| 1 | 1 | | By: Powell S.B. No. 1197 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to state agency information technology and data services |
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| 7 | 7 | | modernization plans. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. (a) Not later than October 1, 2022, each state |
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| 10 | 10 | | agency in the executive and legislative branches of state |
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| 11 | 11 | | government, using money appropriated to the agency by this state, |
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| 12 | 12 | | shall prepare a 5-year agencywide plan outlining the manner in |
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| 13 | 13 | | which the agency intends to transition its information technology |
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| 14 | 14 | | and data-related services and capabilities into a more modern, |
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| 15 | 15 | | integrated, secure, and effective technological environment. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) The plan must: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) describe the agency's project management |
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| 18 | 18 | | processes; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) identify the resources required to implement the |
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| 20 | 20 | | plan; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) define the desired outcomes of the plan; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (4) quantify current and planned investments in cloud |
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| 23 | 23 | | applications and infrastructure; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (5) include: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (A) legacy system modernization or replacement; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (B) modernization achievements and capabilities |
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| 27 | 27 | | offered through the Department of Information resources data center |
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| 28 | 28 | | services program; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (C) an evaluation of the fully integrated |
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| 30 | 30 | | commercial applications service options available to the agency to |
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| 31 | 31 | | meet modernization needs; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (D) a description of plans to integrate cloud |
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| 33 | 33 | | application and infrastructure services into the overall |
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| 34 | 34 | | architecture of the agency; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (E) an analysis of the technical and data |
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| 36 | 36 | | architecture necessary for the agency to provide enhanced data |
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| 37 | 37 | | analytics, reporting, and performance management; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | (F) identify efforts to improve the citizen |
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| 39 | 39 | | interaction, process efficiencies, and agency operations through |
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| 40 | 40 | | modernization; and |
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| 41 | 41 | | (5) describe the agency's approach to creating an |
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| 42 | 42 | | automated, interoperable, agencywide data analytics and |
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| 43 | 43 | | performance management system that transforms data into meaningful |
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| 44 | 44 | | information to support data-driven decision making, quality |
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| 45 | 45 | | improvement initiatives, efficient service delivery, and effective |
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| 46 | 46 | | regulation and oversight of programs administered by the agency. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (c) Each state agency shall coordinate with the Department |
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| 48 | 48 | | of Information Resources to implement this section. |
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| 49 | 49 | | (d) Each agency shall submit the plan to the: |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) governor; |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) lieutenant governor; |
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| 52 | 52 | | (3) speaker of the house of representatives; |
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| 53 | 53 | | (4) Department of Information Resources; |
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| 54 | 54 | | (5) Sunset Advisory Commission; and |
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| 55 | 55 | | (6) standing committees of the senate and house of |
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| 56 | 56 | | representatives with primary jurisdiction over state agency |
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| 57 | 57 | | information technology. |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 59 | 59 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 60 | 60 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 61 | 61 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 62 | 62 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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