                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA CHILD PROTECTION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM (§ 63.2-1530)

A. The Virginia Child Protection Accountability System (the System) is created
to collect and make available to the public information on the response to
reported cases of child abuse and neglect in the Commonwealth. The Department
shall establish and maintain the System. The Board shall promulgate regulations
to implement the provisions of this section.

B. The following information shall, notwithstanding any state law regarding
privacy or confidentiality of records, be included in the System and made
available to the public via a website maintained by the Department and in print
format:

   1. From the Department: (i) the total number of complaints alleging child
   abuse, neglect, or a combination thereof received; (ii) the total number of
   complaints deemed valid pursuant to &#xA7; 63.2-1508; (iii) the total number
   of complaints investigated by the Department pursuant to subsection I of
   &#xA7;&#xA7; 63.2-1503 and 63.2-1505; (iv) the total number of cases
   determined to be founded cases of abuse or neglect; and (v) the total number
   of cases resulting in a finding that the complaint was founded resulting in
   administrative appeal. Information reported pursuant to clause (v) shall be
   reported by total number of appeals to the local department, total number of
   appeals to the Department, and total number of appeals by outcome of the
   appeal. For each category of information required by this subdivision, the
   Department shall also report the total number of cases by type of abuse; by
   gender, age, and race of the alleged victim; and by the nature of the
   relationship between the alleged victim and alleged abuser.

   2. From the Department of State Police, annually, in a format approved by the
   Department of Social Services, arrest and disposition statistics for
   violations of &#xA7;&#xA7; 18.2-48, 18.2-61, 18.2-63, 18.2-64.1, 18.2-67.1,
   18.2-67.2, 18.2-67.3, 18.2-67.4, 18.2-355, 18.2-361, 18.2-366, 18.2-370
   through 18.2-370.2, 18.2-371, 18.2-371.1, 18.2-374.1, 18.2-374.1:1,
   18.2-374.3, 18.2-387, and 40.1-103 for inclusion in the Child Protection
   Accountability System.

   3. From every circuit court in the Commonwealth for which data is available
   through the statewide Case Management System: (i) the total number of (a)
   misdemeanor convictions appealed from the district court to the circuit court,
   (b) felony charges certified from the district court to the circuit court, and
   (c) charges brought by direct indictment in the circuit court that involve a
   violation of any Code section set forth in subdivision 2; (ii) the total
   number of cases appealed, certified, or transferred to the court or brought by
   direct indictment in the circuit court involving a violation of any Code
   section set forth in subdivision 2 that result in a trial, including the
   number of bench trials and the number of jury trials; and (iii) the total
   number of trials involving a violation of any Code section set forth in
   subdivision 2 resulting in (a) a plea agreement, (b) transfer to another
   court, (c) a finding of not guilty, (d) conviction on a lesser included
   offense, or (e) conviction on all charges, by type of trial.

   4. From the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission, information on sentences
   imposed for offenses listed in subdivision 2, including (i) the name of the
   sentencing judge, (ii) the offense or offenses for which a sentence was
   imposed, (iii) the age of the victim and offender, (iv) the relationship
   between the victim and the offender, (v) the locality in which the offense
   occurred, (vi) the sentence imposed and the actual time served, (vii) whether
   the sentence was an upward or downward departure from the sentencing
   guidelines or within the sentencing guidelines, and (viii) the reasons given
   for the departure, if any, from the sentencing guidelines.

   5. From the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of
   Virginia, information by locality on cases from the Juvenile and Domestic
   Relations District Courts&#8217; Case Management System involving (i) children
   alleged to be abused or neglected, including (a) the number of petitions
   filed, (b) the number of cases in which an emergency removal order was issued,
   (c) the number of cases in which a preliminary removal order was issued prior
   to an adjudicatory hearing, (d) the number of cases in which a preliminary
   removal order or a preliminary child protective order or both were issued at a
   preliminary hearing, and (e) the number of cases in which a preliminary child
   protective order or a child protective order was issued other than at a
   preliminary hearing; and (ii) family abuse cases, including (a) the number of
   family abuse emergency protective orders issued by magistrates and juvenile
   and domestic relations district courts pursuant to &#xA7; 16.1-253.4, (b) the
   number of family abuse protective petitions filed, and (c) the number of
   family abuse protective orders issued pursuant to &#xA7; 16.1-279.1.
   				Information required to be reported pursuant to subdivisions 1 through 5
   shall be reported annually in a format approved by the Department of Social
   Services and aggregated by locality.

C. Data collected pursuant to subsection B shall be made available to the public
on a website established and maintained by the Department and shall also be made
readily available to the public in print format. Information included in the
System shall be presented in such a manner that no individual identifying
information shall be included.

HISTORY: 2009, c. 445; 2010, cc. 664, 726; 2012, cc. 113, 661.