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Councilmember Brooke Pinto 2
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AN ACT 4
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 9
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To amend, on an emergency basis, the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the District of 14
Columbia Establishment Act of 2001 to require the Criminal Justice Coordinating 15
Council (“CJCC”) to transmit a report on risk factors for youth involvement in future gun 16
violence, to require that certain District agencies provide the CJCC with information 17
necessary to complete the report, and to authorize the Department of Health Care Finance 18
to disclose health and human services information to the CJCC for the purposes of 19
research on and analysis of criminal justice and public safety issues; to amend the Data-20
Sharing and Information Coordination Amendment Act of 2010 to allow the disclosure of 21
health and human services information to aid in the development of the report on risk 22
factors for youth involvement in future gun violence; and to amend the District of 23
Columbia Mental Health Information Act of 1978 to authorize the disclosure of mental 24
health information to aid in the development of the report on risk factors for youth 25
involvement in future gun violence. 26
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 28
act may be cited as the “Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Information Sharing 29
Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2024”. 30
Sec. 2. Section 1505 of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the District of 31
Columbia Establishment Act of 2001, effective October 3, 2001 (D.C. Law 14-28; D.C. Official 32
Code § 22–4234), is amended as follows: 33
(a) Subsection (a) is amended by adding a new paragraph (9) to read as follows: 34 2
“(9) Conduct research and analysis on matters affecting public safety and criminal 35
justice, including research and analysis utilizing behavioral health, physical health, employment, 36
and education data.”. 37
(b) A new subsection (a-1) is added to read as follows: 38
“(a-1) Agencies are authorized to provide personally identifying information to the 39
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to aid in the development of reports pursuant to this 40
section.”. 41
(c) A new subsection (d) is added to read as follows: 42
“(d)(1) The CJCC shall conduct research and analysis, and develop reports, pertaining to 43
childhood factors that increase the likelihood of future involvement in gun violence for young 44
adults. 45
“(2) Upon request by the CJCC, and to aid in the development of reports produced 46
pursuant to this section, the Department of Health Care Finance (“DHCF”) shall provide, or cause 47
to be provided, the following information to the CJCC on adult individuals included in a given 48
study sample for the period of time when the individuals were under 18 years of age, including 49
any associated personal identifying information: 50
“(A) Demographic data, including: 51
“(i) Name, address, and date of birth; 52
“(ii) Sex; 53
“(iii) Gender; 54
“(iv) Race; and 55
“(v) Ethnicity; 56
“(B) Enrollment data, including; 57 3
“(i) Eligibility start date; 58
“(ii) Eligibility end date; and 59
“(iii) Eligibility basis; 60
“(C) Claims data with mental, behavioral, and neurodevelopmental disorder 61
diagnoses; and 62
“(D) Claims data with mental health procedures. 63
“(3) Where necessitated by District or federal law or regulations, DHCF may enter 64
into a Memorandum of Understanding with CJCC regarding the disclosure of data and other 65
information pursuant to this section.”. 66
Sec. 3. Section 102(a)(5) of the Data-Sharing and Information Coordination Amendment 67
Act of 2010, effective December 4, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-273; D.C. Official Code § 7-242(a)(5)), is 68
amended by striking the phrase “report required by section 1505(b-3) of the Criminal Justice 69
Coordinating Council for the District of Columbia Establishment Act of 2001, effective October 70
3, 2001 (D.C. Law 14-28; D.C. Official Code § 22–4234(b-3)” and inserting the phrase “reports 71
required by section 1505(b-3) and (d) of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the District 72
of Columbia Establishment Act of 2001, effective October 3, 2001 (D.C. Law 14-28; D.C. Official 73
Code § 22–4234(b-3) and (d))” in its place. 74
Sec. 4. Section 302 of the District of Columbia Mental Health Information Act of 1978, 75
effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-136; D.C. Official Code § 7-1203.02), is amended by striking 76
the phrase “section 1505(b-3) of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the District of 77
Columbia Establishment Act of 2001, effective October 3, 2001 (D.C. Law 14-28; D.C. Official 78
Code § 22–4234(b-3)” and inserting the phrase “section 1505(b-3) and (d) of the Criminal Justice 79 4
Coordinating Council for the District of Columbia Establishment Act of 2001, effective October 80
3, 2001 (D.C. Law 14-28; D.C. Official Code § 22–4234(b-3) and (d))” in its place. 81
Sec. 5. Fiscal impact statement. 82
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact 83
statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved 84
October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 85
Sec. 6. Effective date. 86
This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 87
Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than 88
90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section 89
412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788; 90
D.C. Official Code § 1-204.12(a)). 91