Texas talks plans to clear 4,200 untested rape kits going back to 2011

As it stands, roughly 4,200 untested rape kits going back five years are without funding and a clear plan in place to be tested. The Senate Finance Committee is working on a remedy to this problem, with Chairwoman Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, saying she plans to fully fund the backlog tests in her draft of the budget. However, even after the Legislature fully funded the testing of 10,500 backlogged kits in 2013 with an appropriation of just under $11 million, a number of kits from that batch remain untested today.

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Source: Community Impact- Round Rock