SF612 Summary

• Requires judicial appeal panel orders granting provisional discharge to specify conditions, which may only be changed by further judicial appeal panel order, not through standard reduction in custody procedures.

• Allows patients voluntarily readmitted to the Minnesota sex offender program to remain up to 60 days without revocation if the extended stay is solely due to pending judicial appeal panel approval of condition changes.

• Expands victim notification requirements to include notification of special review board and judicial appeal panel proceeding results on reduction in custody petitions, with notice required within seven days of discharge, provisional discharge, or transfer orders.

• Changes references from "electronic victim notification system" to "Web-based victim notification system" in victim notification procedures.

• Effective immediately upon enactment, with provisions applying to all pending provisional discharge petitions filed after the effective date, except those already decided by the judicial appeal panel.