BILL NUMBER: AB 1744INTRODUCED 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.