FY 2022 New York NICS Record Improvement Program

New York State, and its' state administrative agency, the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), will use FY22 NARIP funds towards a sub-award with the New York State Department of Health (DOH) and Health Research Incorporated (HRI) to develop a secure case inquiry system to streamline communication and improve response time from facilities regarding NICS reports. Project activities include: 1) provide ongoing support of existing NICS systems to maintain, process and report qualifying involuntary admissions, as well as security and technical compliance of Information Technology (IT) systems; 2) migrate NICS reporting infrastructure to modern cloud infrastructure for enhanced performance, availability, and scalability; 3) perform audit and compliance activities which will both be spurred by their analyses (ad-hoc and routine), as well as at the request of the NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) and federal entities; and 4) provide training and end-user support to the hospitals so that they may have continuity in and understand their responsibility for NICS reporting activities.