§ 837-f. Missing and exploited children clearinghouse. There is hereby\nestablished within the division a missing and exploited children\nclearinghouse to provide a comprehensive and coordinated approach to the\ntragic problems of missing and exploited children. In addition to the\nactivities of the statewide central register for missing children, the\ncommissioner shall be authorized to:\n 1. Plan and implement programs to ensure the most effective use of\nfederal, state and local resources in the investigation of missing and\nexploited children;\n 2. Exchange information and resources with other states, and within\nNew York state, concerning missing and exploited children;\n 3. Establish a case data base which will include nonidentifying\ninformation on reported children and facts developed in the phases of a\nsearch, and analyze such data for the purposes of: assisting law\nenforcement in their current investigations of missing and exploited\nchildren, developing prevention programs and increasing understanding of\nthe nature and extent of the problem; and share the data and analysis on\na regular basis with the National Center for Missing and Exploited\nChildren;\n 4. Disseminate a directory of resources to assist in the locating of\nmissing children;\n 5. Cooperate with public and private schools and organizations to\ndevelop education and prevention programs concerning child safety for\ncommunities, parents and children;\n 6. Provide assistance in returning recovered children who are located\nout-of-state;\n 7. By January first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven arrange for the\ndevelopment of a curriculum for the training of law enforcement\npersonnel investigating cases involving missing and exploited children;\n 8. Assist federal, state and local agencies in the investigation of\ncases involving missing and exploited children;\n 9. Utilize available resources to duplicate photographs and posters of\nchildren reported as missing by police and with consent of parents,\nguardians or others legally responsible, disseminate this information\nthroughout the state;\n 10. Beginning on January first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven,\ndisseminate, on a regular basis, a bulletin containing information on\nchildren in the missing children's register to the state education\ndepartment which shall then forward such bulletin to every public and\nprivate school where parents, guardians or others legally responsible\nfor such children have given consent;\n 10-a. (a) By November first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven prescribe\ngeneral guidelines to enable the state legislature and state agencies to\nassist in the location and recovery of missing children. The guidelines\nshall provide information relating to:\n (i) the form and manner in which materials and information pertaining\nto missing children including but not limited to biographical data and\npictures, sketches or other likenesses may be included in stationery,\nnewsletters and other written or electronic printings;\n (ii) appropriate sources from which such materials and information may\nbe obtained;\n (iii) the procedures by which such materials and information may be\nobtained; and\n (iv) any other matter the clearinghouse considers appropriate.\n (b) By January first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight arrange for the\ntransmission of biographical information and pictures, sketches or other\nlikenesses of missing children to state agencies, departments and the\nlegislature to use in printings.\n 11. Operate a toll-free twenty-four hour hotline for the public to use\nto relay information concerning missing children;\n 12. Submit an annual report to the governor and legislature regarding\nthe activities of the clearinghouse including statistical information\ninvolving reported cases of missing children pursuant to section eight\nhundred thirty-seven-m of this article and a summary of the division's\nefforts with respect to the use of monies from the missing and exploit
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