CHAPTER 3. COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAM
IC 31-33-3
Chapter 3. Community Child Protection Team
IC 31-33-3-1
Community child protection team established; members
Sec. 1. (a) A community child protection team is established in
each county. The community child protection team is a countywide,
multidisciplinary child protection team. The team must include the
following thirteen (13) members who reside in, or provide services
to residents of, the county in which the team is to be formed:
(1) The director of the local office that provides child welfare
services in the county or the local office director's designee.
(2) Two (2) designees of the juvenile court judge.
(3) The county prosecuting attorney or the prosecuting
attorney's designee.
(4) The county sheriff or the sheriff's designee.
(5) Either:
(A) the president of the county executive in a county not
containing a consolidated city or the president's designee; or
(B) the executive of a consolidated city in a county
containing a consolidated city or the executive's designee.
(6) A director of a court appointed special advocate or guardian
ad litem program or the director's designee in the county in
which the team is to be formed.
(7) Either:
(A) a public school superintendent or the superintendent's
designee; or
(B) a director of a local special education cooperative or the
director's designee.
(8) Two (2) persons, each of whom is a physician or nurse, with
experience in pediatrics or family practice.
(9) Two (2) residents of the county.
(10) The chief law enforcement officer of the largest law
enforcement agency in the county (other than the county
sheriff) or the chief law enforcement officer's designee.
(b) The director of the local office serving the county shall
appoint, subject to the approval of the director of the department, the
members of the team under subsection (a)(7), (a)(8), and (a)(9).
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.234-2005,
SEC.102; P.L.146-2008, SEC.574.
IC 31-33-3-2
Election of team coordinator
Sec. 2. The team shall elect a team coordinator from the team's
membership.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16.
IC 31-33-3-3
Duties of team coordinator
Sec. 3. The team coordinator shall supply the community child
protection team with the following:
(1) Copies of reports of child abuse or neglect under
IC 31-33-7-1.
(2) Any other information or reports that the coordinator
considers essential to the team's deliberations.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16.
IC 31-33-3-4
Meetings; agenda
Sec. 4. (a) The community child protection team shall meet:
(1) at least one (1) time each month; or
(2) at the times that the team's services are needed by the
department.
(b) Meetings of the team shall be called by the majority vote of
the members of the team.
(c) The team coordinator or at least two (2) other members of the
team may determine the agenda.
(d) Notwithstanding IC 5-14-1.5, meetings of the team are open
only to persons authorized to receive information under this article.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.234-2005,
SEC.103.
IC 31-33-3-5
Diagnostic and prognostic services
Sec. 5. The community child protection team:
(1) shall provide diagnostic and prognostic services for the
department or the juvenile court; and
(2) may recommend to the department that a petition be filed in
the juvenile court on behalf of the subject child if the team
believes this would best serve the interests of the child.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.234-2005,
SEC.104.
IC 31-33-3-6
Review of child abuse and neglect cases and complaints
Sec. 6. The community child protection team may receive and
review:
(1) any case that the department has been involved in within the
county where the team presides; and
(2) complaints regarding child abuse and neglect cases that are
brought to the team by a person or an agency.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.234-2005,
SEC.105.
IC 31-33-3-7
Periodic reports
Sec. 7. (a) The community child protection team shall prepare a
periodic report regarding the child abuse and neglect reports and
complaints that the team reviews under this chapter.
(b) The periodic report may include the following information:
(1) The number of complaints under section 6 of this chapter
that the team receives and reviews each month.
(2) A description of the child abuse and neglect reports that the
team reviews each month, including the following information:
(A) The scope and manner of the interviewing process
during the child abuse or neglect assessment.
(B) The timeliness of the assessment.
(C) The number of children removed from the home.
(D) The types of services offered.
(E) The number of child abuse and neglect cases filed with
a court.
(F) The reasons that certain child abuse and neglect cases are
not filed with a court.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.146-2008,
SEC.575; P.L.131-2009, SEC.39.
IC 31-33-3-8
Confidentiality of matters reviewed
Sec. 8. The members of the community child protection team are
bound by all applicable laws regarding the confidentiality of matters
reviewed by the team.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16.