(a) Each domestic violence center shall provide to the director information relating to the number of persons who receive services from local domestic violence programs or certified domestic violence centers and any other information that is required to be reported for eligibility to receive federal grant funding or other funding.

(b) The director shall furnish to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a report on or before January 1 of each year on the status of domestic violence in Alabama, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) The incidence of domestic violence in this state.

(2) An identification of the areas of the state where domestic violence is of significant proportions, including the number of cases of domestic violence officially reported.

(3) The identification and description of the types of programs in the state that assist victims or persons who commit domestic violence, including information on its programs.

(4) The number of persons who receive services from local domestic violence programs or certified domestic violence centers.

(c)(1) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, in collaboration with the Attorney General, ACADV, or other qualified entity, and the statewide domestic violence fatality review team, as established in Section 30-9-2, shall produce an annual report to be provided to the Governor and the Legislature. The report shall review the number and type of domestic violence fatalities and near fatalities and shall make policy and other recommendations on how the state and stakeholders may more effectively reduce the incidence of domestic violence fatalities in the state. The report shall include the results of the warrantless arrest policy provided for under Section 13A-6-133, including separate statistics on occurrences of and arrests for domestic versus nondomestic violence, such as stalking, assault, sexual assault, the illegal use of firearms, arson, homicide, murder, manslaughter, or the attempt of any of these crimes. The agency shall also provide the annual domestic violence statistics to the relevant federal agency for national reporting required by federal regulations or directives.

(2) A state agency, within a reasonable time, shall comply with a request from the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency for information relating to a report under this subsection.