Amended in Assembly April 5, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 1998


Introduced by Assembly Member Campos

February 16, 2016


An act to add Sectionbegin delete 224.7 to the Welfare and Institutions Code,end deletebegin insert 6033 to the Penal Code,end insert relating to juveniles.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1998, as amended, Campos. Juveniles: data collection.

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Existing law establishes, within the Board of State and Community Corrections, the California Juvenile Justice Data Working Group, as provided. Existing law requires the working group to, among other things, analyze the capacities and limitations of the data systems and networks used to collect and report state and local juvenile caseload and outcome data and prepare and submit a report to the Legislature, as specified.

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This bill would require the Board of State and Community Corrections to prepare guidelines for counties on how to disaggregate juvenile justice caseload and performance and outcome data by race and ethnicity.

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Existing law provides that the juvenile court and probation department have an affirmative and continuing duty to inquire whether a child for whom a petition to declare the child a ward of the court is to be, or has been, filed is or may be an Indian child if the child is at risk of entering foster care or is in foster care.

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This bill would require the juvenile court, a juvenile detention facility, and a county probation department, when asking juveniles about their race, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, or tribal affiliation in order to comply with federal data collection requirements, to collect additional data by using specified questions, including, among others, “Are you Hispanic or Latino?” By imposing new duties on local juvenile detention facilities and county probation departments, this bill would impose a state-mandated program.

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The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

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This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: begin deleteyes end deletebegin insertnoend insert.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insertSection 6033 is added to the end insertbegin insertPenal Codeend insertbegin insert, end insert2
immediately following Section 6032begin insert, to read:end insert

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The Board of State and Community Corrections shall
4prepare guidelines for counties on how to disaggregate juvenile
5justice caseload and performance and outcome data by race and
6ethnicity.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 224.7 is added to the Welfare and
8Institutions Code
, immediately following Section 224.6, to read:

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224.7.  

The juvenile court, a juvenile detention facility, and a
10county probation department, when asking a juvenile about his or
11her race, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, or tribal affiliation in
12order to comply with federal data collection requirements, shall
13collect data regarding the juvenile’s race and ethnicity by asking
14the juvenile all of the following questions:

15(a) Are you Hispanic or Latino?

16(b) Which of the following describes your race?

17(1) American Indian or Alaska Native.

18(2) Asian.

19(3) Black or African American.

20(4) Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.

21(5) White.

P3    1(c) What is your national origin, ancestry, or tribal affiliation,
2if that population group or subgroup is not included in question
3(a) or (b)?

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SEC. 2.  

If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
5this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
6local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
7pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
84 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

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