General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6498
January Session, 2015 *_____HB06498PS____031915____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 6498
January Session, 2015
*_____HB06498PS____031915____*
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 Subsection (d) of section 19a-112a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015):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] After the collection of any such evidence, the health care facility shall contact a police department [which] to receive such evidence. Not later than ten days after receipt of such evidence, the police department shall transfer such evidence, [collected pursuant to subsection (b) of this section,] in a manner that maintains the integrity of the 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] The Division of Scientific Services shall analyze such evidence not later than sixty days after receiving such evidence or, if the victim chose to remain anonymous at the time of collection, shall hold [that] such evidence for sixty days after [such collection] receiving such evidence, except that, if the victim reports the sexual assault to the police after the collection of the evidence, the [evidence shall be analyzed] division shall analyze such evidence upon request of the police department that transferred the evidence to [such agency and held by] the division not later than sixty days after receiving such request. The agency or police department shall hold such evidence until the conclusion of any criminal proceedings. The failure of a police department to transfer such evidence not later than ten days after receiving the evidence, or the Division of Scientific Services to analyze the evidence not later than sixty days after receiving such evidence or receiving such request from such police department, 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)
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