SB3023 Summary

• Extends the follow-up healthcare window from 90 days to 180 days after initial medical forensic services for sexual assault survivors.

• Allows sexual assault survivors not listed as primary policyholders on insurance to opt out of billing their private insurance and have medical forensic services billed to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' Sexual Assault Emergency Treatment Program instead.

• Establishes approval process for federally qualified health centers to provide medical forensic services to sexual assault survivors 13 years and older during public health emergency proclamations, limited to maximum of 6 centers in geographically diverse areas.

• Requires approved federally qualified health centers to employ a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Coordinator and Medical Director who are qualified medical providers, and mandates reporting of transfers to treatment hospitals within 24 hours.

• Updates task force membership to include representative from approved federally qualified health centers and extends task force reporting deadline to January 1, 2024.