Domestic violence fatality review panels, members
A local prosecutor can put together a group called a domestic violence fatality review panel to look into deaths caused by domestic violence. The group includes people like doctors, police, shelter workers, and others who help domestic violence victims. The group meets to study these deaths and figure out how to prevent them. Most of the group's notes and records are private and cannot be used in court, but the group must write a final report that the public can read, and that report goes to state leaders and domestic violence organizations.
455.560. s, members — report. — 1. A or may a domestic violence fatality review panel for the county or in which he or she serves to investigate the deaths of victims of homicides determined to be related to domestic violence, as the term is defined in section 455.010.
2. Members of the panel may include any of programs or organizations that provide services and responses to victims of domestic violence within the county or city not within a county. The panel shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following members:
(1) The ;
(2) The or for the county or city not within a county;
(3) A representative of law personnel in the county or city not within a county;
(4) A of public health care services;
(5) A provider of emergency medical services or other medical or health care providers;
(6) A representative of any for the prosecuting or circuit attorney, law enforcement organization, or court of the county or city not within a county;
(7) A representative of shelters for victims of domestic violence, as defined in section 455.200, or domestic violence services organizations that provide services for victims within the county or city not within a county; and
(8) A representative of rape crisis centers, as defined in section 455.003, that provide services for victims within the county or city not within a county.
3. A prosecuting or circuit attorney shall organize the panel and shall call the first organizational meeting of the panel. The panel shall elect a chairperson who shall convene the panel to meet to all deaths of victims of homicides determined to be related to domestic violence.
4. The executive officer of any or county may request that a domestic violence fatality review panel be convened in response to any which occurs within the boundaries of the municipality or county.
5. Work products of the domestic violence fatality review panel other than the report required by 6 of this section, including but not limited to internal memoranda, summaries or minutes of panel meetings, and written, audio , or electronic s and communications, are not s as defined by (6) of section 610.010 and are not available for public examination, reproduction, or disclosure, and are not in any civil, criminal, or .
6. The panel shall a final report, which shall be a public record as defined by subdivision (6) of section 610.010, of each investigation. The final report shall include the panel's findings and recommendations for enhanced practices, protocols, and collaborations to address domestic violence and prevent homicides, and a copy shall be provided to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the of the senate, the executive leadership of the government of the of the state of Missouri in which the panel operates, and the , as such is by the United States of Justice and the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The final report shall also include a .
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(L. 2018 H.B. 1355)
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