SB529 HFIN AMT
The Committee on Finance moves to amend the title of the bill
to read as follows:
S. B. 529 -- "
A BILL to amend and reenact §61-8B-16 of the
Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to forensic
medical examinations; prohibiting any requirement that an alleged
victim of a sexual offense must pay for the costs of a forensic
medical examination, participate in the criminal justice system or
cooperate with law enforcement in order to receive a forensic
medical examination; eliminating certain reimbursement; and
clarifying that licensed medical facilities may seek payment from
the alleged victim or his or her insurer for services rendered
other than the forensic medical examination.
"