(7) The staff handbook shall allow for the addition of a
community resource list by the clerk of court. All clerks of
court may create a community resource list of crisis
intervention, mental health, substance abuse, interpreter,
counseling and other relevant resources serving the county in
which the court is located. The clerk of court may make the
community resource list available as part of or in addition
to the informational brochure described in this subsection.
(8) The Office of Attorney General shall distribute a
master copy of the petition and order forms, instructions and
informational brochures to all clerks of court and shall
distribute a master copy of the petition and order forms to
all superior, district and municipal courts. Distribution of
all documents shall, at a minimum, be in an electronic format
or formats accessible to all courts and clerks of court in
this Commonwealth.
(9) The Office of Attorney General shall determine the
significant non-English-speaking or limited English speaking
populations in this Commonwealth. The administrator shall
then arrange for translation of the instructions and
informational brochures required by this section, which shall
contain a sample of the standard petition and order for
protection forms, into the languages spoken by those
significant non-English-speaking populations and shall
distribute a master copy of the translated instructions and
informational brochures to all clerks of court within one
year of the effective date of this section.
(10) The Office of Attorney General shall update the
instructions, brochures, standard petition and extreme risk
protection order forms and staff handbook as necessary,
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