Section 648. Review; report and implementation  


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  • 1. The chief administrator
      of the unified court system shall review  court  practices,  procedures,
      services,   regulations   and   laws   to  determine  the  adequacy  and
      appropriateness of its services with respect to crime victims, including
      victims with  special  needs,  particularly  the  elderly,  disabled  or
      victims  of child abuse, domestic violence or sex-related offenses. Such
      review shall include  reasonable  opportunity  for  public  comment  and
      consultation  with  crime  victims  or  their  representatives,  and may
      include public hearings.
        2. After the review, and not later than two hundred seventy days after
      the effective date of this  section,  the  chief  administrator  of  the
      unified  court  system  shall  submit  a  report to the governor and the
      legislature, setting forth the  findings  of  the  review,  including  a
      description  of  the  services provided by the components of the unified
      court  system  and  recommendations  for  changes  in  its   procedures,
      services,  regulations and laws to improve its services to crime victims
      and to establish  and  implement  fair  treatment  standards  for  crime
      victims.
        3. Subject to the direction of the chief administrator, the components
      of   the   unified   court  system  shall  expeditiously  implement  the
      recommendations of its report.