CA SB1352

Authorizes each county to establish a child advocacy center to coordinate the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases

Requires child advocacy centers to include representatives from the district attorney's office, sheriff's department or police department, and child protective services, with optional participation from medical, mental health, and victim advocacy representatives

Allows counties to develop interagency protocol agreements for collaborative child abuse investigations that must be signed by all child advocacy center members

Requires protocol agreements to define the multidisciplinary team, identify victims served, and establish policies for coordinating response, information collection, victim-centered investigation, and connecting victims to medical, therapeutic, and legal support

Maintains existing requirement that law enforcement report child abuse investigations to the county welfare or probation department within 36 hours of starting the investigation