Bill Text: VA HB969 | 2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Sexual assault response teams; State attorney to invite chiefs of campus police to annual meeting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0625) [HB969 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2012-HB969-Chaptered.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That § 15.2-1627.4 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §15.2-1627.4. Coordination of multidisciplinary response to sexual assault. The attorney for the Commonwealth in each political subdivision in the Commonwealth shall coordinate the establishment of a multidisciplinary response to criminal sexual assault as set forth in Article 7 (§18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2, and hold a meeting, at least annually, to: (i) discuss implementation of protocols and policies for sexual assault response teams consistent with those established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services pursuant to subdivision 45 of §9.1-102; and (ii) establish and review guidelines for the community's response, including the collection, preservation, and secure storage of evidence from Physical Evidence Recovery Kit examinations consistent with §19.2-165.1. The following persons or their designees shall be invited to participate in the annual meeting: the attorney for the Commonwealth; the sheriff; the director of the local sexual assault crisis center providing services in the jurisdiction, if any; the chief of each police department and the chief of each campus police department of any institution of higher education in the jurisdiction, if any; a forensic nurse examiner or other health care provider who performs Physical Evidence Recovery Kit examinations in the jurisdiction, if any; and the director of the victim/witness program in the jurisdiction, if any. |
