Expands responsibilities of Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and establishes Problematic Sexual Behavior Program.*
What changed between versions
The $8.5 million General Fund appropriation (Section 12) was entirely removed from the bill, eliminating the dedicated funding for the Child Treatment Assistance Fund administration and specialized positions.
The Advisory Board membership increased from 14 to 17 members, with public members rising from 10 to 13. New required seats include a representative of a child advocacy center and a representative of a victim or family advocacy group with expertise in problematic sexual behaviors in children.
A representative of a child advocacy center was added as a required member of the Problematic Sexual Behavior Subcommittee, increasing its public membership from at least six to at least seven.
A new section (Section 11) requires the Problematic Sexual Behavior Program to develop a system of data collection, analysis, and reporting on service effectiveness, with findings forwarded to the Problematic Sexual Behavior Subcommittee including recommendations for improvement.
The workgroup's recommended referral mechanism was changed from 'a specialized assessment team within the State Central Registry' to 'specialized positions within care management organizations,' shifting the operational structure of how youth are referred to treatment.
Training requirements for multidisciplinary team members were broadened to include 'training requirements outlined in the standards developed by the National Children's Alliance' in addition to the most recent progress review.
Specialized care coordinator services are now explicitly provided 'at no cost' to youth and families, and two new termination conditions were added: when efforts to contact the family have been unsuccessful, or when the family declines to accept care coordination services.
The definition of 'problematic sexual behavior' was expanded to include harm 'to themselves' in addition to harm to other persons impacted by the behavior, broadening who is considered a victim.
Multiple section cross-references were renumbered (section 7 to 8, section 8 to 9, section 9 to 10) due to insertion of new sections, and a typo was corrected from P.L.2107 to P.L.2017.
