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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="9-224" title_number="9" title_name="Juvenile Services" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Department of Juvenile Services">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On or before October 1, 2025, and each October 1 thereafter, the Department shall report to the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee and the House Judiciary Committee, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>efforts by the Department to promote predelinquent programs, including youth service bureaus;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>efforts by the Department to collaborate with and provide technical assistance to local governments regarding the establishment, use, and funding of youth service bureaus;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>an assessment of the programs and activities conducted by youth service bureaus; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any other efforts to prevent youth offenses.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On or before October 1, 2027, and each October 1 thereafter, the Department, in consultation with the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy and the Administrative Office of the Courts, shall report to the Commission on Juvenile Justice and Emerging and Best Practices and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the average length of stay of youth awaiting committed placement in a juvenile detention facility;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>the total number of cases in which the juvenile court is petitioned to waive its jurisdiction under § 3–8A–06 of the Courts Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the total number of cases in which the juvenile court waives its jurisdiction under § 3–8A–06 of the Courts Article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the total number of cases in which the juvenile court declines to waive its jurisdiction under § 3–8A–06 of the Courts Article;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>the total number of cases in which a court is petitioned to transfer the case to juvenile court under § 4–202 of the Criminal Procedure Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the total number of cases in which a court transfers the case to juvenile court under § 4–202 of the Criminal Procedure Article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the total number of cases in which a court declines to transfer the case to juvenile court under § 4–202 of the Criminal Procedure Article; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the average length of time a youth spends in detention, community detention, or shelter care awaiting a decision under § 3–8A–06 of the Courts Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
