S.F. 2502 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 915.47 Sexual assault forensic 1 examination center grant program —— fund. 2 1. The terms defined in section 915.46 shall have the same 3 meaning when used in this section. 4 2. A sexual assault forensic examination center grant 5 program is established in the department of justice. 6 Contingent upon funding, the attorney general shall contract 7 with an eligible nonprofit organization to operate and maintain 8 sexual assault forensic examination centers in this state. 9 3. A nonprofit organization must comply with all of the 10 following to be eligible for a contract under this section: 11 a. Be a nonprofit organization incorporated in this state 12 pursuant to chapter 504 that is not owned, controlled, or 13 affiliated with any hospital, health system, or inpatient 14 medical facility. 15 b. Employ or otherwise retain services from sexual assault 16 nurse examiners. 17 c. Maintain, or be in the process of establishing, one or 18 more treatment facilities in this state that are primarily 19 dedicated to providing a diverse range of services to sexual 20 assault survivors, including but not limited to medical 21 forensic services. 22 d. Provide services for sexual assault survivors, including 23 providing sexual assault care and related trainings, as the 24 overall primary purpose of the organization. 25 4. The contracting nonprofit organization shall do all of 26 the following: 27 a. Provide services, including medical forensic services, 28 to sexual assault survivors including adults, persons with 29 disabilities, rural Iowans, and other underserved populations. 30 b. Offer or facilitate trainings to law enforcement 31 officers, prosecuting attorneys, health care professionals, and 32 members of the public regarding sexual assault services and 33 sexual assault prevention. 34 c. Provide a cooperative team approach regarding sexual 35 -1- LSB 6970SV (2) 91 as/js 1/ 4

S.F. 2502 assault services, deliver accessible services to sexual assault 1 survivors, and establish an approach that emphasizes the best 2 interests of the sexual assault survivor and that provides 3 investigation, assessment, and rehabilitative services. 4 d. Involve or consult with persons from various professional 5 disciplines who have training and expertise in addressing 6 special types of sexual assault as necessary to address serious 7 cases of sexual assault such as those involving intimate 8 partner violence, dating violence, domestic violence, incest, 9 human trafficking, and drug-facilitated sexual assault. These 10 persons may include but are not limited to physicians and other 11 health care professionals, law enforcement, mental health 12 professionals, social workers, child protection workers, 13 attorneys, juvenile court officers, public health workers, 14 educators, and advocates. 15 e. Submit an annual report to the attorney general and the 16 general assembly no later than January 15 of each calendar 17 year describing, in aggregated and anonymized form, the types 18 of services offered, total number of unduplicated clients 19 served, demographic breakdown of clients served including age, 20 gender, and county of residence, number of individuals by 21 county trained, referrals made to other agencies or services, 22 description of service gaps identified during the reporting 23 period, and barriers to service access identified. 24 5. The requirements in subsection 4 are not intended 25 to restrict or otherwise limit the contracting nonprofit 26 organization from seeking funding or reimbursement from other 27 sources. 28 6. A sexual assault forensic examination center grant 29 program trust fund is created in the state treasury under 30 the control of the department of justice. The department of 31 justice may accept gifts, grants, bequests, and other private 32 contributions, as well as state or federal moneys, for deposit 33 in the fund. All moneys deposited in the trust fund are 34 appropriated and made available to the department of justice 35 -2- LSB 6970SV (2) 91 as/js 2/ 4

S.F. 2502 to be used for the purposes meeting the requirements of this 1 section and to provide grants to sexual assault forensic 2 examination centers in this state. Notwithstanding section 3 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund 4 shall be credited to the fund. 5 EXPLANATION 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 7 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 8 This bill establishes a grant program in the department of 9 justice for a nonprofit organization providing sexual assault 10 forensic examination centers. 11 The bill requires, contingent upon funding, the attorney 12 general to contract with an eligible nonprofit organization 13 to operate and maintain sexual assault forensic examination 14 centers in the state. 15 The bill provides that a nonprofit organization must comply 16 with all of the following to be eligible for a contract under 17 this section: be a nonprofit organization incorporated in 18 the state that is not owned, controlled, or affiliated with 19 any hospital, health system, or inpatient medical facility; 20 employ or otherwise retain services from sexual assault nurse 21 examiners; maintain, or be in the process of establishing, one 22 or more treatment facilities in the state that are primarily 23 dedicated to providing a diverse range of services to sexual 24 assault survivors, including but not limited to medical 25 forensic services; and provide services for sexual assault 26 survivors, including providing sexual assault care and related 27 trainings, as the overall primary purpose of the organization. 28 The bill provides that a contracting nonprofit organization 29 shall: provide services, including medical forensic services, 30 to sexual assault survivors including adults, persons with 31 disabilities, rural Iowans, and other underserved populations; 32 offer or facilitate trainings to law enforcement officers, 33 prosecuting attorneys, health care professionals, and members 34 of the public regarding sexual assault services and prevention; 35 -3- LSB 6970SV (2) 91 as/js 3/ 4

S.F. 2502 provide a cooperative team approach regarding sexual assault 1 services and establish an approach that emphasizes the best 2 interests of the sexual assault survivor; involve or consult 3 with persons from various professional disciplines who have 4 training and expertise in addressing special types of sexual 5 assault; and submit an annual report to the attorney general 6 and the general assembly regarding the services offered. 7 The bill provides that a contracting nonprofit organization 8 may seek funding or reimbursement from other sources. 9 The bill establishes a sexual assault forensic examination 10 center grant program trust fund in the state treasury under the 11 control of the department of justice to meet the requirements 12 of the bill and provide grants to sexual assault forensic 13 examination centers in the state. 14 -4- LSB 6970SV (2) 91 as/js 4/ 4