Establishes the chief administrator of the courts shall submit annually a report on the administration, function and effectiveness of the problem-solving courts during the preceding year.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN SENATE
May 15, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to requiring the chief
administrator of the courts to submit an annual report on problem-
solving courts
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 212 of the judiciary law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (gg) to read as follows:
3 (gg) Submit annually, on or before the fifteenth day of March, to the
4 legislature and the governor a report on the administration, function
5 and effectiveness of all problem-solving courts operating in the state
6 during the preceding year. Such report shall include, but not be limited
7 to, a summary of statewide and pilot projects being implemented within
8 the problem-solving courts, available information on court staffing
9 levels and resources dedicated to the problem-solving courts, data on
10 participant enrollment, retention, and completion rates, and coordi-
11 nation efforts among court teams and other justice system partners.
12 § 2. Paragraph (aa) of subdivision 2 of section 212 of the judiciary
13 law, as added by chapter 593 of the laws of 2021, is relettered para-
14 graph (aa-1).
15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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