HF 2025 (LSB 5106YH (3) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2025

BY  BAGNIEWSKI

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the victim compensation fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 915.94, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   A victim compensation fund is established as a separate fund in the state treasury. Moneys deposited in the fund shall be administered by the department and dedicated to and used are appropriated to the department for the purposes of section 915.41 and this subchapter. In addition, the department may use moneys from the fund are appropriated to the department for any of the following purposes:
    Sec. 2.  Section 915.94, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  The provision or reimbursement of a victim of sexual assault for emergency contraception or other health care treatment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that moneys in the victim compensation fund are appropriated to the department of justice for the provision or reimbursement of a victim of sexual assault for emergency contraception or other health care treatment, among other purposes set forth under current law.