BILL NUMBER: AB 2607	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Skinner

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Section 241.15 to the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to juveniles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2607, as introduced, Skinner. Juveniles: dual status children.
   Existing law provides that whenever a minor appears to come within
the descriptions of both a dependent child and a ward of the
juvenile court, the county probation department and the child
protective services department shall, pursuant to a jointly developed
written protocol, initially determine which status will serve the
best interests of the minor and the protection of society. Existing
law authorizes the probation department and the child welfare
services department in any county to create a protocol which would
permit a minor who meets specified criteria to be designated as both
a dependent child and a ward of the juvenile court, as specified.
Under existing law, a minor who is designated as both a dependent
child and a ward of the juvenile court is known as a dual status
child.
   This bill would prohibit a county from permitting a minor who is
under the jurisdiction of the court as a dependent and who
concurrently or subsequently comes under the jurisdiction of the
court as a ward from remaining in juvenile detention beyond the
completion of the period of confinement imposed by the court.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 241.15 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, immediately following Section 241.1, to read:
   241.15.  Notwithstanding any other law, a county shall not permit
a minor who came within the description of Section 300, but who
concurrently or subsequently came with the description of Section 601
or 602, to remain in juvenile detention beyond the completion of the
period of confinement imposed by the court.