CHAPTER 3. COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAM

IC 31-33-3
    Chapter 3. Community Child Protection Team

IC 31-33-3-1
Community child protection team established; members
    Sec. 1. (a) A community child protection team is established ineach county. The community child protection team is a countywide,multidisciplinary child protection team. The team must include thefollowing thirteen (13) members who reside in, or provide servicesto residents of, the county in which the team is to be formed:
        (1) The director of the local office that provides child welfareservices in the county or the local office director's designee.
        (2) Two (2) designees of the juvenile court judge.
        (3) The county prosecuting attorney or the prosecutingattorney's designee.
        (4) The county sheriff or the sheriff's designee.
        (5) Either:
            (A) the president of the county executive in a county notcontaining a consolidated city or the president's designee; or
            (B) the executive of a consolidated city in a countycontaining a consolidated city or the executive's designee.
        (6) A director of a court appointed special advocate or guardianad litem program or the director's designee in the county inwhich the team is to be formed.
        (7) Either:
            (A) a public school superintendent or the superintendent'sdesignee; or
            (B) a director of a local special education cooperative or thedirector's designee.
        (8) Two (2) persons, each of whom is a physician or nurse, withexperience in pediatrics or family practice.
        (9) Two (2) residents of the county.
        (10) The chief law enforcement officer of the largest lawenforcement agency in the county (other than the countysheriff) or the chief law enforcement officer's designee.
    (b) The director of the local office serving the county shallappoint, subject to the approval of the director of the department, themembers of the team under subsection (a)(7), (a)(8), and (a)(9).
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.234-2005,SEC.102; P.L.146-2008, SEC.574.

IC 31-33-3-2
Election of team coordinator
    Sec. 2. The team shall elect a team coordinator from the team'smembership.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16.

IC 31-33-3-3
Duties of team coordinator
    Sec. 3. The team coordinator shall supply the community child

protection team with the following:
        (1) Copies of reports of child abuse or neglect underIC 31-33-7-1.
        (2) Any other information or reports that the coordinatorconsiders essential to the team's deliberations.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16.

IC 31-33-3-4
Meetings; agenda
    Sec. 4. (a) The community child protection team shall meet:
        (1) at least one (1) time each month; or
        (2) at the times that the team's services are needed by thedepartment.
    (b) Meetings of the team shall be called by the majority vote ofthe members of the team.
    (c) The team coordinator or at least two (2) other members of theteam may determine the agenda.
    (d) Notwithstanding IC 5-14-1.5, meetings of the team are openonly to persons authorized to receive information under this article.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.234-2005,SEC.103.

IC 31-33-3-5
Diagnostic and prognostic services
    Sec. 5. The community child protection team:
        (1) shall provide diagnostic and prognostic services for thedepartment or the juvenile court; and
        (2) may recommend to the department that a petition be filed inthe juvenile court on behalf of the subject child if the teambelieves this would best serve the interests of the child.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.234-2005,SEC.104.

IC 31-33-3-6
Review of child abuse and neglect cases and complaints
    Sec. 6. The community child protection team may receive andreview:
        (1) any case that the department has been involved in within thecounty where the team presides; and
        (2) complaints regarding child abuse and neglect cases that arebrought to the team by a person or an agency.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.234-2005,SEC.105.

IC 31-33-3-7
Periodic reports
    Sec. 7. (a) The community child protection team shall prepare aperiodic report regarding the child abuse and neglect reports andcomplaints that the team reviews under this chapter.
    (b) The periodic report may include the following information:        (1) The number of complaints under section 6 of this chapterthat the team receives and reviews each month.
        (2) A description of the child abuse and neglect reports that theteam reviews each month, including the following information:
            (A) The scope and manner of the interviewing processduring the child abuse or neglect assessment.
            (B) The timeliness of the assessment.
            (C) The number of children removed from the home.
            (D) The types of services offered.
            (E) The number of child abuse and neglect cases filed witha court.
            (F) The reasons that certain child abuse and neglect cases arenot filed with a court.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.146-2008,SEC.575; P.L.131-2009, SEC.39.

IC 31-33-3-8
Confidentiality of matters reviewed
    Sec. 8. The members of the community child protection team arebound by all applicable laws regarding the confidentiality of mattersreviewed by the team.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16.