Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 20.1, Code of Virginia.
A. The appropriation for Central Support Services for Business Solutions 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. Included in the amounts provided in paragraph A. of this item is $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the second year 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), 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.
2. 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: 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.
3. Out of this appropriation, $3,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the second year from the Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation (COAR) Fund shall be provided for the procurement of the the cloud-based data analytics platform.