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New Minnesota Competency Attainment Board describes soft launch, hires and asks for staff funding
Summary
Board leaders told the Senate Judiciary committee the state-created Minnesota Competency Attainment Board has hired staff and forensic navigators, certified programs, and seeks funding to reach full staffing and stabilize timelines for competency services.
The Minnesota Competency Attainment Board (MCAA) told the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee on Feb. 12 that its "soft launch" has put staff and forensic navigators into the field but the board needs funding to reach its planned staffing levels and stabilize responsiveness statewide.
"The Minnesota Competency Attainment Board came about through legislation in the 2022 legislative session," Program Administrator Kim Larson told the committee. The statute creating the board appears in Minnesota Statutes section 611.56 and amended criminal-procedure rules (Rule 20) were aligned with the new law effective Nov. 1, 2024, Larson said.
Larson described three early goals for the board's soft launch: create agency infrastructure, hire forensic navigators (target was about one per judicial district), and begin providing services in both the metro area and greater…
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