SB87

Nevada SB87 revises provisions relating to forensic medical examinations, shifting costs from counties to the State General Fund.

Nevada SB87 revises provisions relating to forensic medical examinations. It eliminates the authority of a compensation officer to order the payment of compensation to reimburse a county for the costs of certain forensic medical examinations. Instead, the State is required to pay from the State General Fund the costs of a forensic medical examination of a victim of a sexual assault or domestic violence battery by strangulation. The bill also specifies that any costs incurred must not be charged directly to the victim and must be charged to the State.