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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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This amends 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 125 Art. 4 Sec. 9 Subd. 8.
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