Sec. 3.5. (a) A child is a child in need of services if, before the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age:

(1) the child is the victim of human or sexual trafficking (as defined in IC 31-9-2-133.1); and

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(2) the child needs care, treatment, or rehabilitation that:

(A) the child is not receiving; and

(B) is unlikely to be provided or accepted without the coercive intervention of the court.

     (b) A child is considered a victim of human or sexual trafficking regardless of whether the child consented to the conduct described in subsection (a)(1).

As added by P.L.46-2016, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.142-2020, SEC.42.