1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime prevention; expanding the scope of 
  1.3             the challenge incarceration program; striking a 
  1.4             reference to acupuncture treatment; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 1994, sections 244.17, subdivision 2; and 
  1.6             244.172, subdivision 2. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 244.17, 
  1.9   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 2.  [ELIGIBILITY.] The commissioner must limit the 
  1.11  challenge incarceration program to the following persons: 
  1.12     (1) offenders who are committed to the commissioner's 
  1.13  custody following revocation of a stayed sentence; and 
  1.14     (2) offenders who are committed to the commissioner's 
  1.15  custody for a term of imprisonment of not less than 18 months 
  1.16  nor more than 36 60 months and who did not receive a 
  1.17  dispositional departure under the sentencing guidelines.  
  1.18     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 244.172, 
  1.19  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.20     Subd. 2.  [PHASE II.] Phase II of the program lasts at 
  1.21  least six months.  The offender shall serve this phase of the 
  1.22  offender's sentence in an intensive supervision and surveillance 
  1.23  program established by the commissioner.  The commissioner may 
  1.24  impose such requirements on the offender as are necessary to 
  1.25  carry out the goals of the program.  Throughout phase II, the 
  1.26  offender must be required to submit to drug and alcohol tests 
  2.1   randomly or for cause, on demand of the supervising agent.  The 
  2.2   commissioner shall also require the offender to report daily to 
  2.3   a day-reporting facility designated by the commissioner.  In 
  2.4   addition, if the commissioner required the offender to undergo 
  2.5   acupuncture during phase I, the offender must submit to 
  2.6   acupuncture treatment throughout phase II, on demand of the 
  2.7   supervising agent.