1. The Committee may review the death of the victim of a crime that constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018 if a court or an agency of a local government does not organize or sponsor a multidisciplinary team pursuant to NRS 217.475 or if the court or agency requests the assistance of the Committee. In addition to the review of a particular case, the Committee shall:
(a) Examine the trends and patterns of deaths of victims of crimes that constitute domestic violence in this State;
(b) Determine the number and type of incidents the Committee wishes to review;
(c) Make policy and other recommendations for the prevention of deaths from crimes that constitute domestic violence;
(d) Engage in activities to educate the public, providers of services to victims of domestic violence and policymakers concerning deaths from crimes that constitute domestic violence and strategies for intervention and prevention of such crimes; and
(e) Recommend policies, practices and services to encourage collaboration and reduce the number of deaths from crimes that constitute domestic violence.
2. The review of the death of a victim pursuant to this section does not grant the Attorney General or the Committee supervisory authority over, or restrict or impair the statutory authority of, any state or local governmental agency responsible for the investigation or prosecution of the death of a victim of a crime that constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018.
3. Before reviewing the death of a victim pursuant to this section, the Committee shall adopt a written protocol describing the objectives and structure of the review.
4. The Committee may request any person, agency or organization that is in possession of information or records concerning a victim who is the subject of a review or any person who was in contact with the victim to provide the Committee with any information or records that are relevant to the review. Any information or records provided to the Committee pursuant to this subsection are confidential.
5. The Committee may, if appropriate, meet with any person, agency or organization that the Committee believes may have information relevant to a review conducted by the Committee, including, without limitation, a multidisciplinary team:
(a) To review the death of the victim of a crime that constitutes domestic violence organized or sponsored pursuant to NRS 217.475;
(b) To review any allegations of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of an older person or vulnerable person or the death of an older person or vulnerable person that is alleged to be from abuse, neglect, isolation or abandonment organized pursuant to NRS 228.270;
(c) To review the death of a child organized pursuant to NRS 432B.405; or
(d) To oversee the review of the death of a child organized pursuant to NRS 432B.4075.
6. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, each member of the Committee is immune from civil or criminal liability for an activity related to the review of the death of a victim conducted pursuant to this section.
7. Each member of the Committee who discloses any confidential information concerning the death of a child is personally liable for a civil penalty of not more than $500.
8. The Attorney General:
(a) May bring an action to recover a civil penalty imposed pursuant to subsection 7 against a member of the Committee; and
(b) Shall deposit any money received from the civil penalty with the State Treasurer for credit to the State General Fund.
9. The results of a review of the death of a victim conducted pursuant to this section are not admissible in any civil action or proceeding.
10. The Committee shall submit a report of its activities pursuant to this section to the Attorney General. The report must include, without limitation, the findings and recommendations of the Committee. The report must not include information that identifies any person involved in a particular case under review. The Attorney General shall make the report available to the public.
11. Any meeting of the Committee held to review the death of a victim pursuant to this section, or any portion of a meeting of the Committee during which the Committee reviews such a death, is not subject to the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 734; A 2015, 829; 2017, 2447; 2019, 3494)