General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6498
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 5047
*05047HB06498PS_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 6498
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 5047
*05047HB06498PS_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE TIMELY TRANSFER AND PROCESSING OF SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE COLLECTION KITS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 19a-112a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015):
(d) Each health care facility in the state which provides for the collection of sexual assault evidence shall follow the protocol as described in subsection (b) of this section and, with the consent of the victim, shall collect sexual assault evidence. The health care facility shall contact a police department which shall transfer evidence collected pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, in a manner that maintains the integrity of the evidence and within ten days after the collection of such evidence, to the Division of Scientific Services within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or the Federal Bureau of Investigation laboratory. The [agency that receives such evidence shall hold that] Division of Scientific Services shall analyze such evidence [for] within sixty days after such collection. [, except that, if the victim reports the sexual assault to the police, the evidence shall be analyzed upon request of the police department that transferred the evidence to such agency and held by the agency or police department until the conclusion of any criminal proceedings.] The failure of a police department to transfer such evidence within ten days after such collection or the Division of Scientific Services to analyze such evidence within sixty days after such collection shall not affect the admissibility of such evidence in any suit, action or proceeding if such evidence is otherwise admissible.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2015 19a-112a(d)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2015
19a-112a(d)
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure the timely transfer and processing of evidence in sexual assault investigations.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. WILLIS, 64th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. WILLIS, 64th Dist.
H.B. 6498