California · Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC

WIC §18961.6: (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 18961.

Civil

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This statute authorizes Los Angeles County to maintain a database of convictions for crimes involving child victims, including convictions of family members and household residents. Access is restricted to authorized provider agencies like children's services, probation, and law enforcement, with records removed after 50 years.

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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 18961.5, if the County of Los Angeles establishes a database pursuant to Section 18961.5, the database may also include the convictions of family members and persons living in the child’s home for crimes that involved a child as a victim. (b) Information entered pursuant to subdivision (a) shall only be accessible to those provider agencies, as described in subdivision (h) of Section 18961.5, currently entitled to obtain criminal history records. These provider agencies shall include, but not be limited to, children’s services, probation, and law enforcement. The County of Los Angeles shall install system controls to only allow access to the information entered pursuant to subdivision (a) to those provider agencies, as described in subdivision (h) of Section 18961.5, currently entitled to obtain criminal history records, including, but not limited to, children’s services, probation, and law enforcement. Nothing in this section shall preclude the information entered pursuant to subdivision (a) from being discussed in the context of a multidisciplinary team, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 18951. (c) If the database of the County of Los Angeles includes conviction information pursuant to subdivision (a), the conviction information added to the database pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be removed from the database 50 years after the date of the conviction.

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