16.132 Collection of statistical data concerning sexual offenses and sexual assault

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evidence kits -- Tracking process for evidence kits -- Public portal for victims

to access the system.

(1)The Department of Kentucky State Police shall request from other law enforcement

agencies, pursuant to KRS 17.150, and shall collect statistical data regarding the

reporting and investigation of any person charged with committing, attempting to

commit, or complicity to a sexual offense as defined by KRS 510.040, 510.050,

510.060, 510.070, 510.080, 510.090, 510.110, 510.120, 510.130, 510.140, 530.020,

530.064(1)(a), and 531.310, and on the number of sexual assault evidence kits, as

defined in KRS 216B.400, which are submitted to law enforcement agencies, the

number of such kits submitted to the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic

laboratory, and the number of kits tested.

(2)The information collected pursuant to this section for the previous calendar year

shall be provided by May 1, 2018, and by each May 1 thereafter to the Sexual

Assault Response Team Advisory Committee as defined in KRS 403.707.

(3)The department shall by July 1, 2020, create and implement a tracking process for

sexual assault forensic evidence kits. The department shall by December 1, 2020,

promulgate administrative regulations governing the tracking process. The tracking

process shall include, and the administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to

this subsection shall require, a public portal allowing victims to access the system,

and shall provide for the information to be submitted to the Department of

Kentucky State Police.