Oklahoma § 21-142.20 - Sexual Assault Examination Fund - Establishment

§ 21-142.20. Sexual Assault Examination Fund - Establishment

A. A Sexual Assault Examination Fund shall be established for

the purpose of providing to a victim of a sexual assault a forensic

medical examination by a qualified licensed health care professional

and to provide to the victim medications as directed by the health

care professional.

B. As used in this section:

1. “Sexual assault” means:

a.

rape, or rape by instrumentation, as defined in

Sections 1111, 1111.1 and 1114 of this title, or

b.

forcible sodomy, as defined in Section 888 of this

title; and

2. “Qualified licensed health care professional” means a

physician, registered nurse, or other licensed health care

professional qualified by training and experience to perform sexual

assault examinations.

C. The Crime Victims Compensation Board is authorized to pay

for this examination and the medications directed by the qualified

licensed health care professional upon application submitted by the

victim of a sexual assault.

D. The Crime Victims Compensation Board shall establish the

procedures for disbursement of the Sexual Assault Examination Fund,

but in no event shall the Crime Victims Compensation Board pay an

amount to exceed:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments

1. Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00) for a sexual assault

examination; and

2. One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for medications which are

related to the sexual assault and directed and deemed necessary by

the health care professional.

Such payments shall not exceed the amounts specified by this

subsection regardless of the amount of any individual bills

comprising the claim. Payments shall be made only upon claims

signed by the victim or guardian and health care professional.

E. The District Attorneys Council is hereby authorized to

transfer funds, as specified in the appropriations bill annually,

from the Crime Victims Compensation Fund to the Sexual Assault

Examination Fund for the payment of sexual assault forensic

examinations and medications, pursuant to this section.

F. Nothing in this section shall prevent the Legislature from

appropriating money to the Sexual Assault Examination Fund for the

payment of sexual assault forensic examinations and medications,

pursuant to this section.

Added by Laws 1982, c. 177, § 2, emerg. eff. April 16, 1982.

Amended by Laws 1984, c. 280, § 9, operative July 1, 1984; Laws

1991, c. 137, § 1, emerg. eff. April 29, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 348, §

1, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 325, § 11, emerg. eff.

June 7, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 279, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2007,

c. 171, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2008, c. 283, § 2, eff. Nov. 1,

2008; Laws 2023, c. 343, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.