KRS 403.707: Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee -- Co-chairs --

Membership -- Duties.

(1) The Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee is established.

(2) The Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee shall be co-chaired by the

chief executive officer of the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs or

the chief executive officer's designee and the commissioner of the Department of

Kentucky State Police or the commissioner's designee.

(3) The membership of the Sexual Ass ault Response Team Advisory Committee shall

consist of the following:

(a) The executive director of the Kentucky Board of Nursing or the executive

director's designee;

(b) The executive director of the Kentucky Nurses Association or the executive

director's designee;

(c) The executive director of the Kentucky Hospital Association or the executive

director's designee;

(d) The chief executive officer of the Children's Advocacy Centers of Kentucky

or the chief executive officer's designee;

(e) The director of the Department of Kentucky State Police Crime Lab or the

director's designee;

(f) The commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services or the

commissioner's designee;

(g) The director of the Office of Victims Advocacy in the Office of the Attorn ey

General or the director's designee;

(h) A sexual assault nurse examiner appointed by the secretary of the Cabinet for

Health and Family Services;

(i) A representative from a sexual assault response team appointed by the chief

executive officer of the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs;

(j) A physician appointed by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family

Services; and

(k) A Common wealth's attorney or an assistant Commonwealth's attorney

appointed by the Attorney General.

(4) Members appointed under subsection (3)(h) to (k) of this section shall serve at the

pleasure of the appointing authority and shall not serve longer than four ( 4) years

without reappointment.

(5) The Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee shall:

(a) Serve in an advisory capacity to the Kentucky Board of Nursing in

accomplishing the duties set forth under KRS 314.142;

(b) Serve in an advisory capacity to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet in the

development of the statewide sexual assault protocol required under KRS

216B.400(5);

(c) Develop a model protocol for the operation of sexual assault response teams

which shall include the roles of sexual assaul t nurse examiners, physicians,

law enforcement, prosecutors, and victim advocates;

(d) Provide assistance to each regional rape crisis center, as designated by the

Cabinet for Health and Family Services, in establishing a regional sexual

assault response team;

(e) Develop model policies for law enforcement agencies related to handling

sexual assault examination kits and investigating sexual assaults with a

victim-centered, evidence-based approach;

(f) By July 1 of each year, report to the General Assembly a nd to the secretary of

the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet on the number of sexual assaults

reported, the number of sexual assault examination kits submitted to the

Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory, the number of kits

tested, and t he number of charges filed and convictions obtained in sexual

assault cases in the previous calendar year;

(g) Provide information and recommendations concerning the activities of the

agency or organization represented by each individual committee member a s

related to sexual assault issues and programs within the purview of the agency

or organization; and

(h) Recommend to the appropriate state agency any changes in statute,

administrative regulation, training, policy, and budget to promote a

multidisciplinary response to sexual assault.