1. The Director shall establish a system to track expenses that are directly related to housing youthful offenders in the institutions and facilities of the Department. The system must track all expenses that are directly related to housing youthful offenders, including, without limitation, expenses for:
(a) Education;
(b) Communication and interaction with family members and other persons;
(c) Health care;
(d) Mental health;
(e) Recreational programming; and
(f) Any other cost that the Director determines to be directly related to housing youthful offenders.
2. On or before July 30 of each year, the Director shall prepare and submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on the Judiciary a report regarding the expenses that were tracked by the system established pursuant to subsection 1 during the immediately preceding fiscal year.
3. As used in this section, “youthful offender” means an offender who is less than 18 years of age.