SEXUAL ASSAULT - ACCESS TO MEDICAL FORENSIC EXAMINER AND MEDICAL STAFF

Session: 102nd General Assembly
Year: 2021
Bill #: SB3023
Category: Public Health, Hospital Facilities and Nursing Homes
Position: No position
Mandate?
Revenue Loss?
Authority Preemption?

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Amends the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act. Changes the definition of "follow-up healthcare" to mean specified healthcare services within 180 (instead of 90) days of the initial visit for medical forensic services. Makes corresponding changes. If medical forensic services are not available on-site during an approved federally qualified health center's hours of operation, the federally qualified health center must notify the Department of Public Health within 24 hours of the date and time services became unavailable and the reason why services are unavailable in a form and manner prescribed by the Department. Provides that, if a federally qualified health center's treatment plan is terminated, the federally qualified health center must submit to the Department for approval, before providing medical forensic services, a new treatment plan and a list of qualified medical providers to ensure coverage for the days and hours of operation. Provides that a federally qualified health center must employ a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Coordinator who is a qualified medical provider and a Medical Director who is a qualified medical provider. Provides that each approved federally qualified health center shall ensure that specified physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses, and registered professional nurses receive specified sexual assault training and continuing education. Provides that sexual assault training pro



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