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IN SB0413
Bill
AI Summary
Senate Bill 413 Summary
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Expands eligible grant recipients from the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute to include nonprofit organizations in addition to county and state governments.
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Shifts the institute's role from directly administering sexual offense services, domestic violence programs, and human trafficking victim assistance to administering funds that support these programs through other entities.
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Abolishes the meth watch program, methamphetamine abuse reporting guidelines, methamphetamine laboratory registry website, and gang crime witness protection program and fund.
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Eliminates the sexual assault victim advocate standards and certification board while retaining the sexual assault victims assistance fund for rape crisis centers and trauma-informed sexual assault services.
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Effective July 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Indiana criminal justice institute. Expands the possible recipients of grants from the Indiana criminal justice institute (institute) beyond a county government or the state government. Changes the institute's responsibility from administering sexual offense services, domestic violence programs, and assistance to victims of human sexual trafficking to administering funds to support those programs and services. Abolishes the institute's: (1) meth watch program; (2) responsibility for developing guidelines concerning reporting of methamphetamine abuse; (3) methamphetamine registry Internet web site; (4) gang crime witness protection program; (5) gang crime witness protection fund; and (6) sexual assault victim advocate standards and certification board. Makes
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
1/8/2018