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District of Columbia Official Code
Division I - GOVERNMENT OF DISTRICTTitle 4 - PUBLIC CARE SYSTEMSChapter 5 - COMPENSATION OF VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME
Subchapter IV - SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE
Section 4-561.13 - Duties and responsibilities of the SART

D.C. Code § 4-561.13

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Section 4-561.13 - Duties and responsibilities of the SART

The SART shall:

(1) Improve the coordination and functioning of victim services, medical forensic care, investigations, and prosecutions available to victims of sexual assault;
(2) Conduct regular case reviews, through the Case Review Subcommittee established by § 4-561.14, of all parties involved in sexual assault responses, including a review of sexual assault reports and investigations by the MPD and cases reported to any member of the SART; and
(3) Develop a protocol to ensure that feedback and recommendations from the Case Review Subcommittee, established by § 4-561.14, are incorporated into SART member agencies' policies, procedures, practices, training, and decisions to re-examine investigations, when applicable.
(4) [Not Applicable].
(5) [Not Applicable].
(b) [Not Applicable].

D.C. Code § 4-561.13

Nov. 20, 2014, D.C. Law 20-139, § 213, 61 DCR 5913; Mar. 3, 2020, D.C. Law 23-57, § 3(k), 66 DCR 15914.

Applicability

Section 9(a) of D.C. Law 23-57 provided that the amendments made to this section shall apply as of October 1, 2020. Therefore those amendments shall be implemented for this section on October 1, 2020.