Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 20.1, Code of Virginia.

A. The internal service fund appropriation for Central Support Services for Business Solutions, except for the amounts shown in paragraph D of this item, is sum sufficient and amounts shown are estimates from an internal service fund which shall be paid solely from revenues derived from charges for services. Included in these amounts are the projected first and second year costs for workplace productivity and collaboration solutions. These solutions are offered as optional services to executive branch agencies and other customers.

B. A portion of internal service fund amounts provided in this item shall be used to implement a training curriculum for state employees on best practices for cyber security.

C.1. The Virginia IT Agency (VITA), in conjunction with the Office of Data Governance and Analytics (ODGA), has procured a cloud-based data analytics platform that collects, analyzes, interprets, and shares all opioid related data from relevant agencies across the Commonwealth.  The data collected is managed securely and in compliance with all VITA and ODGA policies and regulations. This platform provides the comprehensive capture of de-identified 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.

2. VITA and ODGA shall enhance, maintain, and support the Commonwealth Substance Use Disorder and Analytics Platform (SUDA) that receives, maintains, and visualizes the SUDA data from the following agencies: Department of Medical Assistance Services, 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, Health Professions, and any other state agency that may house opioid related data or programs. VITA and ODGA shall solicit stakeholder involvement for future requirements from organizations that represent local governments and addiction service providers such as Virginia Association of Counties, Virginia Municipal League, Virginia Community Services Boards, and Virginia Association of Recovery Residences.

3. Out of this appropriation, $1,340,053 the first year and $1,407,55 the second year from the Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation (COAR) Fund is provided for the continued operation and maintenance of the SUDA platform, and $2,600,000 the first year and $800,000 the second year from the COAR Fund is provided for the procurement of services to expand and enhance the cloud-based data analytics platform. In this expansion, VITA shall integrate additional datasets relevant to substance use disorder and opioid public health concerns, including population social, economic, and environmental factors, VITA shall also develop advanced and predictive analytics tools within the platform to inform evidence-based policy, intervention strategies, and support services. VITA shall facilitate the deployment of these data and analytical capabilities to authorized Commonwealth agencies and local and community service organizations to enhance statewide effectiveness in addressing and abating the opioid crisis.

D.1. Out of the internal service fund appropriation in this item, $5,289,468 the first year and $5,289,468 the second year is provided for the operational needs of ODGA.

2. The Virginia Information Technologies Agency shall continue to identify the charge-back structure to allocate costs based on agencies' consumption of data storage. The funds from this charge-back structure shall be used to support the Chief Data Officer's efforts to create and maintain a Commonwealth data inventory, and enterprise data dictionary and catalog.