1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2432, the second engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 16, after line 12, insert:
1.3"(b) Recruitment and Retention
1.4$3,100,000 each year are for correctional
1.5officer recruitment and retention initiatives,
1.6including funding salary increases."
1.7Page 16, line 13, delete "(b)" and insert "(c)"
1.8Page 20, after line 17, insert:

1.9    "Sec. .... Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 2, section 6, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

1.10 1.11

Subd. 2.Incarceration and Prerelease Services

$

12,643,000

$

534,412,000

$

561,421,000

1.12(a) Operating Deficiency
1.13$12,643,000 in fiscal year 2023 is to meet
1.14financial obligations in fiscal year 2023. This
1.15is a onetime appropriation.
1.16(b) Body-worn Camera Program
1.17$1,000,000 each year is to create a body-worn
1.18camera program for corrections officers and
1.19intensive supervised release agents. This
1.20appropriation is onetime.
1.21(c) ARMER Radio System
1.22$1,500,000 each year is to upgrade and
1.23maintain the ARMER radio system within
2.1correctional facilities. This is a onetime
2.2appropriation.
2.3(d) Prison Rape Elimination Act
2.4$500,000 each year is for Prison Rape
2.5Elimination Act (PREA) compliance.
2.6(e) State Corrections Safety and Security
2.7$1,932,000 each year is for state corrections
2.8safety and security investments. The base for
2.9this appropriation is $2,625,000 beginning in
2.10fiscal year 2026.
2.11(f) Health Services
2.12$2,750,000 each year is for increased health
2.13care services. The base for this appropriation
2.14is $3,400,000 beginning in fiscal year 2026.
2.15(g) Educational Programming and Support
2.16Services
2.17$5,600,000 the first year and $4,000,000 the
2.18second year are for educational programming
2.19and support services. The base for this purpose
2.20is $2,000,000 beginning in fiscal year 2026.
2.21(h) Family Support Unit
2.22$480,000 each year is for a family support
2.23unit.
2.24(i) Inmate Phone Calls
2.25$3,100,000 each year is to provide voice
2.26communication services for incarcerated
2.27persons under Minnesota Statutes, section
2.28241.252. Any unencumbered balance
2.29remaining at the end of the first year may be
2.30carried forward into the second year. If this
2.31appropriation is greater than the cost of
2.32providing voice communication services,
3.1remaining funds must be used to offset the
3.2cost of other communication services.
3.3(j) (i) Virtual Court Coordination
3.4$500,000 each year is for virtual court
3.5coordination and modernization.
3.6(k) (j) Supportive Arts for Incarcerated
3.7Persons
3.8$425,000 the first year is for supportive arts
3.9for incarcerated persons grants as provided
3.10for in section 17. Of this amount, up to ten
3.11percent is for administration, including facility
3.12space, access, liaison, and monitoring. Any
3.13unencumbered balance remaining at the end
3.14of the first year does not cancel but is available
3.15for this purpose in the second year.
3.16(l) (k) Successful Re-entry
3.17$375,000 the first year and $875,000 the
3.18second year are for reentry initiatives,
3.19including a culturally specific release program
3.20for Native American incarcerated individuals.
3.21(m) (l) Evidence-based Correctional
3.22Practices Unit
3.23$750,000 each year is to establish and
3.24maintain a unit to direct and oversee the use
3.25of evidence-based correctional practices across
3.26the department and supervision delivery
3.27systems.
3.28(n) (m) Interstate Compact for Adult
3.29Supervision; Transfer Expense
3.30Reimbursement
3.31$250,000 each year is for reimbursements
3.32under Minnesota Statutes, section 243.1609.
3.33This is a onetime appropriation.
4.1(o) (n) Task Force on Aiding and Abetting
4.2Felony Murder
4.3$25,000 the first year is for costs associated
4.4with the revival of the task force on aiding and
4.5abetting felony murder.
4.6(p) (o) Incarceration and Prerelease
4.7Services Base Budget
4.8The base for incarceration and prerelease
4.9services is $552,775,000 in fiscal year 2026
4.10and $553,043,000 in fiscal year 2027."
4.11Page 51, after line 13, insert:

4.12    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 241.252, is amended to read:
4.13241.252 FREE COMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR INCARCERATED
4.14PERSONS.
4.15    Subdivision 1. Free Communication services. (a) A state adult or juvenile facility under
4.16the control of the commissioner of corrections must provide incarcerated persons with offer
4.17voice communication services to incarcerated persons for a fee. A facility may supplement
4.18voice communication services with other fee-based communication services, including but
4.19not limited to video communication and email or electronic messaging services. A facility
4.20must at least continue to offer the services the facility offered as of January 1, 2023. The
4.21fee charged for communication services must not exceed the actual cost of providing the
4.22services to incarcerated persons.
4.23(b) To the extent that voice communication services are provided, which must not be
4.24limited beyond program participation and routine facility policies and procedures, neither
4.25the individual initiating the communication nor the individual receiving the communication
4.26must be charged for the service.
4.27    Subd. 2. Voice communication services restrictions. Nothing in this section allows an
4.28incarcerated person to violate an active protection order, harassment restraining order, or
4.29other no-contact order or directive.
4.30    Subd. 3. State revenue prohibited. A state agency must not receive revenue from the
4.31provision of voice communication services or any other communication services under this
5.1section, but an agency may collect commissions on communication services provided under
5.2any contract entered into before January 1, 2023.
5.3    Subd. 4. Visitation programs. (a) Facilities shall maintain in-person visits for
5.4incarcerated persons, and communication services must not be used to replace a facility's
5.5in-person visitation program.
5.6(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner may waive the in-person visitation
5.7program requirement under this subdivision if there is:
5.8(1) a declared emergency under section 12.31; or
5.9(2) a local-, state-, or federal-declared natural disaster.
5.10    Subd. 5. Reporting. The Department of Corrections must include the following
5.11information covering the previous calendar year in its annual performance report required
5.12under section 241.016:
5.13(1) its efforts to renegotiate the agency's communication contracts, including the rates
5.14the agency is paying or charging incarcerated people or community members for any and
5.15all services in the contracts;
5.16(1) the amount of funds expended to provide communication services to incarcerated
5.17persons and the amount of revenue raised by telecommunication fees authorized under this
5.18section;
5.19(2) a complete and detailed accounting of how legislatively appropriated funds for
5.20communication services are spent, including spending on expenses previously covered by
5.21commissions; and
5.22(3) data on usage of all communication services, including monthly call and message
5.23volume.
5.24    Subd. 6. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the
5.25meanings given:
5.26(1) "voice communications" means real-time, audio-only communication services,
5.27namely phone calls made over wireline telephony, voice over Internet protocol, or any other
5.28technology infrastructure; and
5.29(2) "other communication services" means communication services other than voice
5.30communications, including but not limited to video calls and electronic messages."
5.31Adjust amounts accordingly
6.1Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
6.2Amend the title accordingly