Amended in Senate April 10, 2013

Senate BillNo. 114


Introduced by Senator Pavley

January 15, 2013


An act to amendbegin delete Sectionend deletebegin insert Sections 18259.7 andend insert 18259.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to sexually exploited minors.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 114, as amended, 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.begin insert Existing law requires the District Attorney for 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.end insert

This bill would extend the operation ofbegin delete these provisionsend deletebegin insert the pilot programend insert until January 1,begin delete 2017.end deletebegin insert 2017, and would extend the date by which the District Attorney for Los Angeles County must file the report by April 1, 2016.end insert

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insertSection 18259.7 of the end insertbegin insertWelfare and Institutions
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18259.7.  

(a) The County of Los Angeles, contingent upon
4local funding, may establish a pilot project consistent with this
5chapter to develop a comprehensive, replicative, multidisciplinary
6model to address the needs and effective treatment of commercially
7sexually exploited minors who have been arrested or detained by
8local law enforcement for a violation of subdivision (a) or (b) of
9Section 647 or subdivision (a) of Section 653.22 of the Penal Code.

10(b) The District Attorney of the County of Los Angeles, in
11collaboration with county and community-based agencies, may
12develop, as a component of the pilot project described in this
13chapter, protocols for identifying and assessing minors, upon arrest
14or detention by law enforcement, who may be victims of
15commercial sexual exploitation.

16(c) The District Attorney of the County of Los Angeles, in
17collaboration with county and community-based agencies that
18serve commercially sexually exploited minors, may develop, as a
19component of the pilot project described in this chapter, a diversion
20program reflecting the best practices to address the needs and
21requirements of arrested or detained minors who have been
22determined to be victims of commercial sexual exploitation.

23(d) The District Attorney of the County of Los Angeles, in
24collaboration with county and community-based agencies, may
25form, as a component of the pilot project described in this chapter,
26a multidisciplinary team including, but not limited to, city police
27departments, the county sheriff’s department, the public defender’s
28office, the probation department, child protective services, and
29community-based organizations that work with or advocate for
30commercially sexually exploited minors, to do both of the
31following:

32(1) Develop a training curriculum reflecting the best practices
33for identifying and assessing minors who may be victims of
34commercial sexual exploitation.

35(2) Offer and provide this training curriculum through
36multidisciplinary teams to law enforcement, child protective
37services, and others who are required to respond to arrested or
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2exploitation.

3(e) The District Attorney for the County of Los Angeles shall,
4on or before April 1,begin delete 2013,end deletebegin insert 2016,end insert submit a report to the Legislature
5that summarizes the activities performed by the district attorney
6pursuant to this section, so that the Legislature may determine
7whether the pilot project should be extended or expanded to other
8counties prior to the repeal of this chapter pursuant to Section
918259.10. The report shall, at a minimum, include the number of
10sexually exploited minors, if any, diverted by the program
11authorized in subdivision (c), and a summary of the types of
12services and alternate treatments provided to those minors. This
13report shall be contingent upon local funding, and shall be required
14only if the County of Los Angeles establishes a pilot project and
15the district attorney performs any of the activities of the pilot
16project authorized by this chapter. The report shall not include any
17information that would reveal the identity of a specific sexually
18exploited minor.

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Section 18259.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
21 is amended to read:

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18259.10.  

This chapter shall remain in effect only until January
231, 2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
24statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends
25that date.



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