California Penal Code § 13750

(a) A city, county, city and county, or community-based nonprofit organization may each establish a multiagency, multidisciplinary family justice center to assist victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, elder or dependent adult abuse, and human trafficking, to ensure that victims of abuse are able to access all needed services in one location in order to enhance victim safety, increase offender accountability, and improve access to services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, elder or dependent adult abuse, and human trafficking. (b) For purposes of this title, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Abuse” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 6203 of the Family Code. (2) “Domestic violence” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 6211 of the Family Code. (3) “Sexual assault” means an act or attempt made punishable by Section 220, 261, 261.5, 264.1, 266c, 269, 285, 286, 287, 288, 288.5, 289, or 647.6, or former Section 262 or 288a. (4) “Elder or dependent adult abuse” means an act made punishable by Section 368. (5) “Human trafficking” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 236.1. (c) For purposes of this title, family justice centers shall be defined as multiagency, multidisciplinary service centers where public and private agencies assign staff members on a full-time or part-time basis in order to provide services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, elder or dependent adult abuse, or human trafficking from one location in order to reduce the number of times victims must tell their story, reduce the number of places victims must go for help, and increase access to services and support for victims and their children. Staff members at a family justice center may be comprised of, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Law enforcement personnel. (2) Medical personnel. (3) District attorneys and city attorneys. (4) Victim-witness program personnel. (5) Domestic violence shelter service staff. (6) Community-based rape crisis, domestic violence, and human trafficking advocates. (7) Social service agency staff members. (8) Child welfare agency social workers. (9) County health department staff. (10) City or county welfare and public assistance workers. (11) Nonprofit agency counseling professionals. (12) Civil legal service providers. (13) Supervised volunteers from partner agencies. (14) Other professionals providing services. (d) This section does not abrogate existing laws regarding privacy or information sharing. Family justice center staff members shall comply with the laws governing their respective professions. (e) Victims of crime shall not be denied services on the grounds of criminal history. A criminal history search shall not be conducted of a victim at a family justice center without the victim’s written consent unless the criminal history search is pursuant to a criminal investigation. (f) Victims of crime shall not be required to participate in the criminal justice system or cooperate with law enforcement in order to receive counseling, medical care, or other services at a family justice center. (g) (1) Each family justice center shall consult with community-based domestic violence, sexual assault, elder or dependent adult abuse, and human trafficking agencies in partnership with survivors of violence and abuse and their advocates in the operations process of the family justice center, and shall establish procedures for the ongoing input, feedback, and evaluation of the family justice center by survivors of violence and abuse and community-based crime victim service providers and advocates. (2) Each family justice center shall develop policies and procedures, in collaboration with local community-based crime victim service providers and local survivors of violence and abuse, to ensure coordinated services are provided to victims and to enhance the safety of victims and professionals at the family justice center who participate i

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