46-23-1016. Commitments to department -- report to sentencing court -- data. (1) If the department does not honor a placement recommendation made by a district court judge when the judge sentences an offender pursuant to 46-18-201(3)(a)(iv), (3)(a)(vi), or (3)(a)(vii) and includes a placement recommendation, the department shall provide a rationale for the placement and written notice to the sentencing court within 40 days after the placement decision.

(2) The department shall collect and analyze data on:

(a) court placement recommendations and department placement decisions for offenders sentenced pursuant to 46-18-201(3)(a)(iv), (3)(a)(vi), or (3)(a)(vii); and

(b) the number and type of new criminal offenses committed by offenders under the department's supervision.

(3) (a) Beginning September 1, 2022, and in accordance with 5-11-210, the department shall collect data and report no later than September 1 of each year to the law and justice interim committee and the criminal justice oversight council on offenders who were under the department's supervision during the previous fiscal year and were:

(i) convicted of a new felony offense; or

(ii) revoked for a violation of the terms and conditions of a suspended or deferred sentence and the violation:

(A) is a compliance violation as defined in 46-18-203; or

(B) is not a compliance violation as defined in 46-18-203.

(b) The report must include the offenses or violations that triggered the report.