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    Description: Report on the results of a feasibility study on requiring courts to order that individuals convicted of felony-level criminal offenses undergo a neuropsychological examination to determine whether, due to a stroke, traumatic brain injury, or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, the individual had a mental impairment that caused the individual to lack substantial capacity for judgment when the offense was committed
    Law: 2021 Minn. Laws 1st Spl. Sess. Chap. 11 Art. 2 Sec. 46(d)
    Agency(ies)/Supplier(s): Minn. State Court Administrator
    Due Date: 02/15/2022
    Frequency: One time
    Subjects: Crime & Corrections - Criminal Laws & Policy
    Judicial Administration/Courts
    Committee/Agency Jurisdiction: Judiciary
    Public Safety Policy and Finance
    Note: The study must make recommendations on whether the law should be changed to require these examinations and, if so, the situations and conditions under which the examinations should be required, including but not limited to: (1) the types of offenses the requirement should apply to; (2) how best to screen individuals to determine whether an examination should be required; (3) situations in which an examination would not be required, potentially including where a recent examination had been conducted; (4) the costs involved with requiring examinations and how best to pay for these costs; and (5) the effect examination results should have on future proceedings involving the individual, including sentencing and providing treatment.

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