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MN HF2725
Bill
Status
6/2/2022
Primary Sponsor
Heather Edelson
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AI Summary
HF2725 Summary
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Establishes statutory procedures for assessing defendant competency to stand trial, including court examinations, contested hearings, and competency determinations with specific timelines and burdens of proof.
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Creates the State Competency Restoration Board and Certification Advisory Committee to oversee competency restoration programs, develop curricula, and certify competency restoration providers and forensic navigators.
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Requires appointment of forensic navigators to assist defendants with mental illness or cognitive impairments by developing bridge plans, coordinating placement in restoration programs, and providing support services.
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Authorizes jail-based competency restoration programs, community-based treatment programs, and alternative programs with specific requirements for mental health services, supervision, and judicial review at 90-day intervals.
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Appropriates significant funding for competency restoration infrastructure, adult mental health initiatives ($10.2+ million), children's mental health services, mobile crisis services ($4-5.6 million), and establishes temporary medical permits for physicians and physician assistants.
Legislative Description
Statutory procedure established to assess the competency of a defendant to stand trial, providing for contested hearings, continuing supervision established for defendants found incompetent to stand trial, requirements established to restore defendants to competency, providing for the administration of medication, forensic navigators established, forensic navigators required to provide services to defendants, dismissal plans established for defendants found incompetent to stand trial, providing for jail-based competency restoration programs, State Competency Restoration Board and certification advisory committee established, mental health provisions created and modified, temporary medical permits created, report required, and money appropriated.
Last Action
Secretary of State Chapter 99
6/2/2022