Chapter 253D — Minnesota Commitment and Treatment Act: Sexually Dangerous Persons and Sexual Psychopathic Personalities

253D.01 Citation This section gives the official name to Minnesota's law for civilly committing sex offenders. The chapter is formally … 253D.02 Definitions This section defines the key terms used throughout Minnesota's sex offender civil commitment law. The most important … 253D.03 General Provisions This section states that the general civil commitment rules found in section 253B.23 also apply to sex offender … 253D.04 Review Board This section requires the executive board overseeing the Minnesota Sex Offender Program to establish a special review … 253D.07 Proceedings This section sets out the process for committing someone as a sexually dangerous person or a person with a sexual … 253D.08 County Attorney Access to Data This section gives county attorneys the power to access private health and other records when investigating whether to … 253D.09 Petition Required This section requires county attorneys to decide within 120 days of a court determination or referral from the … 253D.10 Temporary Confinement This section governs where a person can be held while a sex offender commitment petition is pending. Generally, the … 253D.11 Statewide Judicial Panel This section allows the Minnesota Supreme Court to create a special panel of district court judges with statewide … 253D.12 Financial Responsibility This section establishes who pays the cost of holding a person before they are officially committed. When a commitment … 253D.13 Procedures Upon Commitment When a court orders someone committed under the sex offender commitment law, the admission process into the secure … 253D.14 Victim Notification of Petition and Release; Right to Submit Statement This section gives victims of sex offenders the right to be notified when a commitment petition is filed and when the … 253D.17 Rights of Committed Persons; Generally People committed under the sex offender civil commitment law have the same general rights as other civilly committed … 253D.18 Administrative Restriction This section protects committed persons from being placed in administrative restriction (a form of isolation or … 253D.19 Rights of Persons Committed Under This Chapter This section lists specific rights that the Minnesota Sex Offender Program can limit for people committed to its secure … 253D.20 Right to Counsel Every person facing civil commitment proceedings under this chapter has the right to be represented by an attorney. If … 253D.21 Neuroleptic Medication This section states that antipsychotic and other neuroleptic medications may only be given to people committed under the … 253D.22 Transfer to Correctional Facility This section governs what happens when a person committed to the sex offender program is also sentenced to prison for a … 253D.23 Passes This section limits when a committed person in the sex offender program can be released on a temporary pass. Passes are … 253D.24 Return of Absent Person This section sets out what happens when a committed person leaves the Minnesota Sex Offender Program without permission. … 253D.27 Petition for Reduction in Custody This section establishes the process for a committed person to seek a reduction in custody — which includes transfer out … 253D.28 Judicial Appeal Panel The judicial appeal panel is the court-level body that reviews the special review board's decisions about changes to a … 253D.29 Transfer This section governs when and how a committed person can be transferred from a secure treatment facility to a less … 253D.30 Provisional Discharge This section sets the standards for provisional discharge from the sex offender commitment program. A person can only be … 253D.31 Discharge Full discharge from sex offender civil commitment requires the judicial appeal panel to be satisfied that the person is … 253D.32 Scope of Community Notification When a person committed under the sex offender commitment law is provisionally or fully discharged, law enforcement can … 253D.35 Aftercare Services The Minnesota Sex Offender Program is required to provide supervision, aftercare services, and case management for … 253D.36 Discharge; Administrative Procedures When a person is discharged from sex offender civil commitment, the administrative procedures for ending the commitment …