Sec. 6. (a) A county may establish a county domestic violence fatality review team for the purpose of reviewing a death resulting from or in connection with domestic violence. The team shall review only:
(1) a fatality in which the death results from:
(A) domestic violence; or
(B) suicide, in a case of domestic violence; or
(2) a near fatality, in a case in which a victim of domestic violence suffers a life threatening injury.
(b) The legislative body (as defined in IC 36-1-2-9) of a county must determine by majority vote if the county will establish a local domestic violence fatality review team.
(c) If a county elects not to establish a county domestic violence fatality review team, the county may join with one (1) or more other counties that have not established a county domestic violence fatality review team and form a regional domestic violence fatality review team.
(d) To establish a regional domestic violence fatality review team as described in subsection (c), the legislative body of each county comprising the region must cast a majority of votes in favor of establishing a regional domestic violence fatality review team.
As added by P.L.181-2003, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.44-2004, SEC.1; P.L.162-2011, SEC.1; P.L.258-2017, SEC.5.
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