New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-B:31-b – Data Collection; Reporting Requirement
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I. The department shall establish a system to collect data related to:
(a) Charges which led to involvement with the juvenile justice system.
(b) The racial and ethnic identity of the child.
(c) The length of time a child receives services under this chapter, beginning at the time of arraignment.
(d) The identity of paid services or programs to whom the department has referred a child or family.
(e) Any other information, including outcome data, that may assist the department and the court in evaluating the availability and effectiveness of services for children who receive assistance under this chapter.
(f) The type of services ordered by the court after adjudication and disposition.
II. The department shall, upon request, make available to members of the public, compilations of the data which do not contain identifying information.
III. Beginning on or before December 30, 2014, the department shall provide quarterly reports regarding cases handled pursuant to this chapter to the chair of the house children and family law committee, the chair of the senate health, education and human services committee, or to the chairs of their successor committees, as well as the chair of the joint fiscal committee. The reports shall include:
(a) Total census at Sununu Youth Services Center (SYSC) at the beginning of each quarterly reported period reported by:
(1) Sex.
(2) County of residence.
(3) Status (i.e. pre-trial, confinement).
(4) Criminal charge.
(5) Re-entry into the juvenile justice system.
(b) The number of 6 month parole hearings and the outcomes during the previous quarter and year to date.
(a) Charges which led to involvement with the juvenile justice system.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 169-B:31-b
- Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
- justice: when applied to a magistrate, shall mean a justice of a municipal court, or a justice of the peace having jurisdiction over the subject-matter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:12
- month: shall mean a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" shall be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:8
(b) The racial and ethnic identity of the child.
(c) The length of time a child receives services under this chapter, beginning at the time of arraignment.
(d) The identity of paid services or programs to whom the department has referred a child or family.
(e) Any other information, including outcome data, that may assist the department and the court in evaluating the availability and effectiveness of services for children who receive assistance under this chapter.
(f) The type of services ordered by the court after adjudication and disposition.
II. The department shall, upon request, make available to members of the public, compilations of the data which do not contain identifying information.
III. Beginning on or before December 30, 2014, the department shall provide quarterly reports regarding cases handled pursuant to this chapter to the chair of the house children and family law committee, the chair of the senate health, education and human services committee, or to the chairs of their successor committees, as well as the chair of the joint fiscal committee. The reports shall include:
(a) Total census at Sununu Youth Services Center (SYSC) at the beginning of each quarterly reported period reported by:
(1) Sex.
(2) County of residence.
(3) Status (i.e. pre-trial, confinement).
(4) Criminal charge.
(5) Re-entry into the juvenile justice system.
(b) The number of 6 month parole hearings and the outcomes during the previous quarter and year to date.