HB 2857 - DIGEST |
(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB) |
Prohibits a person under age eighteen suspected of committing the crime of prostitution from being: (1) Charged or prosecuted for a prostitution offense; or |
(2) Booked into detention for a prostitution offense. |
Requires law enforcement, before completing a law enforcement contact with an individual under eighteen years of age suspected of prostitution, to: (1) Make a child abuse or neglect report; |
(2) Deliver the youth to an evaluation and treatment facility for evaluation for immediate mental health or substance use disorder inpatient treatment; or |
(3) Refer the individual to other appropriate services. |
Requires the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs to administer funding for two receiving center pilot programs for commercially sexually exploited youth. |