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Committees back DOJ rulemaking on SAVE fund timeframes, add strangulation kit coverage
Summary
The Department of Justice and advocates supported House Bill 2,456 to move SAVE fund timeframes into rulemaking and to explicitly cover forensic assessments for strangulation under Oregon crime victims compensation statute ORS 147.035.
Shannon Savelle (DOJ) and Shannon Rose (Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force) testified in support of House Bill 2,456, which would authorize the Department of Justice to adopt rules establishing timelines and payment rules for the Sexual Assault Victim Emergency (SAVE) fund and clarify that medical assessments for strangulation will be compensated under ORS 147.035.
Savelle summarized SAVE’s history and caseload: the fund was created in 2004 to standardize payment for forensic…
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