1.2relating to public safety; providing for a study of the total economic costs of
1.3violence and a report to the legislature; appropriating money.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5    Section 1. TOTAL ECONOMIC COSTS OF VIOLENCE; STUDY.
1.6(a) The commissioner of health, in consultation with the commissioners of public
1.7safety, corrections, human services, education, revenue, commerce, and employment and
1.8economic development, shall conduct a study and submit a report to the legislature on
1.9the total economic costs of violence in the state. The commissioner may also consult
1.10with the judiciary, Minnesota County Attorneys Association, State Public Defenders
1.11Office, Minnesota County Probation Officers Association, Minnesota Chiefs of Police
1.12Association, Minnesota Sheriffs' Association, Minnesota Police and Peace Officers
1.13Association, League of Minnesota Cities, Association of Minnesota Counties, Minnesota
1.14Housing Finance Agency, Minnesota Association of Community Corrections Act
1.15Counties, Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA), and other entities
1.16able to provide information on the economic costs of violence.
1.17(b) The study must include:
1.18(1) the costs:
1.19(i) of treatment and care for victims and survivors of violence, such as physical and
1.20mental health care, level one trauma care, prescriptions, rehabilitation, medical devices,
1.21insurance claim processing, coroner services, and premature burial;
1.22(ii) to family and nonfamily households for wage losses due to the death or
1.23permanent or temporary disability of a wage earner, legal assistance, and physical and
2.1mental health care due to violence by or against a household member or for the diminished
2.2income level of a convicted felon;
2.3(iii) to employers for recruitment and training of replacements for workers who,
2.4due to violence, are killed or permanently disabled and for employer rescheduling due
2.5to temporary disability and for disruption of the workplace with discussions of firearm
2.6incidents;
2.7(iv) of domestic violence;
2.8(v) of suicides;
2.9(vi) to communities for loss of business, tourism, and community development
2.10due to violence;
2.11(vii) to the state and counties for criminal justice, sanctions, legal defense,
2.12prosecution, and incarceration costs due to violence;
2.13(viii) to the state for loss of income tax revenue due to wage losses from the death
2.14or permanent or temporary disability of a wage earner due to violence or the diminished
2.15income level of a convicted felon; and
2.16(ix) to school districts for security, prevention programs, and actual acts of school
2.17violence;
2.18(2) a comprehensive plan to reduce violence;
2.19(3) new funding sources to cover the costs of violence, such as an investigation
2.20of new tax revenues; and
2.21(4) any additional information or analyses relevant to the identification of the total
2.22economic costs of violence and its remedies.
2.23(c) The commissioner of health shall report to the legislature by March 15, 2016,
2.24on the results of the study, specifically including, but not limited to, summaries of the
2.25economic costs of domestic violence, sexual violence, firearms-related violence, and
2.26school violence under this section.
2.27EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.28    Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
2.29$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the commissioner
2.30of health for the purposes of section 1.