403.707 Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee -- Co-chairs --
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Membership -- Duties.
(1)The Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee is established.
(2)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.
(3)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 commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services or the
commissioner's designee;
(g)The director of the Office of Victims Advocacy in the Office of the Attorney
General or the director's designee;
(h)A sexual assault nurse examiner appointed by the secretary of the Cabinet for
Health and Family Services;
(i)A representative from a sexual assault response team appointed by the
executive director of the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs;
(j)A physician appointed by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family
Services; and
(k)A Commonwealth's attorney or an assistant Commonwealth's attorney
appointed by the Attorney General.
(4)Members appointed under subsection (3)(h) to
(k)of this section shall serve at the
pleasure of the appointing authority and shall not serve longer than four
(4)years
without reappointment.
(5)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(5);
(c)Develop a model protocol for the operation of sexual assault response teams
which shall include the roles of sexual assault nurse examiners, physicians,
law enforcement, prosecutors, and victim advocates;
(d)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;
(e)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;
(f)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;
(g)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;
(h)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
(i)Recommend to the appropriate state agency any changes in statute,
administrative regulation, training, policy, and budget to promote a
multidisciplinary response to sexual assault.