Providing for the crime victims compensation board to establish fees chargeable for conducting examinations of persons who may be victims of sexual assault, authorizing the board to adopt rules and regulations to administer such fees and to use moneys in the crime victims compensation fund for the payment of such fees and allowing certain exceptions to the confidentiality of records and information given to the board.

Summary

The bill authorizes the state’s Crime Victims Compensation Board to establish fees for medical examinations of sexual assault victims and to use the compensation fund to pay those fees, so victims are not billed. Exams can be performed by qualified physicians, physician assistants, or nurses at hospitals, child advocacy centers, or other licensed facilities when requested by law enforcement with the victim’s consent or by the victim themselves. The law also creates specific exceptions to the usual confidentiality of records.

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