12.20.020 Cross-notification of child maltreatment reports.
(a) When the law enforcement agency or YSS receives an initial report from any person of:
(1) The maltreatment of any child of the Tribe; or
(2) Actions which would reasonably be expected to result in abuse of a child;
The receiving agency shall immediately notify appropriate officials of the other agency of such report and shall also submit, when prepared, a copy of the written report required under YTC 12.20.030, to such agency.
(b) Where a report of abuse involves an Indian child or where the alleged abuser is an Indian and where a preliminary inquiry indicates a criminal violation has occurred, the local law enforcement agency, if other than the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall immediately report such occurrence to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(c) Investigation and Reports of Allegations of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of a Child.
(1) “Commercial sexual exploitation” refers to either of the following:
(A) The sexual trafficking of a child, as described in subdivision (c) of California Penal Code § 236.1.
(B) The provision of food, shelter, or payment to a child in exchange for the performance of any sexual act described subdivision (c) of California Penal Code § 236.1.
(2) Cross Notification within 24 Hours. Where it comes to the attention of the YSS staff that a child is, or is reasonably believed to be, a victim of commercial sexual exploitation, the following shall apply:
(A) YSS staff shall immediately, and in no case later than 24 hours from receipt of the information, report to the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over location of the child’s last known residence or last known whereabouts, that a child or youth who is receiving Tribal child welfare services has been identified as the victim of commercial sexual exploitation; and
(B) YSS staff shall immediately, or in no case later than 24 hours from receipt of the information, report the incident to the appropriate law enforcement authority for entry into the National Crime Information Center database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. [Ord. 46A § 1301(c), adopted, 3/24/2016.]