Relating to the treatment of certain incidents of human trafficking as child abuse and to mandatory or permissive reporting of such incidents, and making penalties applicable

1, “commercial sexual activity” means any sex act or sexually explicit performance for which anything of value is given, promised to, or received by any person and includes, but is not limited to, prostitution, participation in the production of pornography, and performance in strip clubs. The department of public health is directed, in cooperation with certain federal, state, and local governmental agencies and nongovernmental or community organizations, to identify and adopt existing training standards on the subject of human trafficking involving children that include curricula on recognizing human trafficking victims, culturally sensitive and age-appropriate methods for approaching and dealing with trafficking victims and affected minors, and identifying the appropriate authorities to whom to report potential cases of human trafficking. Mandatory reporter training must utilize these standards. With this change in the definition of child abuse, the classes of persons required or authorized to make a report of child abuse must also make a report of suspected forced labor or services and suspected commercial sexual activity involving a child. The bill makes conforming changes, including provisions relating to commencing child abuse assessments, referring reports to law enforcement, expunging data under certain conditions, and the procedures school districts and accredited nonpublic schools must use in handling child abuse reports.75 apply to a person who fails to report a suspected case of child abuse or knowingly reports false information. If the department of human services issues a finding that the alleged child abuse meets the definition of child abuse, the child abuse central registry provisions of Code chapters 232 and 235A apply.