Bill Text: CA SB767 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Sexually exploited children: foster care.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2018-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB767 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB767-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Sexually exploited children: foster care.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2018-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB767 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB767-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Senate Bill | No. 767 |
| Introduced by Senator Atkins |
February 17, 2017 |
An act to add Section 16012 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to sexually exploited children.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 767, as introduced, Atkins.
Sexually exploited children: foster care.
Existing law establishes a system of foster care placement for the welfare of the children in foster care and for the safety and protection of the public.
This bill would require each county to create a specialized foster family placement protocol for commercially sexually exploited children (CSEC) to provide these victims with safety, treatment, and appropriate services. The bill would require each county to provide an additional stipend and training to CSEC foster families and other providers and for attorneys and juvenile court judges, as specified. The bill would authorize counties to create CSEC courts and would express the intent of the Legislature that counties use the counties of Los Angeles and Alameda as models for CSEC courts. The bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to fund those CSEC courts. By
imposing additional duties on local governments, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 16012 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:16012.
(a) Each county shall create a specialized foster family placement protocol for commercially sexually exploited children (CSEC) that will provide these victims with safety, treatment, and appropriate services.(b) Each county shall provide an appropriate additional stipend to foster family providers and other placement providers who care for CSEC. Caregiver eligibility for the CSEC stipend is contingent upon meeting specialized training requirements as determined by the county. The specialized training requirements shall specify the number of hours and subject matter that the training will entail.
(c) Each county shall provide appropriate CSEC training, as determined by the county,
for dependency attorneys and juvenile court judges. Attorneys who represent CSEC shall complete a specified number of hours of continuing education training specific to CSEC as determined by the county. Each county shall, as soon as practicable, cap the CSEC caseload for an attorney who represents CSEC at 50 clients.
(d) Each county may create a CSEC court.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that a county that intends to create a court specifically for CSEC use the successful courts developed for that purpose in the County of Los Angeles and the County of Alameda as models. It is further the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to provide funding for CSEC courts.
