Bill Text: CA SB114 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Senate Bill 114 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Commercially sexually exploited minors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 42, Statutes of 2013. [SB114 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB114-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 114	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  42
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 28, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 28, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 11, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 15, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 10, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pavley

                        JANUARY 15, 2013

   An act to amend Sections 18259.7 and 18259.10 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to sexually exploited minors.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 114, Pavley. Commercially sexually exploited minors.
   Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2014, the County of Los
Angeles to create a pilot project, contingent upon local funding, for
the purpose of developing a comprehensive, replicative,
multidisciplinary model to address the needs and effective treatment
of commercially sexually exploited minors, as specified. Existing law
requires the District Attorney of the County of Los Angeles to
submit a report to the Legislature on or before April 1, 2013, that
summarizes his or her activities with relation to the pilot project
to assist the Legislature in determining whether the pilot project
should be extended or expanded to other counties.
   This bill would extend the operation of the pilot project until
January 1, 2017, and would extend the date by which the District
Attorney of the County of Los Angeles is required to file the report
by April 1, 2016.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 18259.7 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   18259.7.  (a) The County of Los Angeles, contingent upon local
funding, may establish a pilot project consistent with this chapter
to develop a comprehensive, replicative, multidisciplinary model to
address the needs and effective treatment of commercially sexually
exploited minors who have been arrested or detained by local law
enforcement for a violation of subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 647
or subdivision (a) of Section 653.22 of the Penal Code.
   (b) The District Attorney of the County of Los Angeles, in
collaboration with county and community-based agencies, may develop,
as a component of the pilot project described in this chapter,
protocols for identifying and assessing minors, upon arrest or
detention by law enforcement, who may be victims of commercial sexual
exploitation.
   (c) The District Attorney of the County of Los Angeles, in
collaboration with county and community-based agencies that serve
commercially sexually exploited minors, may develop, as a component
of the pilot project described in this chapter, a diversion program
reflecting the best practices to address the needs and requirements
of arrested or detained minors who have been determined to be victims
of commercial sexual exploitation.
   (d) The District Attorney of the County of Los Angeles, in
collaboration with county and community-based agencies, may form, as
a component of the pilot project described in this chapter, a
multidisciplinary team including, but not limited to, city police
departments, the county sheriff's department, the public defender's
office, the probation department, child protective services, and
community-based organizations that work with or advocate for
commercially sexually exploited minors, to do both of the following:
   (1) Develop a training curriculum reflecting the best practices
for identifying and assessing minors who may be victims of commercial
sexual exploitation.
   (2) Offer and provide this training curriculum through
multidisciplinary teams to law enforcement, child protective
services, and others who are required to respond to arrested or
detained minors who may be victims of commercial sexual exploitation.

   (e) The District Attorney for the County of Los Angeles shall, on
or before April 1, 2016, submit a report to the Legislature that
summarizes the activities performed by the district attorney pursuant
to this section, so that the Legislature may determine whether the
pilot project should be extended or expanded to other counties prior
to the repeal of this chapter pursuant to Section 18259.10. The
report shall, at a minimum, include the number of sexually exploited
minors, if any, diverted by the program authorized in subdivision
(c), and a summary of the types of services and alternate treatments
provided to those minors. This report shall be contingent upon local
funding, and shall be required only if the County of Los Angeles
establishes a pilot project and the district attorney performs any of
the activities of the pilot project authorized by this chapter. The
report shall not include any information that would reveal the
identity of a specific sexually exploited minor.
  SEC. 2.  Section 18259.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   18259.10.  This chapter shall remain in effect only until January
1, 2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends
that date.