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