H.B. 07-1093 Prison or juvenile detention facility rape - policies and procedures - investigations - report to the judiciary committees - appropriation. Directs the department of corrections ("department") and the division of youth corrections in the department of human services ("division") to develop polices and procedures to:
● Require disciplinary action for employees who fail to report incidences of sexual assault to the inspector general;
● Require the inspector general, after completing an investigation for sexual assault, to submit the findings to the district attorney with jurisdiction over the facility in which the alleged sexual assault occurred;
● Prohibit retaliation and disincentives for reporting sexual assaults;
● Provide reasonable safety measure to a sexual assault victim, including separation from the assailant, if known;
● Provide confidentiality of rape complaints;
● Provide acute trauma care for sexual assault victims, including but not limited to treatment of injuries, HIV/AIDS prophylactic measures, and testing for sexually transmitted diseases;
● Provide, at intake and periodically thereafter, information on sexual assault prevention, treatment, and counseling;
● Provide sexual-assault-specific training to department and division mental health professionals and employees regarding treatment and methods of prevention and investigation;
● Provide confidential mental health counseling;
● Monitor victims of sexual assault for suicidal impulses, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and other mental health consequences resulting from the sexual assault; and
● Require termination of an employee who engages in a sexual assault on or sexual conduct with an inmate or a detained juvenile.
Requires persons investigating sexual assaults in penal institutions or juvenile detention facilities to be trained in sex crimes investigation.
Requires the department and the division to provide the information it provides to the federal government as required by the federal "Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003" to the judiciary committees of the general assembly.
For the 2007-08 fiscal year, appropriates $57,390 from the general fund to the department of human services for allocation to the division of youth corrections for implementation of the act.
APPROVED by Governor May 31, 2007
EFFECTIVE May 31, 2007
H.B. 07-1369 Inmate eligibility for public benefits - application assistance. Deletes the repeal of the section requiring correctional personnel to assist inmates who may be eligible for public benefits in applying for the benefits. Deletes references to the date by which state agencies are to perform certain functions related to such assistance.
APPROVED by Governor June 1, 2007
EFFECTIVE June 1, 2007
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