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Government

Proposed Legislation Would Require More Sexual Assault Nurses, Data Collection

By Eleanor Klibanoff | March 5, 2020

A KyCIR investigation inspired Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson to file a bill that would require hospitals to have a SANE on-duty at all times.

Criminal Justice

Lacking Sexual Assault Nurses, Some Ky. Hospitals Illegally Turn Victims Away

By Eleanor Klibanoff | September 3, 2019

Kentucky state law requires emergency rooms to perform forensic sexual assault exams on-site, but hospitals without specially trained nurses sometimes send rape victims away.

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