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States seem to vary in who pays for sexual assault examinations. I  don't 
mean to sound cynical but it seems to me that law enforcement is much more  
restrictive about authorizing an exam when it comes out of their own  budget.
 
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In regards to Daniel Carter's question, I am forwarding this information
from the Natl. Center for Victims of Crime.  As you can see from their
list, the payment issue varies from state to state.  Here in MN a
statute was recently passed that attempted to clarify that victim's
should not be charged even if they don't report to the police.  Our
local hospital keeps the evidence up to four months which allows the
victim/survivor some time to decide about reporting.  Even with this new
wording, we battled for some time with our county attorney's office to
agree to pay for all of the exams, but we seem to have it settled now
and all of them are being paid for by the county.  However, it is my
experience that even with a well-written statute, the payment issue can
still be difficult and in the past we had many examples of exams not
getting paid for by the county even though the statute seemed clear to
us. Sexual assault centers around the state report varying responses
from their individual counties.   We formed a hospital sexual assault
task force that has advocates, hospital staff, law enforcement and
county attorney representatives and this is how we finally came to an
agreement on payment. =20

I also attached some information from our state coalition on payment
issues but of course this is specific to MN but it may be helpful to
those of you who are working to change your state statute language.

Lee LaDue
Assistant Director/Coordinator of Sexual Assault Services
St. Cloud State University Women's Center
720 4th Ave. S.
St. Cloud, MN 56301


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I am forwarding a message from the National Center for Victims of Crime
regarding information they have put together on forensic exam payments.
A message from Ilse Knecht, Deputy Director of Public Policy appears
below. They are both wanting to share this information with state sexual
assault coalitions as well as getting your feedback on specific state
facts if the information is not accurate in the attached document.

Thanks so much. We hope you find this helpful information.   Ellen


Dear Colleagues:

The National Center for Victims of Crime has compiled the information in
this chart in response to a request from the field about how many other
states require victims to cooperate with law enforcement in order to get
a forensic exam covered.  We have taken this information from our
reading of each state's laws regarding payment of forensic exams.   We
invite your input!   If you review the information for your state and
find that we have misunderstood a statute or missed a law, or if you
would just like to tell us how this is working on the ground, please
feel free to e-mail Ilse Knecht,  Deputy Director, Public Policy,

 or call 202-467-8723.=20

Thanks! =20

________________________________

Ilse Knecht
Deputy Director, Public Policy

National Center for Victims of Crime
2000 M Street, NW, Suite 480
Washington, D.C.=20
Cell: 703-732-2446
202-467-8700
202-467-8701
www.ncvc.org




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Unfortunately the issue wasn't payment, which there is more information
about. But in one of our cases the police actually precluded the hospital
from conducting the evidence collection even when there was an offer to have
it paid for privately.

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