---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 20109"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "20109"
heading: "Sexual assault survivors’ notification grants"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/20109"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Protection of Children and Other Persons"
  - "Chapter 201 — Victim Rights, Compensation, and Assistance"
  - "Subchapter I — Crime Victims Fund"
---

# §20109. Sexual assault survivors’ notification grants

- (a) **In general—** The Attorney General may make grants as provided in [section 20103(c)(1)(A) of this title](/usc/34/20103.md?p=c-1-A) to [States](/usc/34/10105.md) to develop and disseminate to entities described in [subsection (c)(1)](#c-1) of this section written notice of applicable rights and policies for sexual assault survivors.
- (b) **Notification of rights—** Each recipient of a grant awarded under [subsection (a)](#a) shall make its best effort to ensure that each entity described in [subsection (c)(1)](#c-1) provides individuals who identify as a survivor of a sexual assault, and who consent to receiving such information, with written notice of applicable rights and policies regarding—
  - (1) the right not to be charged fees for or otherwise prevented from pursuing a sexual assault evidence collection kit;
  - (2) the right to have a sexual assault medical forensic examination regardless of whether the survivor reports to or cooperates with law enforcement;
  - (3) the availability of a sexual assault advocate;
  - (4) the availability of protective orders and policies related to their enforcement;
  - (5) policies regarding the storage, preservation, and disposal of sexual assault evidence collection kits;
  - (6) the process, if any, to request preservation of sexual assault evidence collection kits or the probative evidence from such kits; and
  - (7) the availability of victim compensation and restitution.
- (c) **Dissemination of written notice—** Each recipient of a grant awarded under [subsection (a)](#a) shall—
  - (1) provide the written notice described in [subsection (b)](#b) to medical [centers](/usc/34/21502.md?p=1), hospitals, forensic examiners, sexual assault service providers, [State](/usc/34/10105.md) and local law enforcement agencies, and any other [State](/usc/34/10105.md) agency or department reasonably likely to serve sexual assault survivors; and
  - (2) make the written notice described in [subsection (b)](#b) publicly available on the Internet website of the attorney general of the [State](/usc/34/10105.md).
- (d) **Provision to promote compliance—** The Attorney General may provide such technical assistance and guidance as necessary to help recipients meet the requirements of [this section](/usc/34/50105.md).
- (e) **Integration of systems—** Any system developed and implemented under [this section](/usc/34/50105.md) may be integrated with an existing case management system operated by the recipient of the grant if the system meets the requirements listed in [this section](/usc/34/50105.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1404F, as added Pub. L. 114–236, § 3, Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 967.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 10603f of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.