Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1312
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/11/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Deutch) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 794.052, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         794.052 Sexual battery; notification of victim’s rights and
    8  services.—
    9         (1) A law enforcement officer who investigates an alleged
   10  sexual battery shall:
   11         (a) Assist the victim in obtaining medical treatment, if
   12  medical treatment is necessary as a result of the alleged
   13  incident, a forensic examination, and advocacy and crisis
   14  intervention services from a certified rape crisis center.
   15         (b) Advise the victim that he or she may contact a
   16  certified rape crisis center from which the victim may receive
   17  services.
   18         (2) The law enforcement officer shall give the victim
   19  immediate notice of the legal rights and remedies available to a
   20  victim on a standard form developed and distributed by the
   21  Florida Council Against Sexual Violence in conjunction with the
   22  Department of Law Enforcement. The notice must include the
   23  resource listing, including telephone number, for the area
   24  certified rape crisis center as designated by the Florida
   25  Council Against Sexual Violence.
   26         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.
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   28  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   29  And the title is amended as follows:
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   31         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   32  and insert:
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   34                        A bill to be entitled                      
   35         An act relating to sexual battery; creating s.
   36         794.052, F.S.; requiring each law enforcement officer
   37         who investigates an alleged sexual battery incident to
   38         assist the victim in obtaining medical treatment if
   39         medical treatment is necessary, a forensic
   40         examination, and crisis-intervention services from a
   41         certified rape crisis center; requiring the law
   42         enforcement officer to advise the victim that he or
   43         she may contact a certified rape crisis center for
   44         services; requiring the law enforcement officer to
   45         immediately notify the victim of the legal rights and
   46         remedies available to a victim of sexual battery;
   47         directing that the notice of rights and remedies be
   48         written on a standard notice form developed and
   49         distributed by the Florida Council Against Sexual
   50         Violence and the Department of Law Enforcement;
   51         requiring the notice to include certain information;
   52         providing an effective date.