1.2relating to human services; modifying chemical use assessment requirements
1.3for civil commitments; providing rulemaking authority;amending Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2010, section 254A.19, by adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 254A.19, is amended by adding a
1.7subdivision to read:
1.8    Subd. 4. Civil commitments. A Rule 25 assessment, under Minnesota Rules, part
1.99530.6615, does not need to be completed for civil commitments and for the duration of a
1.10civil commitment under section 253B.065, 253B.09, or 253B.095 in order for a county
1.11to access state funding for chemical dependency treatment. Nothing in this subdivision
1.12shall prohibit placement in a treatment facility or treatment program governed under this
1.13chapter or Minnesota Rules, parts 9530.6600 to 9530.6655. The commissioner of human
1.14services shall adopt rules to comply with this subdivision.