Iowa would hire nonprofits to run sexual assault exam centers if funded

If funding is available, the attorney general would contract with an eligible nonprofit to operate and maintain sexual assault exam centers in Iowa. The contract would cover an eligible Iowa nonprofit operating and maintaining sexual assault forensic examination centers in the state. The contract depends on funding. The nonprofit must be incorporated in Iowa, independent of hospitals and inpatient medical facilities, employ or retain sexual assault nurse examiners, maintain or be establishing a dedicated treatment facility, and primarily serve survivors. The contract would depend on funding; the text gives no start date.

The contracted nonprofit would provide survivor services and training, coordinate with relevant professionals, and report each year to the attorney general and legislature. These duties would apply to the nonprofit contracted to run the centers. Services must include medical forensic care and reach underserved survivors, including adults, people with disabilities, and rural Iowans. The annual report must use combined, anonymous information about services, clients, training, referrals, service gaps, and barriers to care. The nonprofit would send its report by January 15 each calendar year.

The Department of Justice would control a state trust fund for the program and could accept public and private contributions into it. The fund would be held in the state treasury under Department of Justice control. Money deposited in the fund would be available to the department for the program's requirements and grants to Iowa sexual assault examination centers. Interest and earnings would stay in the fund.