Nevada § 178A.320 - Duties; retention of experts; report

§ 178A.320. Duties; retention of experts; report

1. The Advisory Committee shall study practices that are nationally recognized and

make recommendations regarding: (a) Whether a need exists for additional sexual assault victims' advocates for survivors

and, if such a need exists, the Advisory Committee shall, in conjunction with centers

of support for victims of sexual assault, organizations for advocates of survivors

and other relevant programs or organizations, create a plan for how the State can

provide additional sexual assault victims' advocates to meet such a need, and determine

the cost of such a plan. (b) Whether the need exists to expand the right of a survivor to a sexual assault

victims' advocate beyond the forensic medical examination and with a law enforcement

official interview, and if such a need exists, the Advisory Committee shall: (1) Identify the scope and nature of the need; and (2) Make recommendations on how to best fill such a need. (c) Whether a need exists to provide ongoing evaluation of the implementation of the

rights of survivors pursuant to the Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights and,

if such a need exists, the Advisory Committee shall: (1) Identify the scope and nature of the need; and (2) Make recommendations on how to best fill such a need, legislatively or otherwise. (d) The effectiveness of the statewide program to track sexual assault forensic evidence

kits pursuant to NRS 200.3788 . 2. In fulfilling the duties prescribed by subsection 1, the Advisory Committee shall

collect: (a) Data regarding reporting of sexual assaults, arrests relating to sexual assaults,

rates of prosecutions relating to sexual assaults, access to victims' services for

survivors and any other relevant data necessary relating to sexual assaults for the

deliberations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee and, if such data does

not exist, the Advisory Committee shall encourage the creation and maintenance of

such data; and (b) Feedback from stakeholders, practitioners and leadership of state and local law

enforcement agencies, victims' services, practitioners of forensic science and health

care communities to inform the development of best practices for the future, or clinical

guidelines regarding the care and treatment of survivors. 3. In undertaking the duties prescribed by subsection 1, the Advisory Committee may

retain independent experts. Such experts may: (a) Request files and records from any law enforcement official. The information obtained from such a request must be kept strictly confidential

and reported only as aggregated or anonymized data. (b) Conduct confidential interviews with law enforcement officials, medical providers,

sexual assault victims' advocates and other such persons with direct knowledge of

the response process for sexual assaults. (c) Provide recommendations to the Advisory Committee. 4. On or before September 1 of each even-numbered year, the Advisory Committee shall: (a) Prepare a report that includes the results of the assessments, developments and

recommendations pursuant to this section. (b) Submit the report prepared pursuant to paragraph (a) to the Director of the Legislative

Counsel Bureau for submission to the Legislative Commission.