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HB 3054 Text
Committee Substitute House Bill 3054 History
H. B. 3054
(By Delegates Miley, Longstreth, Fleischauer,
Skaff, Hamilton, Sobonya and C. Miller)
A BILL to amend and reenact §15-2B-3, §15-2B-6, §15-2B-7, §15-2B-9, §15-2B-10 and §15-2B-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto two new sections, designated §15-2B-15 and §15-2B-16, all relating to the collection and use of DNA data generally; providing for the collection of DNA samples from certain persons; providing for a penalty of contempt for a person refusing to furnish a DNA sample pursuant to a court order; and authorizing the West Virginia State Police to collect certain fees for DNA testing.
That §15-2B-3, §15-2B-6, §15-2B-7, §15-2B-9, §15-2B-10 and §15-2B-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted; and that said code be amended by adding thereto two new sections, designated §15-2B-15 and §15-2B-16, all to read as follows:
As used in this article: the following terms mean:
(4) "Division" means the West Virginia State Police.
(a)(5) "DNA" means deoxyribonucleic acid. DNA is located in the nucleus of cells and provides an individual's personal genetic blueprint. DNA encodes genetic information that is the basis of human heredity and forensic identification.
(b)(6) "DNA record" means DNA identification information stored in any state DNA database pursuant to this article. The DNA record is the result obtained from DNA typing tests. The DNA record is comprised of the characteristics of a DNA sample which are of value in establishing the identity of individuals. The results of all DNA identification tests on an individual's DNA sample are also included as a "DNA record".
(c)(7) "DNA sample" means a tissue, fluid or other bodily sample, suitable for testing, provided pursuant to this article or submitted to the division laboratory for analysis pursuant to a criminal investigation.
(d)(8) "FBI" means the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(e)(14) "State DNA database" means all DNA identification records included in the system administered by the West Virginia State Police.
(f)(15) "State DNA databank" means the repository of DNA samples collected under the provisions of this article.
(b) Any person presently incarcerated in a state correctional facility or a county or regional in jail in this state after conviction of any offense listed in subsection (a) of this section shall provide a DNA sample to be used for purposes of DNA analysis as described in this article.
(e) The method of taking the DNA sample is subject to the testing methods utilized used by the West Virginia State Police Crime Lab. The DNA sample will be collected using a postage paid DNA collection kit provided by the West Virginia State Police.
(h) No part of the genetic information that is authorized to be collected pursuant to this article may be used for any purpose other than to establish the identity of the individual. The biological sample obtained to conduct the identity test not necessary to conduct a present or future identity test shall be destroyed following the performance of the initial identity test analysis.
The tests to be performed on each blood DNA sample shall analyze and type the genetic markers contained in or derived from the DNA sample in accordance with rules promulgated under this article. Any such rule regarding the typing and analysis of the blood DNA sample shall be consistent with any specifications required by federal law.
(a) Upon incarceration, the Division of Corrections, regional jails county jails and felon facilities shall ensure that the blood DNA sample is drawn collected from all persons described in section six of this article. When any person convicted of an offense described in said section six is not incarcerated, the sheriff in such the county where the person is convicted shall ensure that blood the DNA sample is drawn collected from such the person at the regional facility: Provided, That blood a DNA sample may be drawn collected at a county jail or at a prison, regional facility or local hospital unit when so ordered by the sentencing court or other location determined by the sheriff. The sheriff shall transport such persons who are not incarcerated to the facility where the blood is drawn.
(b) The Superintendent of the division West Virginia State Police shall promulgate a legislative rule pursuant to chapter twenty-nine-a of this code establishing which persons may withdraw blood and further establishing procedures to withdraw blood. At a minimum, these procedures shall require that when blood is withdrawn for the purpose of DNA identification testing, a previously unused and sterile needle and sterile vessel shall be used, the withdrawal shall otherwise be in strict accord with accepted medical practices and in accordance with any recognized medical procedures employing universal precautions as may be outlined by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. No civil liability attaches to any person when the blood was drawn according to recognized medical procedures employing such the universal precautions. No person is relieved of liability for negligence in the drawing of blood for purposes of DNA testing.
(c) The Superintendent of the division West Virginia State Police shall promulgate legislative rules pursuant to chapter twenty-nine-a of this code governing the procedures to be used in the withdrawal of blood collection of DNA samples, submission, identification, analysis and storage of DNA samples and typing results of DNA samples submitted under this article which shall be compatible with recognized federal standards.
(g) Any court sentencing a person convicted of a qualifying offense to probation, on or after the effective date of the amendments to this section enacted during the regular session of the Legislature in 2011, shall order, as a condition of such probation, that the convicted person report to the local sheriff’s department to provide a DNA sample within thirty days.
(a) The division West Virginia State Police shall receive DNA samples, store, analyze, classify and file the DNA records consisting of all identification characteristics of DNA profiles from blood DNA samples submitted pursuant to the procedures for conducting DNA analysis of blood DNA samples.
(b) The division West Virginia State Police may furnish DNA records to authorized law-enforcement and governmental agencies of the United States and its territories, of foreign countries duly authorized to receive the same them, of other states within the United States and of the State of West Virginia upon proper request stating that the DNA records requested will be used solely:
(2) In judicial proceedings, if otherwise expressly permitted by state or federal laws; or
(c) The Superintendent of the division West Virginia State Police shall promulgate further legislative rules pursuant to chapter twenty-nine-a of this code governing the methods by which any law-enforcement agency or other authorized entity may obtain information from the state DNA database consistent with this section and federal law.
(d) The division West Virginia State Police may release DNA samples, without personal identifying information, to any agency or entity with which the division West Virginia State Police contracts pursuant to section five of this article.
(a) All DNA profiles and samples submitted to the division of public safety West Virginia State Police pursuant to this article shall be treated as confidential except as provided in this article.
(b) Any person who, by virtue of employment or official position has possession of or access to individually identifiable DNA information contained in the state DNA database or databank and who willfully discloses it in any manner to any person or agency not entitled to receive it is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500 or be imprisoned in the county or regional jails confined in jail for a period not to exceed one year, or both fined and imprisoned confined.
(c) Any person who, without authorization, willfully obtains individually identifiable DNA information from the state DNA database or databank is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500 or be imprisoned in the county or regional jails confined in jail for a period not to exceed one year, or both fined and imprisoned confined.
For persons convicted after July 1, 2011, a mandatory fee of $150, which is in addition to any other costs imposed pursuant to statutory authority, shall automatically be assessed on any person convicted of, or adjudicated delinquent for, a qualifying offense, unless the court finds that undue hardship would result. This fee shall be collected by the sentencing court or the agency responsible for the collection of the DNA sample and remitted to the State Treasury on or before the tenth of every month. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, all moneys collected as a result of this fee shall be deposited in a special account within the State Treasury to be known as the “West Virginia State Police DNA Database Account” to be administered by the Superintendent of the West Virginia State Police. Expenditures from the fund are authorized from collections for purposes associated with the processing of DNA samples for the DNA database.