HB 15-1220 Summary

• Each Colorado institution of higher education must establish a memorandum of understanding with at least one nearby medical facility offering sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE), sexual assault forensic examiners (SAFE), or medical forensic exam programs within 180 days of enactment, with state-funded institutions renewing every three years.

• Institutions must provide easily accessible website information about accessing medical forensic examinations, including the partnered medical facility, transportation options, and clarification that victims are not required to participate in law enforcement investigations.

• Campus health center staff must receive sexual assault response training from a SANE provider and trained sexual assault advocate at least every two years, covering medical forensic exams overview, trauma response, victim dynamics, sexual assault health impacts, and victim compensation eligibility.

• Each institution must establish a sexual assault training and response policy with a referral plan connecting student victims to confidential campus or community-based victim advocates and transportation assistance to medical facilities.

• The General Assembly encourages other Colorado higher education institutions to voluntarily adopt similar memoranda of understanding and sexual assault training policies.