Office of the Attorney General to develop and make available document explaining rights; contents. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

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1. The Office of the Attorney General shall:

(a) Develop a document that explains the rights of a survivor pursuant to the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights and other relevant law; and

(b) Make the document available to medical providers, law enforcement officials and prosecutors.

2. The document must be in clear language that is comprehensible to a person proficient in English at the reading level of a fifth grader, accessible to persons with visual disabilities and available in all major languages of this State.

3. The document must include, without limitation:

(a) A clear statement that the survivor is not required to participate in the criminal justice system or to receive a forensic medical examination in order to retain the rights provided by the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights and other relevant law;

(b) Means of contacting, by telephone or Internet, nearby sexual assault victims’ advocates and centers for support for victims of sexual assault;

(c) Information about the availability of temporary and extended orders of protection pursuant to NRS 200.378;

(d) Instructions for requesting the results of the genetic marker analysis of the sexual assault forensic evidence kit of the survivor;

(e) Information concerning state and federal funds for compensation for medical and other costs associated with the sexual assault; and

(f) Information concerning any municipal, state or federal right to restitution for survivors in the event of a criminal trial.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 2844, effective January 1, 2020)


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