Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 31-34-1-3.5 - Victim of human or sexual trafficking(a) A child is a child in need of services if, before the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age:(1) the child is the victim of human or sexual trafficking (as defined in IC 31-9-2-133.1); and(2) the child needs care, treatment, or rehabilitation that:(A) the child is not receiving; and(B) is unlikely to be provided or accepted without the coercive intervention of the court.(b) A child is considered a victim of human or sexual trafficking regardless of whether the child consented to the conduct described in subsection (a)(1).Amended by P.L. 142-2020,SEC. 42, eff. 7/1/2020.Added by P.L. 46-2016, SEC. 8, eff. 7/1/2016.