MA S1227

Bill

Relative to the sexual assault nurse examiner program

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
07/23/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to enhance sexual assault evidence kit collection. Public Health.

AI Summary

This bill aims to enhance the sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) program in Massachusetts. It amends existing laws to expand SANE services into underserved regions, require acute care hospitals to make SANE protocols available electronically, designate certain hospitals as SANE sites, mandate SANE training for emergency department personnel, establish a fee structure to support the SANE program, and require public reporting on hospital compliance with these new requirements. The bill also clarifies that the commonwealth is obligated to support forensic evidence collection, separate from the SANE program funding. Overall, the bill seeks to improve access to and quality of sexual assault evidence collection across the state.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (1)

Cynthia Creem (D),

Last Action

Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (on 07/23/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1227

(9 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1227
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1227.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1436	Criminalizing sexual assault by fraud of a medical professional	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling	Similar To
H1912	Relative to sexual assault counselor task force	Accompanied a new draft, see H4446	Similar To
H3330	To simplify administrative aspect of evidentiary use of medical information	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling	Similar To
S1307	Resolve establishing a sexual assault counselor certification task force	Accompanied a new draft, see S2692	Similar To
S137	Requiring domestic violence and sexual assault education for certain occupations	Accompanied S125	Similar To
S736	Requiring sexual misconduct climate surveys at institutions of higher education	Accompanied a new draft, see S2580	Similar To
S844	Updating the definition of sexual assault counsellor to expand confidentiality protections	Accompanied a new draft, see S2491	Similar To
S980	Amending the statute of limitations regarding criminal prosecutions for the crimes of sexual assault and rape of a child	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To
S988	Protecting survivors of domestic abuse	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To

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