HB4476 HFAT S. Brown 1-30  

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                Delegate S. Brown moves to amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

                “A Bill to amend and reenact §15-9B-1, §15-9B-2, and §15-9B-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to providing for the collection, submission, testing, retention, and disposition of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases; transferring some duties of the Division of Justice and Community to the Division of Administrative Services; requiring sexual assault forensic examination kits collected by health care providers to be directly submitted to the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory; providing for the development of a strategic plan on certain protocols; authorizing the Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Commission to recommend rules and report to the Legislature; establishing procedures ; defining terms; establishing misdemeanor penalties; and granting rule-making authority.”