Section 213. Reports to administrative board, legislature and governor  


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  • (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
      correction 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.