1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to human services; modifying substance use disorder treatment provisions;
1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169A.284.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169A.284, is amended to read:
1.6 169A.284 CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT
1.7CHARGE; SURCHARGE.
1.8 Subdivision 1.When required.(a) When a court sentences a person convicted of an
1.9offense enumerated in section 169A.70, subdivision 2 (chemical use comprehensive
1.10assessment; requirement; form), except as provided in paragraph (c), it shall order the person
1.11to pay the cost of the comprehensive assessment directly to the entity conducting the
1.12assessment or providing the assessment services in an amount determined by the entity
1.13conducting or providing the service and shall impose a chemical dependency comprehensive
1.14assessment charge of $25. The court may waive the $25 comprehensive assessment charge,
1.15but may not waive the cost for the assessment paid directly to the entity conducting the
1.16assessment or providing assessment services. A person shall pay an additional surcharge
1.17of $5 if the person is convicted of a violation of section 169A.20 (driving while impaired)
1.18within five years of a prior impaired driving conviction or a prior conviction for an offense
1.19arising out of an arrest for a violation of section 169A.20 or Minnesota Statutes 1998, section
1.20169.121 (driver under influence of alcohol or controlled substance) or 169.129 (aggravated
1.21DWI-related violations; penalty). This section applies when the sentence is executed, stayed,
1.22or suspended. The court may not waive payment of or authorize payment in installments
1.23of the comprehensive assessment charge and surcharge in installments unless it makes
1Section 1.
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State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 1995
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Frederick, Hicks, Fischer and Virnig03/06/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy
Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law03/24/2025 2.1written findings on the record that the convicted person is indigent or that the comprehensive
2.2assessment charge and surcharge would create undue hardship for the convicted person or
2.3that person's immediate family.
2.4 (b) The chemical dependency comprehensive assessment charge and surcharge required
2.5under this section are in addition to the surcharge required by section 357.021, subdivision
2.66 (surcharges on criminal and traffic offenders).
2.7 (c) The court must not order the person convicted of an offense enumerated in section
2.8169A.70, subdivision 2 (comprehensive assessment; requirement; form), to pay the cost of
2.9the comprehensive assessment if the comprehensive assessment conducted is eligible for
2.10reimbursement under chapter 254B or 256B.
2.11 Subd. 2.Distribution of money.The court administrator shall collect and forward the
2.12chemical dependency comprehensive assessment charge and the $5 surcharge, if any, to
2.13the commissioner of management and budget to be deposited in the state treasury and
2.14credited to the general fund.
2.15 Sec. 2. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
2.16 The revisor of statutes shall substitute the term "substance use disorder assessment" or
2.17similar terms for "chemical dependency assessment" or similar terms, for "chemical use
2.18assessment" or similar terms, and for "comprehensive substance use disorder assessment"
2.19or similar terms wherever they appear in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169A, and Minnesota
2.20Rules, chapter 7503, when referring to the assessments required under Minnesota Statutes,
2.21section 169A.70, or the charges or surcharges associated with such assessments.
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