Pennsylvania State Police, the department and PCAR, the
commission shall develop a plan and begin implementing the plan
to onboard into the system all rape kits collected before the
effective date of this subsection that have not had the testing
or analysis of the rape kit completed. The commission shall
notify the victim prior to onboarding into the system the
victim's rape kit and provide the victim with the relevant
information to track the rape kit in the system.
(f) (D) ( e ) Data.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the commission shall provide aggregate data related to the
system and may not provide data that would otherwise compromise
the safety of the victim or a successful prosecution when data
is requested under the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3),
known as the Right-to-Know Law, or any other relevant statute.
(E) ( f ) PARTICIPATION.--ALL ENTITIES THAT HANDLE AND PROCESS
RAPE KITS, INCLUDING HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, THE PENNSYLVANIA
STATE POLICE, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND LABORATORIES,
SHALL PARTICIPATE IN THE SYSTEM.
(g) Resource only.--The tracking system shall serve as a
resource for a victim. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law or court rule, information entered into the tracking system
shall not serve as an official status of the rape kit and shall
not be admissible to challenge the chain of custody of evidence
in a criminal proceeding.
Section 3. Section 5(a) introductory paragraph, (1) and (2)
of the act are amended, paragraph (3) is amended by adding a
subparagraph and the subsection is amended by adding paragraphs
to read:
Section 5. Rights of sexual assault victims.
(a) General rule.--In addition to the rights provided under
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