SB1602 amends the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act to enhance medical forensic services for sexual assault survivors, including.
SB1602 amends the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act to improve medical forensic services for sexual assault survivors, particularly focusing on pediatric patients. It mandates that hospitals and approved pediatric health care facilities provide medical forensic services to acute sexual assault survivors within 90 minutes of arrival. The bill defines "acute sexual assault" as a sexual assault that has occurred within the last 7 days for patients 13 years old or older, and within the last 72 hours for patients under 13.
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