Section 10172.6 - [See note] Report by Pennsylvania State Police.In consultation with the commission, department, PCAR and, as necessary with local law enforcement, the Pennsylvania State Police shall compile the following data and submit a report to the department , President pro tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives by December 31 each year:
(1) The volume of sexual assault evidence for which testing is completed.(2) The volume of backlogged sexual assault evidence awaiting testing.(3)[Repealed by 2019 Amendment.](4) The average turnaround time to complete testing and reasons for any delays in submission or testing of sexual assault evidence.(5) A review of current practices, including interagency collaboration with law enforcement agencies and rape crisis centers, in rape kit evidence collection every two years.(6) Aggregate data provided by the system .(7) A review of the current operation of the system , best practices in other states and any recommended improvements to the system.(8) An evaluation on the ability to on-board all rape kits collected prior to the effective date of this paragraph that have not had the testing or analysis of the rape kit completed. This paragraph shall expire three years after the effective date of this paragraph.Amended by P.L. (number not assigned at time of publication) 2024 No. 122,§ 4.Amended by P.L. TBD 2019 No. 29, § 3, eff. 8/27/2019.Added by P.L. TBD 2018 No. 164, § 2, eff. 12/24/2018.Section 6 of the 2024 amending legislation provides that the amendment to this section shall take effect as follows: (1) The amendment or addition of section 6 introductory paragraph and (8) of the act shall take effect in one year. (2) The addition of section 6(6) and (7) of the act shall take effect in 18 months.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.