Anti-Human Trafficking Act
Section 1. Permissions
A regional department shall be authorized to provide emergency care and supervision to any child without seeking a court order for a period not to exceed seven days when:
A) As a result of an emergency or illness, the person who has physical and legal custody of a child is unable to provide for the care and supervision of such child, and such person or a law enforcement officer, emergency personnel employed by a licensed ambulance provider, fire rescue personnel, or a hospital administrator or his or her designee requests that DFCS exercise such emergency custody; and
B) A child is not at imminent risk of abuse or neglect, other than the risks arising from being without a caretaker
Section 2. Penalties
The crimes and offenses relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude are as follows:
A) A person commits the offense of trafficking an individual for sexual servitude when that person knowingly:
1) Subjects an individual to or maintains an individual in sexual servitude;
2) Recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, solicits, patronizes, or obtains by any means an individual for the purpose of sexual servitude; or
3) Solicits or patronizes by any means an individual to perform sexually explicit conduct on behalf of such person when such individual is the subject of sexual servitude Benefits financially or by receiving anything of value from the sexual servitude of another."
4) Any person who commits the offense of trafficking an individual for labor servitude or sexual servitude shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than ten nor more than 20 years and a fine not to exceed $100,000.00.
5) Any person who commits the offense of trafficking an individual for labor servitude or sexual servitude against an individual who is under 18 years of age and such individual under the age of 18 years was coerced or deceived into being trafficked for labor or if the offense is committed against an individual who has a developmental disability, the person shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 25 nor more than 50 years or life imprisonment and a fine not to exceed $100,000.00.