AB 1108, as amended, Perea. Sex offenders: foster care homes: prohibitions.
Existing law requires every person convicted of certain offenses, for the rest of his or her life while residing in California, or while attending school or working in California, as specified, to register with the chief of police of the city in which he or she is residing, or the sheriff of the county if he or she is residing in an unincorporated area or city that has no police department, and, additionally, with the chief of police of a campus of the University of California, the California State University, or community college if he or she is residing upon the campus or in any of its facilities, within 5 working days of coming into, or changing his or her residence within, any city, county, or city and county, or campus in which he or she temporarily resides, and to register thereafter as specified. Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of community care facilities, including group homes and foster family homes, by the State Department of Social Services. Existing law provides for the certification of foster homes by foster family agencies.
This bill would, subject to exception, prohibit any person who is required to register as a sex offender, based upon the commission of an offense against a minor, from residing, working, or volunteering in specified foster homes or facilities, as provided. The bill would provide that violation of the prohibition is a misdemeanor.
By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 3003.6 is added to the Penal Code, to
2read:
(a) Every person who is required to register pursuant
4to Section 290, based upon the commission of an offense against
5a minor, is prohibited from residing, except as a client, and from
6working or volunteering in any of the following:
7(1) Abegin delete foster home orend deletebegin insert child day care facility or children’s
8residentialend insert facility that is licensed by the State Department of
9Social Servicesbegin delete orend deletebegin insert,
a home certified by a foster family agency, or
10a home approved byend insert a county child welfare services agency.
11(2) A certified home of a foster family agency.
12(3)
end delete
13begin insert(2)end insert A home or facility that receives a placement of a child who
14has been, or may be, declared a dependent child of the juvenile
15court pursuant to Section 300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
P3 1orbegin insert who has been, or may be, declared a ward of the juvenile court
2pursuant toend insert Sectionbegin insert 601 orend insert 602 of the Welfare and Institutions
3Code.
4(b) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a
5misdemeanor.
6(c) Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the State
7Department of Social Services to deny a criminal record exemption
8request and to take an action to exclude an individual from
9residing, working, or volunteering in a licensed facility pursuant
10to Sections 1522, 1569.09, 1569.17, or 1596.871 of the Health and
11Safety Code.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
13Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
14the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
15district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
16infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
17for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of
18the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within
19the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
20Constitution.
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