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MN SF4370

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/11/2026

Primary Sponsor

Doron Clark

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Origin

Senate

94th Legislature 2025-2026

AI Summary

  • Creates new statutory framework (sections 241.011-241.013) for licensing and inspecting juvenile and adult community-based residential correctional facilities, establishing definitions, inspection requirements at least every two years, and license terms of up to two years

  • Requires facility administrators to report deaths to the commissioner within 24 hours and other critical incidents or emergency occurrences within 10 days, with mandatory death review teams convening within 90 days for juvenile facilities

  • Establishes detailed licensing enforcement procedures including correction orders, conditional licenses, license revocations, and temporary immediate suspensions for facilities failing to meet minimum standards or posing imminent risk of harm

  • Creates a state correctional facilities security audit group chaired by the ombudsperson for corrections, consisting of 10 members including legislators, commissioners, and security experts, to conduct biennial security audits of state correctional facilities and make recommendations

  • Repeals multiple existing subdivisions of section 241.021 and directs the revisor to renumber and reorganize related statutory provisions to clarify Department of Corrections responsibilities

Legislative Description

Department of Corrections licensed juvenile and adult community-based residential correctional facilities responsibilities clarification provision

Last Action

Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety

3/11/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary and Public Safety3/11/2026

Full Bill Text

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