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Minnesota Statutes 2003, 244.052 Page 2 of 10 (4) a caseworker experienced in supervising sex offenders; and (5) a victim's services professional. Members of the committee, other than the facility's chief executive officer or head, shall be appointed by the commdssioner to two-year terms. The chief executive officer or head of the facility or designee shall act as chair of the committee and shall use the facility's staff, as needed, to administer the cOmmlttee, obtain necessary information from outside sources, and prepare risk assessment reports on offenders. (c) The committee shall have access to the following data on a predatory offender only for the purposes of its assessment and to defend the co~ttee's risk assessment deter.mination upon administrative review under this section: (1) private medical data under section 13.384 or 144.335, or welfare data under section 13.46 that relate to medical treatment of the offender; (2) private and confidential court services data'under section 13..84; (3) private and confidential corrections data under section 13.85; and (4) private criminal history data under section 13.87. Data collected and maintained by the committee under this paragraph may not be disclosed outside the committee, except as provided under section 13.05, subdivision 3 or 4. The predatory offender has access to data on the offender collected and maintained by the cOmmQttee, unless the data are confidential data received under this paragraph. (d) (i) Except as otherwise provided in item (ii), at least 90 days before a predatory offender is to be released from confinement, the co~ssioner of corrections shall convene the appropriate end-of-confinement review committee for the purpose of assessing the risk presented by the offender and determining the risk level to which the offender shall be assigned under paragraph (e). The offender and the law enforcement agency that was responsible for the charge resulting in confinement shall be notified of the time and place of the committee's meeting. The offender has a right to be present and be heard at the meeting. The law enforcement agency may provide material in writing that is relevant to the offender's risk level to the chair of the commdttee~ The commdttee shall use the risk factors described in paragraph (g) and the risk assessment scale developed under subdivision 2 to determine the offender's risk assessment score and risk level. Offenders scheduled for release from confinement shall be assessed by the committee established at the facility from which the offender is to be released. (i11 If an offender is received for confinement in a facility with less than 90 days remaining in the offender's term http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/244/052.html 4/9/2004