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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the statewide sexual assault evidence collection program shall also consist of comparing the collected evidence from a sexual assault with the genetic marker grouping analysis information maintained by the Department of State Police and with the information contained in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National DNA database for the purpose of identifying and assisting in the prosecution of a person suspected of committing a sexual assault.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that all sexual assault evidence collected using the State Police Evidence Collection Kits before the effective date of the amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly that have not been previously analyzed and tested by the Department of State Police shall be analyzed and tested within 2 years after receipt of all necessary evidence and standards into the State Police Laboratory if sufficient staffing and resources are available. Provides that all sexual assault evidence collected using the State Police Evidence Collection Kits on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly shall be analyzed and tested by the Department of State Police within one year after receipt of all necessary evidence and standards into the State Police Laboratory if sufficient staffing and resources are available.
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Provides that the amount and quality of genetic marker grouping results obtained from the evidence in the sexual assault case must meet the requirements of both the Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) policies.
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