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Committee debates whether outsourced testing meets statute; audit recommends vendors register in TrackIt
Summary
Lawmakers pressed SLED and audit staff on whether outsourcing sexual‑assault kit testing to private laboratories complies with state law; auditors said the statutory requirement that entities participate in the tracking system implies vendors should be registered, while SLED argued TrackIt shows that a kit is 'at a lab' and chain‑of‑custody is preserved outside the portal.
Members asked whether outsourcing the analysis of sexual‑assault kits complied with the statutory language requiring participating entities to use the tracking system.
Marsha Lindsey said the LAC found some outsourcing contracts did not require the outside vendor to participate in TRAC Kit and recommended vendors be required to register in the tracking portal. "The part that we're focused on is the fact that the outsourcing vendor is not registered in TrackIt or participating in TrackIt at all," an LAC auditor told the committee.
SLED officials and Major Huey countered that TrackIt is a portal intended to show the lifecycle stage of a kit (medical facility, law enforcement, laboratory) and that chain‑of‑custody for court purposes is maintained separately. Major Huey told the subcommittee that outsourcing contracts include chain‑of‑custody safeguards and that vendor labs are bound by contract and accreditation requirements.
Audit staff pointed the committee to a report recommendation to require vendors to register in the portal so survivors and submitting agencies can see that a kit is at a named testing lab rather than an anonymous "lab" entry. The committee asked staff to draft options clarifying statutory language and vendor registration requirements.
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