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403.707 Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee -- Co-chairs -Membership -- Duties.
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The Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault shall create a Sexual
Assault Response Team Advisory Committee.
The Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee shall be co-chaired
by the executive director of the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault
Programs and the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police or
the commissioner's designee.
The membership of the Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee
shall consist of the following:
(a) The executive director of the Kentucky Board of Nursing or the executive
director's designee;
(b) The executive director of the Kentucky Nurses Association or the
executive director's designee;
(c) The executive director of the Kentucky Hospital Association or the
executive director's designee;
(d) The executive director of the Kentucky Association of Children's
Advocacy Centers;
(e) The director of the Department of Kentucky State Police Crime Lab;
(f) The chief medical examiner or the chief medical examiner's designee;
(g) The commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services or
the commissioner's designee;
(h) The director of the Victims' Advocacy Division of the Office of the Attorney
General or the director's designee;
(i) A sexual assault nurse examiner serving on the Governor's Council on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault;
(j) A representative from a sexual assault response team serving on the
Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault;
(k) A physician appointed by the co-chairs of the Council on Domestic
Violence and Sexual Assault; and
(l) A Commonwealth's attorney or an assistant Commonwealth's attorney
appointed by the co-chairs of the Council on Domestic Violence and
Sexual Assault.
Members appointed under subsection (3)(i) to (l) of this section shall serve at
the pleasure of the appointing authority and shall not serve longer than four (4)
years without reappointment.
The Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee shall:
(a) Serve in an advisory capacity to the Kentucky Board of Nursing in
accomplishing the duties set forth under KRS 314.142;
(b) Serve in an advisory capacity to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet in
the development of the statewide sexual assault protocol required under
KRS 216B.400(4);
(c) Develop a model protocol for the operation of sexual assault response
teams which shall include the roles of sexual assault nurse examiners,
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physicians, law enforcement, prosecutors, and victim advocates;
Provide assistance to each regional rape crisis center, as designated by
the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, in establishing a regional
sexual assault response team;
Develop model policies for law enforcement agencies related to handling
sexual assault examination kits and investigating sexual assaults with a
victim-centered, evidence-based approach;
By January 1, 2018, report to the General Assembly on the results of the
analysis of previously untested sexual assault examination kits submitted
to the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory pursuant
to 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 1, including whether analysis of those kits
led to the identification and prosecution of suspects and the cost to
society of the offenses committed by the suspects identified;
By July 1, 2018, and by each July 1 thereafter, report to the General
Assembly and to the secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet
on the number of sexual assaults reported, the number of sexual assault
examination kits submitted to the Department of Kentucky State Police
forensic laboratory, the number of kits tested, and the number of charges
filed and convictions obtained in sexual assault cases in the previous
calendar year;
Provide information and recommendations concerning the activities of the
agency or organization represented by each individual committee
member as related to sexual assault issues and programs within the
purview of the agency or organization; and
Recommend to the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
any changes in statute, administrative regulation, training, policy, and
budget to promote a multidisciplinary response to sexual assault.
Effective:April 8, 2016
History: Amended 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 5, effective April 8, 2016. -- Amended
2012 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 69, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended 2010 Ky.
Acts ch. 101, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85,
sec. 305, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 69,
effective June 20, 2005. -- Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 4, effective July
15, 2002.
Legislative Research Commission Note (4/8/2016). 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 11
provided that that Act shall be known as the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence
(SAFE) Act of 2016. This statute was amended in Section 5 of that Act.
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