SECTIONS 18259-18259.5 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 18259-18259.5

18259. (a) The County of Alameda, contingent upon local funding,
may establish a pilot project consistent with this chapter to develop
a comprehensive, replicative, multidisciplinary model to address the
needs and effective treatment of commercially sexually exploited
minors who have been arrested or detained by local law enforcement
for a violation of subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 647 or
subdivision (a) of Section 653.22 of the Penal Code.
(b) The District Attorney of the County of Alameda, in
collaboration with county and community-based agencies, may develop,
as a component of the pilot project described in this chapter,
protocols for identifying and assessing minors, upon arrest or
detention by law enforcement, who may be victims of commercial sexual
exploitation.
(c) The District Attorney of the County of Alameda, in
collaboration with county and community-based agencies that serve
commercially sexually exploited minors, may develop, as a component
of the pilot project described in this chapter, a diversion program
reflecting the best practices to address the needs and requirements
of arrested or detained minors who have been determined to be victims
of commercial sexual exploitation.
(d) The District Attorney of the County of Alameda, in
collaboration with county and community-based agencies, may form, as
a component of the pilot project described in this chapter, a
multidisciplinary team including, but not limited to, city police
departments, the county sheriff's department, the public defender's
office, the probation department, child protection services, and
community-based organizations that work with or advocate for
commercially sexually exploited minors, to do both of the following:
(1) Develop a training curriculum reflecting the best practices
for identifying and assessing minors who may be victims of commercial
sexual exploitation.
(2) Offer and provide this training curriculum through
multidisciplinary teams to law enforcement, child protective
services, and others who are required to respond to arrested or
detained minors who may be victims of commercial sexual exploitation.

18259.3. For purposes of this chapter, "commercially sexually
exploited minor" means a person under 18 years of age who has been
abused in the manner described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of
Section 11165.1 of the Penal Code, and who has been detained for a
violation of the law or placed in civil protective custody on a
safety hold based only on a violation of subdivision (a) or (b) of
Section 647 or subdivision (a) of Section 653.22 of the Penal Code.

18259.5. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2012, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2012, deletes or extends
that date.