Senate
File
2179
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2179
BY
PETERSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
victim
compensation
fund.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
915.41,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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1.
The
cost
of
a
medical
examination
of
a
victim
for
the
3
purpose
of
gathering
evidence
,
the
cost
of
the
provision
or
4
reimbursement
of
a
victim
for
emergency
contraception
or
other
5
health
care
treatment,
including
abortion,
and
the
cost
of
6
treatment
of
a
victim
for
the
purpose
of
preventing
venereal
7
disease
shall
be
paid
from
the
fund
established
in
section
8
915.94
.
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Sec.
2.
Section
915.94,
subsection
1,
unnumbered
paragraph
10
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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A
victim
compensation
fund
is
established
as
a
separate
fund
12
in
the
state
treasury.
Moneys
deposited
in
the
fund
shall
be
13
administered
by
the
department
and
dedicated
to
and
used
are
14
appropriated
to
the
department
for
the
purposes
of
section
15
915.41
and
this
subchapter
.
In
addition,
the
department
may
16
use
moneys
from
the
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
department
for
17
any
of
the
following
purposes:
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Sec.
3.
Section
915.94,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
19
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
20
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
f.
The
provision
or
reimbursement
of
a
21
victim
of
sexual
assault
for
emergency
contraception
or
other
22
health
care
treatment,
including
abortion.
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EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
provides
that
moneys
in
the
victim
compensation
27
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
department
of
justice
for
the
28
provision
or
reimbursement
of
a
victim
of
sexual
assault
29
for
emergency
contraception
or
other
health
care
treatment,
30
including
abortion,
among
other
purposes
set
forth
under
31
current
law.
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