SB 293

Bill Subjects

Juvenile Justice Agencies Legislature Unfunded Mandates Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Child Juvenile Detention Facilities Health And Human Services, Department Of Juvenile Courts Juvenile Delinquents Appropriations Trauma Dismissal Of Actions Child Abuse Or Neglect Prostitution Mental Health Services Children In Need Of Supervision (See Also Juvenile Courts) Youth Parole Bureau Foster Care Peace Officers

Abstract

AN ACT relating to protection of children; requiring the creation of the position of coordinator of services for commercially sexually exploited children; requiring the coordinator to develop a plan to establish the infrastructure to provide treatment, housing and services to such children and perform certain other duties relating to the provision of housing and services for such children; prohibiting the adjudication of a child as delinquent or in need of supervision, or the placement of a child in a detention facility for certain offenses; requiring a juvenile court and certain other entities in the juvenile justice system to report the commercial sexual exploitation of a child to an agency which provides child welfare services in certain circumstances; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.