recidivism and promote successful reintegration of individuals identified as having mental illness into the community, specifying grant application and program components; requiring the commissioner of corrections to develop a fair, firm and consistent protocol for inmates to have an opportunity to be released from disciplinary confinement in a timely matter; appropriating [...]

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Increasing the tax on alcoholic beverages (liquor) and creating a county alcohol and chemical dependency costs account for deposit of the proceeds; appropriating money in the account to the commissioner of corrections for county probation services grants and to the commissioner of human services and health for certain chemical dependency treatment and assessment services; expanding the definition of chemical dependency services and modifying the allocation and authorized uses of chemical dependency funds; providing for the distribution of funds to the commissioner of human services for certain tiered treatment services and for grants to counties for treatment support and detoxification services, to the commissioner of health for grants to local community health boards to provide health assessments and supportive services to children and vulnerable adults subjected to health risks at methamphetamine manufacture sites and to [...]

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TICLE 1 - HEALTH CARE Authorizing licensed physicians, advanced practice nurses and licensed psychologists to make a diagnosis and determination of attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for the purpose of identifying a child with a disability and eligible for and in need of special education instruction and services; requiring the commissioner of health to modify regulations for home care service providers to include certain home care aide tasks; "Grieving Parents Act", requiring hospitals, clinics and medical facilities having custody of a fetus following a miscarriage to provide written notification to the mother of the right to arrange for the burial or cremation of the fetus; permitting graduates of nonaccredited dental programs completing a clinical licensure examination and meeting certain applicant requirements to be granted a limited general dentist license [...]

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Authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; providing a summary of appropriations to certain departments and agencies; appropriating money to the rural finance authority (RFA) for loans to farmers, to the Minnesota zoological garden for inflow and infiltration emergency abatement, to the commissioner of administration for exterior repair of the transportation building, to acquire certain property adjacent to the Harold E. Stassen building, to renovate the perimeter system and the ventilation system at the Oak Park Heights correctional facility, to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for a grant to the Duluth entertainment and convention center (DECC) arena and to the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) for a grant to the city of Stillwater for phase III flood control and to the commissioner [...]

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TICLE 1 ? POSTRETIREMENT PROVISIONS Requiring the state board of investment to annually determine a composite funded ratio for state pension assets, modifying the postretirement adjustment calculation, requiring the board to determine fund total fair market value, limiting the postretirement adjustment percentage, providing a lost purchasing power increase for the Minnesota postretirement investment fund and specifying conditions, requiring a legislative report under condition of excess assets ARTICLE 2 ? MINNESOTA POSTRETIREMENT INVESTMENT FUND DISSOLUTION Modifying the procedures used by the state board of investment to determine postretirement adjustments for the Minneapolis employees retirement fund; providing for Minnesota postretirement investment fund dissolution according to a transition schedule, providing for postretirement adjustments, requiring a legislative report on statutory drafting [...]

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2E Relating to corrections; authorizing deferral of judgment for certain first time drug offenses under certain conditions; requiring the commissioners of corrections and employment and economic development (DEED) to develop and maintain a formal marketing plan to attract private sector business and industries for inmate employment through MINNCOR industries; modifying certain evidence of rehabilitation requirements; clarifying certain licensing exceptions; authorizing petitions for certificate of good conduct by adjudicated persons, providing for filing fee, petition contents and service, proposed order, hearing, eligibility, certificate issuance and effect, bureau of criminal apprehension (BCA) record, revocation, limited effect and crime for misuse; requiring crime victim certificate of good conduct notification; requiring the commissioner of corrections to perform an internal review of department guidelines for [...]

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1E Relating to unemployment insurance; providing for extended unemployment benefits under certain conditions; regulating benefit amounts and eligibility requirements; modifying the unemployment benefits general rule experience rating computation requirement relating to additional benefits of a nonprofit or government employer; adding vacation pay paid from the vacation fund administered by a union or a third party not under the control of the employer to the list of payments not offset by unemployment benefits; modifying the definition of actively seeking suitable employment; providing for additional unemployment benefits to workers laid off due to lack of work in certain high unemployment rate counties; modifying eligibility requirements for additional unemployment benefits; requiring the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) to notify applicants of the availability of additional unemployment benefits [...]

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TICLE 1 - PUBLIC SAFETY APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety for emergency management, criminal apprehension, cooperative investigation of cross jurisdictional criminal activity, laboratory activities, DWI lab analysis, forensic scientists, fire marshal, alcohol and gambling enforcement, office of justice programs, gang and drug task force, victim notification system, squad car cameras, peace officer overtime, youth intervention programs, crime victim support grant, sexual violence, domestic violence, administration costs, 911 emergency services/ARMER, public safety answering points, medical resource communication centers, ARMER debt service, improvements, interoperability planning, state backbone operating costs and public safety, metropolitan council debt service, zone controller, advance project development, system design, radio and communication system, to the peace officer [...]

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TICLE 1 - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS Providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to the university of Minnesota for higher education asset preservation and replacement (HEAPRA) and to renovate the 717 Delaware building for use as a biomedical science research facility, to the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) for higher education asset preservation and replacement (HEAPRA), Bemidji state university, Fond du Lac tribal and community college and for debt service, to the commissioner of education for independent school district #38, Red Lake for new facilities, to the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) for Stillwater flood control phase III, Lake Zumbro restoration, Red River digital elevation model, Greenleaf state park, Fort Snelling upper bluff and state trail acquisition including the Cuyuna Lakes trail and Gateway trail development, to the pollution control agency [...]

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TICLE 1 - SUMMARY Providing a summary of appropriations ARTICLE 2 - HUMAN SERVICES Appropriating money to the commissioner of human services for children and economic assistance grants, for grants to counties for child support enforcement programs, for children and community services grants, for grants to counties and tribes affected by reductions in targeted case management federal Medicaid revenue, for other children and economic assistance grants, for children and economic assistance management, administration and operations, for continuing care grants to reimburse the costs of nursing facility sprinkler systems and for state operated services for a grant to Advocating Change Together (ACT) for the remembering with dignity project, to the commissioner of health for the window replacement program and pandemic influenza preparedness, to the veterans nursing homes board for repair, maintenance,[...]

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TICLE 1 - CORRECTIONS BOARD Establishing a corrections board; providing for the appointment of members by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and by the commissioner of corrections; specifying certain qualification requirements of candidates for and certain parole powers and limits of the board; placing paroled and released individuals in continued legal custody of the board subject to return to a correctional facility; providing for parole hearings and inmate credit for good prison demeanor, requiring certain information from the commissioner, providing for victim right to testify in person or in writing before the board; specifying certain duties of the board upon final discharge; providing for parole supervision by the commissioner, specifying certain agent appointment requirements; requiring the commissioner to provide certain administrative services to the board; authorizing and providing [...]

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Establishing a parole board; providing for appointment of members by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and by the commissioner of corrections; specifying certain qualification requirements of candidates for and certain parole powers and limits of the board; placing paroled and released individuals in continued legal custody of the board subject to return to a correctional facility; providing for parole hearings and inmate credit for good prison demeanor, requiring certain information from the commissioner, providing for victim right to testify in person or in writing before the board; specifying certain duties of the board upon final discharge; providing for parole supervision by the commissioner, specifying certain agent appointment requirements; requiring the commissioner to provide certain administrative services to the board; authorizing and providing for the board to appoint out of state deputies [...]

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