§20109 — Title 34 Navy | U.S. Code

Summary

The Attorney General can give grants to States so they can write and share short notices that explain survivors’ rights and related policies. Grant recipients must try to make sure any survivor who says they are a survivor and wants the information gets a written notice about seven things: no fees or barriers to an evidence kit, the right to a medical forensic exam even if they do not report to police, availability of an advocate, protective orders, how kits are stored or thrown away, how to ask for evidence to be kept, and victim compensation or restitution. States must give these notices to hospitals, medical centers, forensic examiners, sexual assault service providers, State and local law enforcement, and any State agency likely to help survivors. States must also put the notice on the State Attorney General’s website. The Attorney General can offer technical help, and any new system can be linked to an existing case system if it meets the rules.

Title 34, §20109

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(a)The Attorney General may make grants as provided in section 20103(c)(1)(A) of this title to States to develop and disseminate to entities described in subsection (c)(1) of this section written notice of applicable rights and policies for sexual assault survivors.

(b)Each recipient of a grant awarded under subsection (a) shall make its best effort to ensure that each entity described in subsection (c)(1) provides individuals who identify as a survivor of a sexual assault, and who consent to receiving such information, with written notice of applicable rights and policies regarding—

(1)the right not to be charged fees for or otherwise prevented from pursuing a sexual assault evidence collection kit;

(2)the right to have a sexual assault medical forensic examination regardless of whether the survivor reports to or cooperates with law enforcement;

(3)the availability of a sexual assault advocate;

(4)the availability of protective orders and policies related to their enforcement;

(5)policies regarding the storage, preservation, and disposal of sexual assault evidence collection kits;

(6)the process, if any, to request preservation of sexual assault evidence collection kits or the probative evidence from such kits; and

(7)the availability of victim compensation and restitution.

(c)Each recipient of a grant awarded under subsection (a) shall—

(1)provide the written notice described in subsection (b) to medical centers, hospitals, forensic examiners, sexual assault service providers, State and local law enforcement agencies, and any other State agency or department reasonably likely to serve sexual assault survivors; and

(2)make the written notice described in subsection (b) publicly available on the Internet website of the attorney general of the State.

(d)The Attorney General may provide such technical assistance and guidance as necessary to help recipients meet the requirements of this section.

(e)Any system developed and implemented under this section may be integrated with an existing case management system operated by the recipient of the grant if the system meets the requirements listed in this section.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 10603f of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§20109 Sexual Assault Survivors’ Notification Grants

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Title 34, §20109

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