BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: April 27, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
AB
1883 (Cooley) - As Amended April 5, 2016
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill establishes, until January 1, 2020, the Child Sexual
Abuse Prevention Program as a pilot program in three counties,
selected by the Department of Social Services (DSS), to provide
child sexual abuse prevention and intervention services, and
appropriates to each county $50,000 annually from the General
Fund for this purpose.
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FISCAL EFFECT:
1)Annual costs of up to $150,000 (GF) through 2019 to fund up to
three pilot counties.
2)Minor administrative costs (GF) to the Department of Social
Services (DSS) to review applications for county pilot
selection and to review annual reports.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. According to the author, "According to the Centers
for Disease Control, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men were sexually
abused before the age of 18. Statistically this translates to
over 42 million adult survivors of child sexual abuse. Nearly
70% of reported sexual assaults (including adults) occur to
children age 17 and younger. The U.S. Department of Justice
estimates that youth are 2.3 times more likely to be sexually
assaulted than adults."
2)Background. Existing law authorizes the Office of Child Abuse
Prevention (OCAP) of the DSS to provide state oversight and
allocate state and federal grants to counties for various
child abuse and neglect prevention and intervention programs.
Existing law, pursuant to WIC §§ 18960-18964, provides that
Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment (CAPIT)
projects and services are to be selected using specified
criteria, with priority given to private nonprofit agencies
that serve the needs of children at risk of abuse or neglect
and that have demonstrated effectiveness in prevention or
intervention.
The 2014 Budget Act included $5 million General Fund in
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2014-15 for a newly established Commercially Sexually
Exploited Children (CSEC) Program, and $14 million General
Fund annually thereafter, to include statewide training, the
development of local protocols for addressing victims of
exploitation, and specialized services. While the provisions
of this measure seek to similarly provide prevention and
intervention services to commercially sexually exploited
children, this measure also applies more broadly to all types
of child sexual abuse, of which CSEC is only one component.
3)Prior Legislation.
a) AB 883 (Cooley), 2014, was substantially similar to this
bill. It was vetoed by the Governor. In part, the
Governor's veto message stated that AB 883 didn't provide
the criteria or funding necessary for counties to
participate or for DSS to conduct the pilot program.
b) SB 855 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Chapter
29, Statutes of 2014, the Human Services budget trailer
bill, establishes the Commercially Sexually Exploited
Children Program to be administered by DSS in order to
adequately serve children who have been sexually exploited.
This bill requires DSS in consultation with others, to
develop an allocation methodology to distribute funding for
the program.
Analysis Prepared by:Jennifer Swenson / APPR. / (916)
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