Bill > HB1291

This bill amends existing Indiana law to require the superintendent of the state police department to create and implement a more comprehensive tracking and reporting system for medical forensic examination kits (commonly known as "rape kits") used in sexual crime investigations. Specifically, the bill mandates that law enforcement agencies must annually report detailed information about these kits, including the total number collected, the number in their possession, the number awaiting testing, and the average time between kit submission and receiving test results. The superintendent must create a standardized reporting form for this purpose and distribute it to law enforcement agencies. By July 1st of each year, agencies must submit this information, and the superintendent is then required to provide a summary of the data to the legislative council in an electronic format before September 1st. The bill also continues the existing requirement for the superintendent to establish a standard medical forensic examination kit and distribute these kits to hospitals and healthcare providers who conduct forensic medical examinations for sexual crime victims.

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https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1291/details