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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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