(a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall collect data quarterly and publish, on or before May 1 of each year, a report including quantitative, deidentified information concerning the operation of this division. The report shall include an evaluation of the effectiveness of achieving the legislative intent of this part pursuant to Section 5001. Based on information that is available from each county, the report shall include all of the following information: (1) The number of persons in designated and approved facilities admitted or detained for 72-hour evaluation and treatment, admitted for 14-day and 30-day periods of intensive treatment, and admitted for 180-day postcertification intensive treatment in each county. (2) The number of persons transferred to mental health facilities pursuant to Section 4011.6 of the Penal Code in each county. (3) The number of persons for whom temporary conservatorships are established in each county. (4) The number of persons for whom conservatorships are established in each county. (5) The number of persons admitted or detained either once, between two and five times, between six and eight times, and greater than eight times for each type of detention, including 72-hour evaluation and treatment, 14-day and 30-day periods of intensive treatment, and 180-day postcertification intensive treatment. (6) The clinical outcomes for individuals identified in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive. (7) The services provided or offered to individuals identified in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive. Data pertaining to services provided or offered to individuals placed on each type of hold shall include, but not be limited to, assessment, evaluation, medication treatment, crisis intervention, and psychiatric and psychological treatment services. Data pertaining to services shall specify the payer information or funding used to pay for services. (8) The waiting periods for individuals prior to receiving an evaluation in a designated and approved facility pursuant to Section 5150 or 5151 and waiting periods for individuals prior to receiving treatment services in a designated facility, including the reasons for waiting periods. The waiting period shall be calculated from the date and time when the hold began and end on the date and time when the individual received an evaluation or received evaluation and treatment services in a designated facility. (9) If the source of admission is an emergency department, the date and time of service and release from emergency care. (10) Demographic data of those receiving care, including age, sex, gender identity, race, ethnicity, primary language, sexual orientation, veteran status, and housing status, to the extent those data are available. (11) The number of all county-contracted beds. (12) The number and outcomes of all of the following: (A) The certification review hearings held pursuant to Section 5256. (B) The petitions for writs of habeas corpus filed pursuant to Section 5275. (C) The judicial review hearings held pursuant to Section 5276. (D) The petitions for capacity hearings filed pursuant to Section 5332. (E) The capacity hearings held pursuant to Section 5334 in each superior court. (13) Analysis and evaluation of the efficacy of mental health assessments, detentions, treatments, and supportive services provided both under this part and subsequent to release. (14) Recommendations for improving mental health assessments, detentions, treatments, and supportive services provided under this part and subsequent to release. (15) An assessment of the disproportionate use of detentions and conservatorships on various groups, including an assessment of use by the race, ethnicity, gender identity, age group, veteran status, housing status, and Medi-Cal enrollment status of detained and conserved persons. This assessment shall evaluate disproportionate use at the county, regional, and state levels. (16) An explanation for the absence of any data required pursua
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