COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 554
(By Senator Bowman)
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[Originating in the Committee on Health and Human Resources;
reported February 17, 2006.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §61-8B-15 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to clarification of permissible
expenditures from the Forensic Medical Examination Fund.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §61-8B-15 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 8B. SEXUAL OFFENSES.
§61-8B-15. Forensic Medical Examination Fund; training of sexual
assault nurse examiners.
There is
hereby created continued the "Forensic Medical
Examination Fund", created as a special fund in the State Treasury,
into which shall be deposited
the legislative appropriations
made
to the fund.
by the Legislature Expenditures from the fund shall
be made by The West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Institute,
created by the provisions of section six, article four, chapter
seven of this code,
for the payment of shall make expenditures from the fund, where it is determined to be practical by the executive
council and the executive director to pay the costs of forensic
medical examinations as
they are defined in section sixteen of this
article,
to train nurses to examine sexual assault victims and
for
the reimbursement to
reimburse the institute
of for its expenses in
administering
payments the payment of the costs from the fund.
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(NOTE: This bill clarifies that the Prosecuting Attorneys
Association may expend money from the Forensic Medical Examination
Fund to pay to train nurses to examine victims of sexual assault.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.)
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