,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cacc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #f1 #bjaf
 ,mr4 ,casey 7for himself and ,mr4      
,whitehouse7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,juvenile ,justice
 and ,delinquency ,prevention ,act of   
#aigd to require ,states to report on   
the administration of certain fees4  #a4
 ,short title  ,this ,act may be cited  
as the ,juvenile ,fee ,transparency     
,act4  #b4 ,state plans ,section        
#bbc7;a7 of the ,juvenile ,justice and  
,delinquency ,prevention ,act of #aigd  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #efcc7;a77 is amended--  
7#a7 in paragraph 7#bg71 by striking and
 at the end2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#bh71  
by striking the period at the end and   
inserting a semicolon2 and  7#c7 by     
adding at the end the following3  7#bi7 
provide information on--  7,a7 whether  
courts or any other responsible         
governmental agency in the ,state       

collect payments for-- 7i7 probation or 
supervision2  7ii7 diversion            
programming1 including informal         
adjustment1 informal probation1 consent 
decrees1 or other alternatives to formal
 juvenile justice processing and        
adjudication2  7iii7 placement1         
including detention at a ranch1 camp1   
secure incarceration1 and nonsecure     
post-adjudication placements or group   
homes2  7iv7 court administrative costs2
  7v7 evaluation or testing1 including  
drug and substance abuse testing and    
mental health testing2  7vi7 fines1     
assessments1 or fees imposed only when a
 juvenile is adjudicated delinquent2    
7vii7 expungement or sealing of juvenile
 records2  7viii7 representation by a   
public defender or a court-appointed    
counsel2  7ix7 victim restitution2 and  
7x7 electronic monitoring1 ,,gps        
monitoring1 or home detention2  7,b7 the
 dollar amount ordered to be paid by the
 court or other governmental agency in  
charging and collecting the fee in the  

previous fiscal year for each of the    
categories of payments described in     
subparagraph 7,a72  7,c7 the dollar     
amount recovered in the previous fiscal 
year under each of the categories of    
payments described in subparagraph 7,a72
  7,d7 the dollar amount still          
outstanding as of the end of the        
previous fiscal year for each of the    
categories of payments described in     
subparagraph 7,a72  7,e7 whether        
juveniles or their legal guardians      
receive a hearing to determine their    
ability to pay any charges under the    
categories of payments described in     
subparagraph 7,a72 and  7,f7 whether    
juveniles or their legal guardians1     
during any such hearings described in   
subparagraph 7,e71 have a right to      
counsel for such hearings4  4  #c4      
,report ,not later than #a year after   
the data reported under the amendments  
made by section #b is made available to 
the ,administrator of the ,office of    
,juvenile ,justice and ,delinquency     

,prevention1 the ,comptroller ,general  
of the ,united ,states1 in coordination 
with the ,administrator1 shall submit to
 ,congress a report on--  7#a7          
differences in the administration and   
collection of fees across jurisdictions1
 across racial demographics1 and across 
income levels1 including fee amounts1   
collection costs1 and the use of        
hearings to determine the ability to pay
 of juveniles or their legal guardians2 
7#b7 the extent to which differences in 
the administration and collection of    
fees across jurisdictions affects or is 
associated with differences in the rates
 and types of juvenile involvement in   
the justice system and rates of         
recidivism across those jurisdictions2  
and  7#c7 the extent to which the       
failure to pay fees by juveniles or     
their legal guardians results in        
detention or confinement not otherwise  
ordered1 exclusion from diversion       
programming or failure to expunge or    
seal a juvenile record4