62H.210 - Information to be collected by standardized system regarding children referred to system of juvenile justice; confidentiality.
62H.210 Information to be collected by standardized system regarding children referred to system of juvenile justice; confidentiality.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the standardized system established pursuant to NRS 62H.200 must collect, categorize and maintain the following information from the juvenile courts, local juvenile probation departments and the staff of the youth correctional services, as directed by the Department of Health and Human Services, regarding each child referred to the system of juvenile justice in this State:
(a) A unique number assigned to the child for identification;
(b) Basic demographic information regarding the child, including, but not limited to:
(1) The age, sex and race or other ethnic background of the child;
(2) The composition of the household in which the child resides; and
(3) The economic background of the child;
(c) The charges for which the child is referred;
(d) The dates of any detention of the child;
(e) The nature of the disposition of each referral of the child;
(f) The dates any petitions are filed regarding the child, and the charges set forth in those petitions; and
(g) The disposition of any petitions filed regarding the child, including any applicable findings.
2. In addition to the information required pursuant to subsection 1 and except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the Department of Health and Human Services shall require the staff of the youth correctional services to collect and transmit the following information to the standardized system regarding each child committed to or otherwise placed in the custody of the Division of Child and Family Services:
(a) A record of each placement of the child, including, but not limited to, the period of each placement and the services provided to the child during each placement;
(b) The dates of each release of the child, including any release of the child on parole;
(c) If the child is released on parole, the period of each release and the services provided to the child during each release; and
(d) The nature of or reason for each discharge of the child from the custody of the Division of Child and Family Services.
3. The information maintained in the standardized system must not include the name or address of any person.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1093)