Section 11163.5 Of Article 2. Reports Of Injuries From California Penal Code >> Title 1. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.
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. (a) The purpose of this section is to coordinate and
integrate state and local efforts to address fatal domestic violence,
and to create a body of information to prevent domestic violence
deaths.
(b) (1) The Department of Justice is hereby authorized to carry
out the purpose of this section with the cooperation of the State
Department of Social Services, the State Department of Health
Services, the California State Coroner's Association, the County
Welfare Directors Association, and the state domestic violence
coalition.
(2) The Department of Justice, after consulting with the agencies
and organizations specified in paragraph (1), may consult with other
representatives of other agencies and private organizations to
accomplish the purpose of this section.
(c) To accomplish the purpose of this section, the Department of
Justice and agencies and organizations involved may engage in the
following activities:
(1) Collect, analyze, and interpret state and local data on
domestic violence death in an annual report to be available upon
request. The report may contain, but need not be limited to,
information provided by state agencies and the county domestic
violence death review teams for the preceding year.
(2) Develop a state and local data base on domestic violence
deaths.
(A) The state data may include the Department of Justice
statistics, the State Department of Health Services Vital Statistics,
and information obtained by other relevant state agencies.
(B) The Department of Justice, in consultation with the agencies
and organizations specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), may
develop a model minimal local data set and request data from local
teams for inclusion in the annual report.
(3) Distribute a copy of the report to public officials in the
state who deal with domestic violence issues and to those agencies
responsible for domestic violence death review investigation in each
county.
(d) The Department of Justice may direct the creation of a
statewide domestic violence death review team directory, which shall
contain the names of the members of the agencies and private
organizations participating under this section, the members of local
domestic violence death review teams, and the local liaisons to those
teams. The department may maintain and update the directory
annually.
(e) The agencies or private organizations participating under this
section shall participate without reimbursement from the state.
Costs incurred by participants for travel or per diem shall be borne
by the participant agency or organization. Any reports prepared by
the Department of Justice pursuant to this section shall be in
consultation with the state domestic violence coalition.