Bill Text: IN SB0053 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Child seduction.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 208 [SB0053 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0053-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 35-31.5-2; IC 35-42-4-7.
Synopsis: Child seduction. Provides that the offense of child
seduction, a Class D felony, includes a mental health professional
engaging in certain sexual behavior with a patient who is at least 16
years of age but less than 18 years of age.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections & Criminal Law.
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JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 284. "School corporation", for purposes of
IC 35-42-4-7, has the meaning set forth in IC 35-42-4-7(h).
IC 35-42-4-7(i).
(b) As used in this section, "adoptive grandparent" means the parent of an adoptive parent.
(c) As used in this section, "charter school" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-18-2-2.5.
(d) As used in this section, "child care worker" means a person who:
(1) provides care, supervision, or instruction to a child within the scope of the person's employment in a shelter care facility;
(2) is employed by a:
(A) school corporation;
(B) charter school;
(C) nonpublic school; or
(D) special education cooperative;
attended by a child who is the victim of a crime under this chapter; or
(3) is:
(A) affiliated with a:
(i) school corporation;
(ii) charter school;
(iii) nonpublic school; or
(iv) special education cooperative;
attended by a child who is the victim of a crime under this chapter, regardless of how or whether the person is compensated;
(B) in a position of trust in relation to a child who attends the school or cooperative;
(C) engaged in the provision of care or supervision to a child
who attends the school or cooperative; and
(D) at least four (4) years older than the child who is the
victim of a crime under this chapter.
The term does not include a student who attends the school or
cooperative.
(e) As used in this section, "custodian" means any person who
resides with a child and is responsible for the child's welfare.
(f) As used in this section, "mental health professional" means:
(1) a mental health counselor licensed under IC 25-23.6-8.5;
(2) a psychologist; or
(3) a psychiatrist.
(f) (g) As used in this section, "military recruiter" means a member
of the armed forces of the United States (as defined in IC 20-33-10-2)
or the Indiana National Guard whose primary job function,
classification, or specialty is recruiting individuals to enlist with the
armed forces of the United States or the Indiana National Guard.
(g) (h) As used in this section, "nonpublic school" has the meaning
set forth in IC 20-18-2-12.
(h) (i) As used in this section, "school corporation" has the meaning
set forth in IC 20-18-2-16.
(i) (j) As used in this section, "special education cooperative" has
the meaning set forth in IC 20-35-5-1.
(j) (k) As used in this section, "stepparent" means an individual who
is married to a child's custodial or noncustodial parent and is not the
child's adoptive parent.
(k) (l) If a person who:
(1) is at least eighteen (18) years of age; and
(2) is:
(A) the:
(i) guardian, adoptive parent, adoptive grandparent,
custodian, or stepparent of; or
(ii) child care worker for; or
(B) a military recruiter who is attempting to enlist; or
(C) a mental health professional for a patient who is;
a child at least sixteen (16) years of age but less than eighteen
(18) years of age;
engages with the child in sexual intercourse, deviate sexual conduct (as
defined in IC 35-31.5-2-94), or any fondling or touching with the intent
to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the adult,
the person commits child seduction, a Class D felony.
