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Senate mandates CPIT membership changes, adds training and extends investigative timelines
Summary
Senate Bill 2225 clarifies membership for Child Protective Investigative Teams to include a nongovernmental anti-trafficking specialist, sets a 15-hour annual training requirement and extends case closure timelines from 60 to 90 days with a possible 180-day investigative extension.
Senate Bill 2225 was presented with an amendment that clarifies membership and duties of county-level Child Protective Investigative Teams (CPITs). Senator Wally said the bill requires CPITs to include a nongovernmental agency specializing in commercial sexual exploitation of minors when those issues are involved, establishes a 15-hour annual training requirement for CPIT members and extends the timeframe for closing cases from 60 to 90 days, with an investigatory extension possible to 180 days in complex cases.
"Each one of our counties has one of these CPIT teams... They are required to meet at least once monthly," Senator Wally said. He told colleagues the change makes the participation of specialized nongovernmental organizations mandatory for trafficking-related cases and creates formal training requirements where none existed. The amendment and bill were adopted and the measure was declared passed by voice vote.
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