Revises provisions relating to forensic medical examinations. (BDR 16-498)

Existing law: (1) requires a county in whose jurisdiction a sexual assault is committed to pay any costs incurred by a hospital for the forensic medical examination of the victim; and (2) authorizes a compensation officer appointed by the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to order the payment of compensation to reimburse a county for the costs of the forensic medical examination. (NRS 217.160, 217.300) Section 1 of this bill authorizes a compensation officer to order the payment of compensation to a medical provider for the costs of such a forensic medical examination. Section 2 of this bill provides that the costs of such a forensic medical examination must be paid out of the Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Crime, unless there is not sufficient money in the Fund to pay such costs. If there is not sufficient money in the Fund to pay such costs, section 2 requires the county in whose jurisdiction the sexual assault was committed to pay any remaining costs. Section 2 also: (1) requires the Department of Health and Human Services to review and establish a maximum annual reimbursement rate that may be paid to a medical provider for each forensic medical examination performed on a victim; and (2) provides that the amount of reimbursement paid to a medical provider for the costs of such a forensic medical examination must not exceed that maximum annual reimbursement rate. Existing law requires a county in whose jurisdiction a domestic violence battery by strangulation is committed to pay any costs incurred by a hospital for a strangulation forensic medical examination of the victim. (NRS 217.405) Sections 1 and 3 of this bill enact provisions relating to the payment of costs to a medical provider for a strangulation forensic medical examination performed on a victim of a domestic battery by strangulation that are similar to the provisions in this bill for payment of the costs of a forensic medical examination performed on a victim of sexual assault.