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2024 SESSION

24107028D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1342
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Education
on February 7, 2024)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Shin)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 23.1-807.1, relating to baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; physical evidence recovery kits.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 23.1-807.1 as follows:

§ 23.1-807.1. Baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; provision of physical evidence recovery kits.

Each baccalaureate public institution of higher education shall either:

1. Staff its on-campus student health center with at least one on-campus certified sexual assault forensic examiner, as defined in § 32.1-162.15:2, for the purpose of administering a physical evidence recovery kit, as defined in § 19.2-11.5, to any student who is in need of such a kit; or

2. Enter into a memorandum of understanding with a local organization or entity that is capable of providing the services of a certified sexual assault forensic examiner, as defined in § 32.1-162.15:2, for the purpose of administering a physical evidence recovery kit, as defined in § 19.2-11.5, to any student who is in need of such a kit.