SECTIONS 18259.7-18259.10

18259.7.  (a) The County of Los Angeles, contingent upon localfunding, may establish a pilot project consistent with this chapterto develop a comprehensive, replicative, multidisciplinary model toaddress the needs and effective treatment of commercially sexuallyexploited minors who have been arrested or detained by local lawenforcement for a violation of subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 647or subdivision (a) of Section 653.22 of the Penal Code. (b) The District Attorney of the County of Los Angeles, incollaboration 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 ordetention by law enforcement, who may be victims of commercial sexualexploitation. (c) The District Attorney of the County of Los Angeles, incollaboration with county and community-based agencies that servecommercially sexually exploited minors, may develop, as a componentof the pilot project described in this chapter, a diversion programreflecting the best practices to address the needs and requirementsof arrested or detained minors who have been determined to be victimsof commercial sexual exploitation. (d) The District Attorney of the County of Los Angeles, incollaboration with county and community-based agencies, may form, asa component of the pilot project described in this chapter, amultidisciplinary team including, but not limited to, city policedepartments, the county sheriff's department, the public defender'soffice, the probation department, child protective services, andcommunity-based organizations that work with or advocate forcommercially sexually exploited minors, to do both of the following: (1) Develop a training curriculum reflecting the best practicesfor identifying and assessing minors who may be victims of commercialsexual exploitation. (2) Offer and provide this training curriculum throughmultidisciplinary teams to law enforcement, child protectiveservices, and others who are required to respond to arrested ordetained minors who may be victims of commercial sexual exploitation. (e) The District Attorney for the County of Los Angeles shall, onor before April 1, 2013, submit a report to the Legislature thatsummarizes the activities performed by the district attorney pursuantto this section, so that the Legislature may determine whether thepilot project should be extended or expanded to other counties priorto the repeal of this chapter pursuant to Section 18259.10. Thereport shall, at a minimum, include the number of sexually exploitedminors, if any, diverted by the program authorized in subdivision(c), and a summary of the types of services and alternate treatmentsprovided to those minors. This report shall be contingent upon localfunding, and shall be required only if the County of Los Angelesestablishes a pilot project and the district attorney performs any ofthe activities of the pilot project authorized by this chapter. Thereport shall not include any information that would reveal theidentity of a specific sexually exploited minor.18259.9.  For purposes of this chapter, "commercially sexuallyexploited minor" means a person under 18 years of age who has beenabused in the manner described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) ofSection 11165.1 of the Penal Code, and who has been detained for aviolation of the law or placed in civil protective custody on asafety hold based only on a violation of subdivision (a) or (b) ofSection 647 or subdivision (a) of Section 653.22 of the Penal Code.18259.10.  This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1,2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enactedstatute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extendsthat date.