1.1.................... moves to amend S.F. No. 3673, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 253B.18, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
1.4    Subd. 15. Discharge. A patient who is mentally ill and dangerous shall not be discharged
1.5unless it appears to the satisfaction of the commissioner, after a hearing and a favorable
1.6recommendation by a majority of the special review board, that the patient is capable of
1.7making an acceptable adjustment to open society, is no longer dangerous to the public, and
1.8is no longer in need of inpatient treatment and supervision.
1.9In determining whether a discharge shall be recommended, the special review board and
1.10commissioner shall consider whether specific conditions exist to provide a reasonable degree
1.11of protection to the public and to assist the patient in adjusting to the community. If the
1.12desired conditions do not exist, the discharge shall not be granted.
1.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment for
1.14any person committed as mentally ill and dangerous, including any pending petition for a
1.15reduction in custody, unless, for such a pending petition, an order of the commissioner or
1.16the judicial appeal panel discharging the person from commitment has been issued.

1.17    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 253D.31, is amended to read:
1.18253D.31 DISCHARGE.
1.19A person who is committed as a sexually dangerous person or a person with a sexual
1.20psychopathic personality shall not be discharged unless it appears to the satisfaction of the
1.21judicial appeal panel, after a hearing and recommendation by a majority of the special review
1.22board, that the committed person is capable of making an acceptable adjustment to open
1.23society, is no longer dangerous to the public, and is no longer in need of inpatient treatment
1.24and supervision.
2.1In determining whether a discharge shall be recommended, the special review board and
2.2judicial appeal panel shall consider whether specific conditions exist to provide a reasonable
2.3degree of protection to the public and to assist the committed person in adjusting to the
2.4community. If the desired conditions do not exist, the discharge shall not be granted.
2.5EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment for
2.6any person committed as a sexually dangerous person or a person with a sexual psychopathic
2.7personality, and any pending petition for a reduction in custody, unless, for such a pending
2.8petition, an order of the judicial appeal panel discharging the person from commitment has
2.9been issued."
2.10Amend the title accordingly