ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-452
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
March 5, 2024
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Criminal Justice
Coordinating Council for the District of Columbia Establishment Act of 2001; to require
the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (“CJCC”) transmit a report on risk factors for
youth involvement in future gun violence, to require that certain District agencies provide
the CJCC with information necessary to complete the report, and to authorize the
Department of Health Care Finance to disclose health and human services information to
the CJCC for the purposes of research on and analysis of criminal justice and public
safety issues; to amend the Data-Sharing and Information Coordination Amendment Act
of 2010 to allow the disclosure of health and human services information to aid in the
development of the report on risk factors for youth involvement in future gun violence;
and to amend the District of Columbia Mental Health Information Act of 1978 to
authorize the disclosure of mental health information to aid in the development of the
report on risk factors for youth involvement in future gun violence.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Information Sharing
Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2024”.
Sec. 2 (a) In 2022, the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (“CJCC”) partnered with
the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (“NICJR”), the Metropolitan Police
Department, and other law enforcement and supervision agencies to conduct a detailed analysis
of shootings and homicides in the District of Columbia. The Office of Gun Violence Prevention
and the CJCC then commissioned NICJR to develop a comprehensive Gun Violence Reduction
Strategic Plan (“Strategic Plan”) with proposed recommendations in the areas of violence
prevention, violence intervention, and community transformation to reduce gun violence.
(b) The Strategic Plan recommended that the CJCC conduct a longitudinal cohort
analysis of young persons between the ages of 18 and 24-years of age who have been convicted
of homicide or attempted homicide and trace their background and system involvement as
children. This analysis would culminate in the development of an intervention program designed
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specifically for youth at the highest risk of involvement in future gun violence with a detailed
plan to engage the youth and their families in programs and services that match their risks and
needs.
(c) The analysis would build upon the work conducted by the CJCC in drafting its report
on the root causes of violent crime, as required by section 1505(b) of the Criminal Justice
Coordinating Council for the District of Columbia Establishment Act of 2001, effective October
3, 2001 (D.C. Law 14-28; D.C. Official Code § 22-4234(b)).
(d) There is a pressing need to address the rise in gun violence in the District, particularly
among District youth. The analysis would assist District agencies in addressing this pressing
need by providing critical information on the risk factors that lead youth to engage in future gun
violence.
(e) The CJCC has encountered difficulties in obtaining the data necessary to complete the
analysis from District agencies, including the Department of Health Care Finance.
(f) To ensure that the CJCC can expeditiously conduct the described analysis, which will
inform urgently needed gun violence interventions, the Council passed prior emergency and
temporary legislation in April and May of 2023, respectively. The temporary version, the
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Information Sharing Temporary Amendment Act of
2023, effective August 31, 2023 (D.C. Law 25-51, 70 DCR 7933), will expire on April 12, 2024.
To ensure there is no gap in the law, it is necessary to move forward with a new round of
emergency and temporary legislation.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Information Sharing Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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