(1) On or before December 1, 2018, and on or before December 1 of each year thereafter, the program shall analyze data from the preceding fiscal year and prepare a written report. The program shall post the report on the program's website and shall submit the report to the education and judiciary committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees, by January 1 of the year following publication of the report. The report must include data from the preceding fiscal year concerning the following and any recommendations concerning the following to the extent the information is available:
A summary of outcomes and actions taken on reports made to the program;
The number of safe2tell reports by category, broken down by month;
The total number of incidents of misuse of the program, broken down into categories;
The number of reports received involving a single incident;
The number of times safe2tell was used by a reporting party to make a threat againstor otherwise harm another person;
The number of times a reporting party was in crisis and was reporting to the programto obtain assistance and the time it took to identify the reporting party and respond;
The effectiveness of the safe2tell dispatch center in the department of public safety;and
Recommendations regarding how to improve the program based on the availabledata.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the requirement for the report in subsection (1) of this section continues indefinitely.
Source: L. 2018: Entire section added, (HB 18-1434), ch. 235, p. 1475, § 2, effective August 8.