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Committee backs bills to shift sexual-assault exam fees to crime victims fund and allow narrow confidentiality exceptions
Summary
Supporters told the Committee on Judiciary that HB 26-13 would streamline hospital reimbursement for sexual-assault exams by having the Crime Victims Compensation Board establish and pay the exam fee; HB 26-14 would add narrow confidentiality exceptions to help investigations of child abuse and suspected fraud.
The Committee on Judiciary heard companion measures relating to the Crime Victims Compensation Division.
House Bill 26-13 would require the Crime Victims Compensation Board to establish and pay the fee for forensic sexual-assault examinations and to use monies from the Crime Victims Compensation Fund for that purpose; the Reviser's Office briefed the statutory changes in KSA 65-448 and related provisions (KSA 74-7304, KSA 74-7317). Proponents said the change centralizes billing and eases confusion when victims move across county lines or seek care in another state.
Kristen Chugala, division chief…
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