| Description:
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Written report with:
(1) analysis of trends in civil commitments as mentally ill and dangerous, expungements, and vacaturs, comparing Minnesota with other jurisdictions;
(2) review of national practices and criteria for expunging and vacating civil commitments as mentally ill and dangerous;
(3) recommended statutory changes to direct ex-patients in filing motions to expunge or vacate a civil commitment as mentally ill and dangerous;
(4) recommended statutory changes to provide clear direction, criteria to apply, and evidentiary standards to courts with motions from ex-patients to expunge or vacate a civil commitment as mentally ill and dangerous; and
(5) recommended statutory changes to direct ex-patients and courts when individuals are civilly committed as mentally ill and dangerous and later determined to not have an organic disorder of the brain or a substantial psychiatric disorder
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| Committee/Agency Jurisdiction:
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Civil Law and Data Practices Jurisdiction
Judiciary
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| Note:
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This amends 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 125 Art. 4 Sec. 9 Subd. 8.
The Mentally Ill and Dangerous Civil Commitment Reform Task Force treated this second report as an addendum to its previous report published April 15, 2026 ("Mentally Ill and Dangerous Civil Commitment Reform Task Force Report: Recommendations to the Minnesota Legislature").
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