IowaIowa law sets up grants for sexual assault exam centers
Iowa law provides for the Justice Department to contract with a nonprofit if funding is available and use fund money to support examination centers.
What it does
The Justice Department contracts with an eligible Iowa nonprofit to run sexual assault examination centers if funding is available. The nonprofit must focus on survivor services and meet state eligibility rules.
The contracted nonprofit provides survivor care, training on services and prevention, and coordinated help. It reports yearly on services, people served, referrals, and barriers to care.
The Department of Justice administers a fund that may receive public and private contributions. Money deposited can support the program and grants to sexual assault examination centers in Iowa.
Argument forSurvivors, including rural residents and people with disabilities, could receive coordinated care and medical exams through the centers.
Argument againstYearly reports could identify gaps in survivor services without requiring the state or nonprofit to fix them.
More detail
The Department of Justice contracts with an eligible nonprofit to run sexual assault examination centers. The nonprofit must maintain, or be establishing, one or more Iowa facilities mainly devoted to a range of services for sexual assault survivors. The contract depends on funding. The nonprofit must be incorporated in Iowa, independent of hospitals and health systems, retain sexual assault nurse examiners, and focus mainly on survivor services.
The contracted nonprofit provides survivor services, training, and yearly reports. The duties apply to the nonprofit holding the contract, including its work with survivors and training for professionals and the public. Services must use a cooperative approach and serve adults, people with disabilities, rural residents, and other underserved groups. The nonprofit submits an anonymized, combined report to the attorney general and General Assembly. The report is due by January 15 each year.
The Department of Justice administers a trust fund for the program and center grants. The fund is held in the state treasury under the Department of Justice's control. The department may accept gifts, grants, bequests, other private contributions, and state or federal money. Money deposited in the fund is available to the department for this section's requirements and grants to Iowa centers.
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History
- 2026
- May 19NOBA: FinalLatest
- May 19Signed by Governor Kim Reynolds.Became Law
- May 13Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.To Governor
- May 2NOBA: House Floor
- Vote recorded Shall the bill pass? Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Shall the bill pass? Result: pass.Lower
- May 2Message from Senate.
- May 2Immediate message.
- May 2Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 0.Passed 2nd Chamber
- May 2Substituted for SF 2502.
- May 2Read first time, attached to SF 2502.Minor
- May 2Message from House.
- May 2Immediate message.
- May 2Explanation of vote.
- May 2Passed House, yeas 85, nays 0.Passed 1st Chamber
- May 2Amendment H-8457 adopted.Major
- May 1Amendment H-8457 filed.Minor
- Apr 30NOBA: House Full Approps
- Apr 29Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar.Introduced
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