First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1098
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and
juvenile law.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SECTION 1. IC 2-5-36-9, AS AMENDED BY P.L.9-2024,
SECTION 8, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 9. The commission shall do the following:
(1) Study and evaluate the following:
(A) Access to services for vulnerable youth.
(B) Availability of services for vulnerable youth.
(C) Duplication of services for vulnerable youth.
(D) Funding of services available for vulnerable youth.
(E) Barriers to service for vulnerable youth.
(F) Communication and cooperation by agencies concerning
vulnerable youth.
(G) Implementation of programs or laws concerning
vulnerable youth.
(H) The consolidation of existing entities that serve vulnerable
youth.
(I) Data from state agencies relevant to evaluating progress,
targeting efforts, and demonstrating outcomes.
(J) Crimes of sexual violence against children.
(K) The impact of social networking websites, cellular
telephones and wireless communications devices, digital
media, and new technology on crimes against children.
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(2) Review and make recommendations concerning pending
legislation.
(3) Promote information sharing concerning vulnerable youth
across the state.
(4) Promote best practices, policies, and programs.
(5) Cooperate with:
(A) other child focused commissions;
(B) the judicial branch of government;
(C) the executive branch of government;
(D) stakeholders; and
(E) members of the community.
(6) Create and provide staff support to a statewide juvenile
justice oversight body to carry out the following duties described
in section 9.3 of this chapter:
(A) Develop a plan to collect and report statewide juvenile
justice data.
(B) Establish procedures and policies related to the use of:
(i) a validated risk screening tool and a validated risk and
needs assessment tool;
(ii) a detention tool to inform the use of secure detention;
(iii) a plan to determine how information from the tools
described in this clause is compiled and shared and with
whom the information will be shared; and
(iv) a plan to provide training to judicial officers on the
implementation of the tools described in this clause.
(C) Develop criteria for the use of diagnostic assessments as
described in IC 31-37-19-11.7.
(D) Develop a statewide plan to address the provision of
broader behavioral health services to children in the juvenile
justice system.
(E) Develop a plan for the provision of transitional services for
a child who is a ward of the department of correction as
described in IC 31-37-19-11.5.
(F) Develop a plan for grant programs described in section 9.3
of this chapter.
The initial appointments and designations to the statewide
juvenile justice oversight body described in this subdivision shall
be made not later than May 31, 2022. The chief justice of the
supreme court shall designate the chair of the statewide juvenile
justice oversight body and shall make the initial appointments and
designations to the statewide juvenile justice oversight body,
which may incorporate members of an existing committee or
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subcommittee formed under the commission. The initial meeting
of the oversight body shall be held not later than July 1, 2022.
(7) Create and provide staff support to a statewide youth,
family, and caregiver engagement initiative to carry out the
following duties:
(A) Provide staff support and funding for commission
activities provided by a:
(i) youth member of the commission appointed under
section 4 of this chapter; or
(ii) youth, family, or caregiver member of a commission
committee, task force, or subcommittee who has been
appointed as a community member.
(B) Develop a statewide plan to support, encourage, and
expand the engagement of youth, families, and caregivers
in state policymaking impacting youth and children.
(C) Provide and support educational:
(i) opportunities;
(ii) convenings; and
(iii) experiences;
that facilitate increased youth, family, and caregiver
participation.
(D) Support the efforts of other state agencies and
community organizations that seek to support, encourage,
and expand the engagement of youth, families, and
caregivers in policy decisions impacting youth and
children.
(E) Solicit direct feedback from youth, families, and
caregivers to inform commission recommendations
concerning:
(i) points of complexity and inefficiency in child serving
systems;
(ii) duplication of services and potential points of
consolidation; and
(iii) improving time to permanency and reducing the
trauma of systems involvement.
(7) (8) Submit a report not later than September 1 of each year
regarding the commission's work during the previous year. The
report shall be submitted to the legislative council, the governor,
and the chief justice of Indiana. The report to the legislative
council must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
HEA 1098 — Concur Speaker of the House of Representatives
President of the Senate
President Pro Tempore
Governor of the State of Indiana
Date: Time:
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