HB3852 Summary

• Expands the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act to include emergency departments and outpatient clinics in addition to hospitals, defining these collectively as "eligible health care facilities."

• Requires sexual assault nurse examiners who examine pediatric patients to complete pediatric-specific SANE training and obtain separate certification from the International Association of Forensic Nurses.

• Changes terminology throughout the Act from "hospital emergency services" to "emergency services" and makes corresponding conforming changes to all related definitions and requirements.

• Modifies provisions regarding sexual assault evidence collection, consent procedures, and notification timelines for law enforcement agencies.

• Takes effect immediately upon becoming law.