This Article shall be known, and may be cited as “”The
LaniKate Protehi Y Famagu’on-ta Act.””

§13401. Task Force Composition.

(a) The Task Force shall be comprised of the following:

(1) a representative of the Courts of Guam appointed by the Chief Justice;

(2) the Director of the Department of Public Health and Social Services or his designee;

(3) the Director of the Guam Behavioral Health and
Wellness Center or his designee;

(4) the Attorney General of Guam or his designee;

(5) the Superintendent of the Department of Education or his designee;

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(6) the Chief of Police of the Guam Police Department or his designee;

(7) the Director of the Victims Advocates Reaching
Out or his designee;

(8) the Executive Director of Catholic Social Service or his designee;

(9) the Director of Sanctuary Incorporated or his designee;

(10) the Chairperson of the Association of Individual, Marriage and Family Therapists or his designee;

(11) the President of the University of Guam or his designee;

(12) a representative of the Guam Youth Congress; and

(13) a representative of the Coalition Against Sexual
Assault and Family Violence.

(b) The Attorney General shall convene the Task Force until a presiding officer is selected by a majority vote of the membership.

(c)The members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation.

2018 NOTE: Subsection/subitem designations altered/added pursuant to authority by 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.

2013 NOTE: Pursuant to P.L. 32-024:2 (May 6, 2013) which renamed the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (DMHSA) to the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center, all references to DMHSA were altered to the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center.

§13402. Duties of the Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual
Abuse of Children.

(a) The Task Force shall meet at the call of the presiding officer and make recommendations for preventing child sexual abuse in Guam.

(b) In making recommendations, the Task Force shall:

(1) gather information concerning child sexual abuse throughout Guam;

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(2) receive reports and testimony from individuals, government of Guam agencies, community-based organizations, and any other public and private organizations;

(3) create goals for local policy that would prevent child sexual abuse; and

(4) submit a report with its recommendations to I
Maga’lahen Guåhan and I Liheslaturan Guåhan by April 1,
2012. Any further recommendations shall be transmitted annually thereafter.

2018 NOTE: Subsection/subitem designations added/altered pursuant to authority by 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.

§13403. Task Force Recommendations.

The Task Force recommendations may include proposals for specific statutory changes and methods to foster cooperation among and improving services of government of Guam agencies, community-based organizations, throughout the Department of Education, and other public and private organizations, to prevent and reduce child sexual abuse on Guam.

§13404. Policies Addressing Sexual Abuse.

The Task Force shall adopt and recommend policies addressing sexual abuse of children that may include age- appropriate curriculum for students in pre-K through fifth (5th) grade; training for school personnel on child sexual abuse; educational information to parents or guardians provided in the school handbook on the warning signs of a child being sexually abused, along with any needed assistance, referral, or resource information; available counseling and resources for students affected by sexual abuse; and emotional and educational support for a child affected by sexual abuse to continue to be successful in school. Any policy adopted may address without limitation:

(a) methods for increasing teacher, student, and parent awareness of issues regarding sexual abuse of children, including knowledge of likely warning signs indicating that a child may be a victim of sexual abuse;

(b) actions that a child who is a victim of sexual abuse

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should take to obtain assistance and intervention; and

(c) available counseling options for students affected by sexual abuse.

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NEWBORN INFANT SAFE HAVEN ACT SOURCE: Entire Article added by P.L. 34-120:3 (Sept. 8, 2018).