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MN HF3191

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/25/2010

Primary Sponsor

Terry Morrow

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Origin

House of Representatives

86th Legislature 2009-2010

AI Summary

  • Amends Minnesota Statutes sections 609.344 and 609.345 to define criminal sexual conduct in the third and fourth degrees, including sexual penetration and sexual contact in secure treatment facilities.

  • Establishes that an employee, independent contractor, or volunteer of a correctional system or secure treatment facility commits a crime if engaging in sexual penetration or contact with a resident or client under supervision, with consent not being a defense.

  • Defines "secure treatment facility" as facilities providing services to clients civilly committed as mentally ill and dangerous, sexually dangerous persons, or sexual psychopathic personalities, including jails, prisons, and detention centers.

  • Creates multiple circumstances constituting criminal sexual conduct based on age differences, use of force or coercion, positions of authority, psychotherapist-patient relationships, clergy abuse, deception for medical purposes, and massage or bodywork service providers.

  • Applies affirmative defenses in limited circumstances, such as when actors are no more than 120 months older than complainants aged 13-16 and reasonably believed the complainant was 16 or older.

Legislative Description

Sexual contact in secure treatment facilities included as criminal sexual conduct in the third and fourth degrees.

Last Action

House: HF indefinitely postponed

4/6/2010

Full Bill Text

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