KRS § 403.707 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 403 / Section 403.707
403.707 Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee -- Co-chairs -- Membership -- Duties
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403.707 Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee -- Co-chairs --

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.