N.Y. Family Court Act § 213: Reports to administrative board, legislature and governor

§ 213. Reports to administrative board, legislature and governor. (a)

In addition to any reports required by the administrative board of the

judicial conference under article seven-a of the judiciary law, the

administrative board shall, as soon as practicable, require the family

court in each county to include in its reports to the administrative

board and the administrative board shall include in its annual report to

the legislature information, by county, showing:

(i) the number of children temporarily removed under section one

thousand twenty-two before the filing of a petition, the number of

children temporarily removed without court order under section ten

hundred twenty-four of this act, and the period of time between such

removal and the filing of a petition;

(ii) the number of children temporarily removed under section one

thousand twenty-seven after the filing of a petition and the period of

time that passed after such removal until its termination;

(iii) the number of placements under section one thousand fifty-two by

person, agency or institution in which the placement is made, and the

number of orders extending the period of placement;

(iv) the number of children released and the number detained under

sections seven hundred twenty-eight and 307.4;

(v) the number of alleged juvenile delinquents released and the number

detained under section 320.5 and the number of alleged persons in need

of supervision released and detained under section seven hundred

thirty-nine, and the duration of the detention in both groups;

(vi) the number of adjudicated juvenile delinquents placed under

section 353.3 and the number of adjudicated persons in need of

supervision placed under section seven hundred fifty-six by person,

agency or institution in which the placement is made, and the number of

orders extending the period of placement;

(vii) the number of adjudicated juvenile delinquents put on probation

under section 353.2 and the number of adjudicated persons in need of

supervision put on probation under section seven hundred fifty-seven and

the duration of such probation;

(viii) the number, nature and disposition of cases involving child

abuse under article ten of this act, including total number of new

cases, their nature, whether heard by the child abuse part, the age and

sex of the children involved, the type of petitioner, the number of

children temporarily removed both before and after the filing of a

petition, the length of time and number of adjournments between the

filing of a petition and the fact-finding hearing, the number of cases

that are dismissed, withdrawn, sustained and admitted to, the length of

time and number of adjournments between the fact-finding hearing and the

dispositional hearing, and the final disposition of such cases.

(b) Rules of court shall as soon as practicable implement this section

by prescribing appropriate forms for reports and may require such

additional information as may be appropriate. The administrative board

of the judicial conference may request the state department of

corrections and community supervision and the state department of social

welfare to assist it in the preparation and processing of reports under

this section, and those departments, when so requested, shall render

such assistance as is possible.