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346.200 Sexual assault victim assistance fund.
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There is established in the State Treasury the sexual assault victim assistance
fund to be administered by the Crime Victims' Compensation Board for the
purpose of funding medical examinations for victims of sexual assault as
provided in subsection (4) of this section and in KRS 216B.400. All moneys
deposited or paid into the sexual assault victim assistance fund are
appropriated and shall be available to the Crime Victims' Compensation Board.
Funds shall be disbursed by the State Treasurer upon the warrant of the Crime
Victims' Compensation Board.
The sexual assault victim assistance fund may receive state general fund
appropriations, gifts, grants, federal funds, or other public or private funds or
donations. Any federal matching funds received by the board or the crime
victims' compensation fund for sexual assault victim assistance payments shall
be deposited into the sexual assault victim assistance fund.
Any unencumbered or unallocated balances in the sexual assault victim
assistance fund shall be invested as provided in KRS 42.500(9). Any income
earned from investment, along with the unallocated or unencumbered balances
in the fund, shall not lapse and shall be deemed a trust and agency account
available solely for the purposes specified in subsection (1) of this section.
(a) For the purposes of this section, a children's advocacy center is a center
as defined in KRS 620.020 that operates consistent with administrative
regulations promulgated by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
(b) Upon receipt of a completed original claim form supplied by the board
and itemized bill for a child sexual abuse medical examination performed
at a children's advocacy center, the board shall reimburse the children's
advocacy center for actual costs up to but not exceeding the amount of
reimbursement established through administrative regulation promulgated
by the Department for Medicaid Services.
(c) Independent investigation by the Crime Victims' Compensation Board
shall not be required for payment of claims under this section; however,
the board may require additional documentation as proof that the medical
examination was performed.
If sexual assault victim assistance funds are insufficient to pay claims under
subsection (4) of this section or KRS 216B.400, payment shall be made from
the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 66, effective June 20, 2005. -Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 73, sec. 1, effective April 6, 2004.
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