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OFFICE ON DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE

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2020 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: V. Lowry Snow

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Senate Sponsor: ____________

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill creates the Office on Domestic and Sexual Violence within the Commission
10     on Criminal and Juvenile Justice.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     creates the Office on Domestic and Sexual Violence;
14          ▸     requires the Executive Director of the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice
15     to appoint the director of the office; and
16          ▸     provides responsibilities to the office for the statewide coordination of resources
17     and policies for reducing instances of domestic and sexual violence.
18     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
19          None
20     Other Special Clauses:
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22     Utah Code Sections Affected:
23     ENACTS:
24          63M-7-701, Utah Code Annotated 1953
25          63M-7-702, Utah Code Annotated 1953
26          63M-7-703, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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28     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
29          Section 1. Section 63M-7-701 is enacted to read:
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Part 7. Utah Office on Domestic and Sexual Violence

31          63M-7-701. Title.
32          This part is known as the "Utah Office on Domestic and Sexual Violence."
33          Section 2. Section 63M-7-702 is enacted to read:
34          63M-7-702. Creation -- Appointment of director.
35          (1) There is created the Office on Domestic and Sexual Violence within the
36     Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice.
37          (2) The Executive Director of the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice shall
38     appoint a director for the office.
39          Section 3. Section 63M-7-703 is enacted to read:
40          63M-7-703. Responsibilities.
41          The Office on Domestic and Sexual Violence shall:
42          (1) provide leadership and generate unity for the state's ongoing efforts to reduce and
43     eliminate the impact of rape, sexual assault, and intimate partner and domestic violence
44     through comprehensive and evidence-based prevention, intervention, and treatment;
45          (2) direct and support the Utah Sexual Violence Council and the Utah Domestic
46     Violence Advisory Council to recommend and coordinate the creation, dissemination, and
47     implementation of statewide policies to address intimate partner and domestic and sexual
48     violence;
49          (3) promote a multi-disciplinary approach to collaborate and partner with public and
50     private partners;
51          (4) facilitate planning for a balanced continuum of intimate partner and domestic and
52     sexual violence prevention, intervention, treatment, and justice services; and
53          (5) support the Utah Domestic Violence Offender Task Force and the task force's
54     efforts to hold offenders accountable by:
55          (a) identifying best practices and standards for intimate partner and domestic violence
56     evaluation, intervention, treatment, and monitoring;
57          (b) identifying and requiring the use of practices recognized in scientific research to
58     address an offender's intimate partner and domestic violence risk factors and needs;

59          (c) promoting and integrating evidence-based trauma-informed care into best practice
60     standards to enhance the quality and continuity of intervention and treatment;
61          (d) disseminating best practice standards to be used in the evaluation, intervention,
62     treatment, and monitoring of intimate partner and domestic violence offenders;
63          (e) evaluating current practices and further identifying best practices and standards
64     most appropriate and applicable to the state's needs; and
65          (f) establishing an accreditation program for public and private providers of
66     intervention and treatment for intimate partner and domestic violence offenders.