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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Conference Report)

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State Agency Opioid Data (language only)

Item 79 #1c

Item 79 #1c

Administration
Virginia Information Technologies Agency

Language

Page 80, after line 3, insert:

"F.1. The Secretary of Administration, in cooperation with the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA), and the Office of Data Governance and Analytics (ODGA), shall conduct a needs assessment of the cost and options to implement a data analytics platform that collects, analyzes, interprets, and shares opioid related data from relevant agencies across the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The needs assessment shall include a review of existing state software platforms, data sets, and functional requirements, as well as utility among state agencies and local governments and other interested stakeholders. The following agencies shall support the needs assessment effort: Department of Health, Opioid Abatement Authority (OAA), Department of Criminal Justice Services, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Department of Social Services, Department of Corrections, Department of Health Professions, Department of Medical Assistance Services, and any other state agency that may house opioid related data or programs. The VITA and ODGA shall solicit stakeholder involvement in the needs assessment from organizations that represent local governments, addiction service providers and others such as, the Virginia Association of Counties, the Virginia Municipal League, the Virginia Association of Community Services Boards, the Virginia Association of Recovery Residences, and the Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance, among others.

2. If the needs assessment concludes that such a platform is necessary and can be implemented in a cost effective manner, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA), in conjunction with the Office of Data Governance and Analytics (ODGA), is authorized to pursue a grant from the Opioid Abatement Authority to procure the platform. The platform shall provide the comprehensive capture of substance use disorder and opioid public data across the Commonwealth, utilizing common methodologies, metrics, and indicators to implement a statewide substance use disorder abatement enterprise data platform."



Explanation

(This amendment directs the Secretary of Administration, in cooperation with others, to conduct a needs assessment to determine whether to continue or replace a data analytics platform that collects, analyzes, interprets, and shares opioid related data from relevant agencies across the Commonwealth of Virginia. If the needs assessment determines that such a platform is necessary and can be implemented in a cost effective manner, VITA, in conjunction with Office of Data Governance and Analytics (ODGA), is authorized to pursue a grant from the Opioid Abatement Authority to procure the platform.)