Bill Text: CA AB1744 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Sexual assault forensic medical evidence kit.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 857, Statutes of 2016. [AB1744 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1744-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1744	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooper

                        FEBRUARY 1, 2016

   An act to add Section 13823.14 to the Penal Code, relating to
sexual assault.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1744, as introduced, Cooper. Sexual assault forensic medical
evidence kit.
   Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to
establish a protocol for the examination and treatment of victims of
sexual assault and attempted sexual assault, including child
molestation, and the collection and preservation of related evidence.
Existing law also establishes one hospital-based training center to
train medical personnel on how to perform medical evidentiary
examinations for victims of child abuse or neglect, sexual assault,
and other similar crimes.
   This bill would require the Department of Justice's Bureau of
Forensic Services, the California Association of Crime Laboratory
Directors, and the California Association of Criminalists to work
collaboratively with public crime laboratories, in conjunction with
the California Clinical Forensic Medical Training Center, to develop
a standardized sexual assault forensic medical evidence kit to be
used by all California jurisdictions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 13823.14 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   13823.14.  The Department of Justice's Bureau of Forensic
Services, the California Association of Crime Laboratory Directors,
and the California Association of Criminalists shall provide
leadership and work collaboratively with public crime laboratories to
develop a standardized sexual assault forensic medical evidence kit
to be used by all California jurisdictions. The packaging and
appearance of the kit may vary, but the elements of the kit shall be
comparable with a minimum number of similar components. This work
shall be completed in conjunction with the California Clinical
Forensic Medical Training Center, established by Section 13823.93,
which has responsibility for the development of sexual assault
forensic medical examination procedures and sexual assault
standardized forensic medical report forms, and the statutory
directive to train sexual assault and child sexual abuse forensic
medical examiners who complete and submit these evidence kits to
crime laboratories.