House Bill 146 Summary

• Medical examinations for sexual assault victims using evidence kits must be performed without regard to the victim's ability to pay, and qualified health care entities cannot deny such examinations to victims.

• Sexual assault evidence kits must be submitted to the Idaho State Police Forensic Services Laboratory within 30 days of collection and tested within 90 days, with results submitted to the Idaho DNA database within 90 days.

• Evidence kits are retained for 55 years in felony cases (or until sentence completion, whichever is first), until execution in death penalty cases, or 10 years for cases with no evidence of a crime or when victims decline further testing.

• Victims (or parents/guardians if minor, or relatives if deceased) must receive written notification at least 60 days before evidence destruction and upon written request must be notified when kits are submitted, when DNA profiles enter the database, when DNA matches occur, and when case status changes.

• Idaho State Police must create a tracking system for sexual assault evidence kits, conduct a one-time audit of untested kits within 180 days, and submit annual reports to the legislature on kit examination statistics.