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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Ballard
Opioid Data Tracking System

Item 79 #6h

Item 79 #6h

First Year - FY2025 Second Year - FY2026
Administration
Virginia Information Technologies Agency FY2025 $3,000,000 FY2026 $1,000,000 NGF

Language
Page 79, line 16, strike "$374,177,047" and insert "$377,177,047".
Page 79, line 16, strike "$369,903,708" and insert "$370,903,708".

Page 80, after line 3, insert:

"F.1. Out of the amounts provided in this item, $3,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the second year from the Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund is provided for the development a cloud-based data analytics platform that collects, analyzes, interprets, and shares all opioid related data from relevant agencies across the commonwealth.  

2. The Virginia IT Agency (VITA) in conjunction with The Office of Data Governance and Analytics (ODGA) shall procure a cloud-based data analytics platform that collects, analyzes, interprets, and shares all opioid related data from relevant agencies across the commonwealth. This 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.

3. Prior to procurement VITA and ODGA shall conduct a needs assessment that includes a review of existing state software platforms, data sets, and functional requirements. The following agencies shall support the needs assessment effort: Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services, Virginia Department of Health, Opioid Abatement Authority (OAA), Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Virginia Department of Social Services, and Virginia Department of Corrections, Virginia Health Professions, and any other state agency that may house opioid related data or programs. VITA and ODGA shall solicit stakeholder involvement in the needs assessment from organizations that represent local governments and addiction service providers such as Virginia Associations of Counties, Virginia Municipal League, Virginia Community Services Boards, and Virginia Association of Recovery Residences."



Explanation

(This amendment provides $3.0 million in the first year and $1.0 million in the second year from the Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation (COAR) Fund and directs the Virginia IT Agency (VITA), in collaboration with The Office of Data Governance and Analytics (ODGA) to develop a cloud-based data analytics platform for all opioid related data from relevant agencies across the Commonwealth.)