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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 2236 By: Boatman of the House
and
Montgomery of the Senate
AS INTRODUCED
[ crimes and punishments - sexual assault examination
fund - sexual assault examinat ion payment -
effective date ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 142.20, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 142.20 A. A Sexual Assault Examination Fund shall be
established for the purpose of providing to a victim of a sexual
assault a forensic medical examination by a qualified licensed
health care professional and to provide to the victim medications as
directed by said health care professional.
B. As used in this section:
1. "Sexual assault" means:
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a. rape, or rape by instrumentation, as defined in
Sections 1111, 1111.1 and 1114 of this title, or
b. forcible sodomy, as defined in Section 888 of this
title; and
2. "Qualified licensed health care professional " means a
physician, registered nurse, or other licensed health care
professional qualified by training and experience to perform sexual
assault examinations.
C. The Crime Victims Compensation Board is authorized to pay
for this examination and the medications directed by the qualified
licensed health care professional upon application submitted by the
victim of a sexual assault.
D. The Crime Victim s Compensation Board shall establish the
procedures for disbursement of th e Sexual Assault Examination Fund,
but in no event shall the Crime Victims Compensation Board pay an
amount to exceed:
1. Four Hundred Fifty Dollars ($450.00) Eight Hundred Dollars
($800.00) for a sexual assault examination; and
2. Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for medications which are related to
the sexual assault and directed and deemed necessary by said health
care professional.
Such payments shall not exceed the amounts specified by this
subsection regardless of the amount of any individual bills
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comprising the claim. Payments shall be made only upon claims
signed by the victim or guardian and health care professional.
E. The District Attorneys Council is hereby authorized to
transfer funds, as specifi ed in the appropriations bill annually,
from the Crime Victims Compensation Fund to the Sexual Assault
Examination Fund for the payment of sexual assault forensic
examinations and medications, pursuant to this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET, dated
03/02/2023 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.