1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring the Department of Corrections to report 
1.3 	information on mental health programs to the legislature; amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2004, section 241.016, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 241.016, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Biennial report. (a) The Department of Corrections shall submit a 
1.8 	performance report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house 
1.9 	committees and divisions having jurisdiction over criminal justice funding by January 
1.10 	15, 2005, and every other year thereafter. The issuance and content of the report must 
1.11 	include the following:
1.12 	(1) department strategic mission, goals, and objectives;
1.13 	(2) the department-wide per diem, adult facility-specific per diems, and an average 
1.14 	per diem, reported in a standard calculated method as outlined in the departmental policies 
1.15 	and procedures; and
1.16 	(3) department annual statistics as outlined in the departmental policies and 
1.17 	procedures; and
1.18 	(4) information about prison-based mental health programs, including, but not 
1.19 	limited to, the availability of these programs, participation rates, and completion rates.
1.20 	(b) The department shall maintain recidivism rates for adult facilities on an annual 
1.21 	basis. In addition, each year the department shall, on an alternating basis, complete a 
1.22 	recidivism analysis of adult facilities, juvenile services, and the community services 
1.23 	divisions and include a three-year recidivism analysis in the report described in paragraph 
1.24 	(a). When appropriate, the recidivism analysis must include education programs, 
2.1 	vocational programs, treatment programs, including mental health programs, industry, and 
2.2 	employment.

2.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2006.