HF1270 Summary

• Commissioner of Corrections must develop a pilot project for detention and supervision of offenders with remaining sentences of less than one year, considering care, custody, programming, treatment options, transportation, costs, admission procedures, insurance, and other appropriate factors.

• Eligible organizations for the pilot project include private vendors, county partnerships, nonprofit entities, and other state partnerships with facilities in Hennepin or Ramsey Counties.

• Counties including Dodge, Fillmore, Olmsted, Tri-County, Hennepin, and Ramsey may develop proposals for secure residential centers to supervise persons facing revocation of supervised release or execution of stayed prison sentences as an intermediate sanction.

• Commissioner of Corrections must report the pilot project proposal to legislative committee chairs and ranking minority members with jurisdiction over public safety policy and finance by December 1, 2009.

• Ramsey, Olmsted, and Hennepin Counties must report their county-based pilot project proposal to legislative committee chairs and ranking minority members with jurisdiction over public safety policy and finance by December 1, 2009.