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IN HB1579
Bill
Status
1/23/2017
Primary Sponsor
Cindy Ziemke
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AI Summary
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Requires approved postsecondary educational institutions to maintain rape kit samples for five years or until the victim reports the crime to law enforcement and the sample is transported to a crime lab, whichever is earlier.
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Mandates that physicians or sexual assault nurse examiners obtain consent from alleged victims before conducting forensic medical exams and collecting samples at college health facilities.
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Requires college health facilities to notify student victims before the exam that samples will be provided to law enforcement and stored according to specified timelines.
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Obligates college health facilities to notify law enforcement within 48 hours after completing an exam that a sample is available, and law enforcement must obtain and transport the sample to secured storage within 48 hours of notification.
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Specifies that failure to comply with the storage and notification requirements does not affect the admissibility of samples as evidence in criminal or civil proceedings, and that service provision cannot be dependent on a victim's cooperation with law enforcement.
Legislative Description
Rape kits at colleges and universities. Requires that a sample from a sexual assault examination kit that is provided by a student infirmary or other health service facility maintained by an approved postsecondary educational institution to a student who is an alleged victim of a sex crime be maintained for a period of five years or until the victim reports the sex crime to law enforcement and the sample is transported to the crime lab for investigation and use as evidence, whichever is earlier.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
1/23/2017