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House approves statewide SANE coordinator, standardizes sexual-assault kit definitions
Summary
House Bill 12 47 passed unanimously, creating a statewide sexual-assault nurse examiner coordinator within the Attorney General’s office and standardizing definitions and tracking for SANE collection kits after stakeholder-backed amendments.
The Louisiana House voted unanimously May 7 to create a statewide SANE (sexual-assault nurse examiner) coordinator and to standardize definitions and handling for sexual-assault evidence collection kits.
Rep. Spell, the bill author, said the measure creates “a clear path to continue and increase our strength to combat” sexual assault by aligning definitions for reported, unreported and untested collection kits, clarifying responsibilities for…
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