Bill Text: CA AB652 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act: homeless children.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-10-02 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 486, Statutes of 2013. [AB652 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB652-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 652	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  486
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 2, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 2, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 28, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ammiano

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to add Section 11165.15 to the Penal Code, relating to
child abuse.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 652, Ammiano. Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act: homeless
children.
   Existing law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, requires
a mandated reporter, as defined, to report whenever he or she, in his
or her professional capacity or within the scope of his or her
employment, has knowledge of or observes a child whom the mandated
reporter knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of child
abuse or neglect.
   This bill would provide that the fact that a child is homeless or
is classified as an unaccompanied minor is not, in and of itself, a
sufficient basis for reporting child abuse or neglect.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 11165.15 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   11165.15.  For the purposes of this article, the fact that a child
is homeless or is classified as an unaccompanied minor, as defined
in Section 11434a of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.), is not, in and of itself, a
sufficient basis for reporting child abuse or neglect. Nothing in
this section shall limit a mandated reporter, as defined in Section
11165.7, from making a report pursuant to Section 11166 whenever the
mandated reporter has knowledge of or observes an unaccompanied minor
whom the mandated reporter knows or reasonably suspects to be the
victim of abuse or neglect.