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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
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Subtitle I. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
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Chapter 531. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION |
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Subchapter B. POWERS AND DUTIES |
Sec. 531.0273. INFORMATION RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT; ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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(a) The commission is responsible for strategic planning for information resources at each health and human services agency and shall direct the management of information resources at each health and human services agency. The commission shall:
(1) develop a coordinated strategic plan for information resources management that:
(A) covers a five-year period;
(B) defines objectives for information resources management at each health and human services agency;
(C) prioritizes information resources projects and implementation of new technology for all health and human services agencies;
(D) integrates planning and development of each information resources system used by a health and human services agency into a coordinated information resources management planning and development system established by the commission;
(E) establishes standards for information resources system security and that promotes the ability of information resources systems to operate with each other;
(F) achieves economies of scale and related benefits in purchasing for health and human services information resources systems; and
(G) is consistent with the state strategic plan for information resources developed under Chapter 2054;
(2) establish information resources management policies, procedures, and technical standards and ensure compliance with those policies, procedures, and standards; and
(3) review and approve the information resources deployment review and biennial operating plan of each health and human services agency.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083, Sec. 25(53), eff. June 17, 2011.
(c) A health and human services agency may not submit its plans to the Department of Information Resources or the Legislative Budget Board under Subchapter E, Chapter 2054, until those plans are approved by the commission.
(d) The commission shall appoint an advisory committee composed of:
(1) information resources managers for state agencies and for private employers; and
(2) the directors, executive directors, and commissioners of health and human services agencies.
(e) The advisory committee appointed under Subsection (d) shall advise the commission with respect to the implementation of the commission's duties under Subsection (a)(1) and:
(1) shall advise the commission about:
(A) overall goals and objectives for information resources management for all health and human services agencies;
(B) coordination of agency information resources management plans;
(C) development of short-term and long-term strategies for:
(i) implementing information resources management policies, procedures, and technical standards; and
(ii) ensuring compatibility of information resources systems across health and human services agencies as technology changes;
(D) information resources training and skill development for health and human services agency employees and policies to facilitate recruitment and retention of trained employees;
(E) standards for determining:
(i) the circumstances in which obtaining information resources services under contract is appropriate;
(ii) the information resources services functions that must be performed by health and human services agency information resources services employees; and
(iii) the information resources services skills that must be maintained by health and human services agency information resources services employees;
(F) optimization of the use of information resources technology that is in place at health and human services agencies; and
(G) existing and potential future information resources technologies and practices and the usefulness of those technologies and practices to health and human services agencies; and
(2) shall review and make recommendations to the commission relating to the consolidation and improved efficiency of information resources management functions, including:
(A) cooperative leasing of information resources systems equipment;
(B) consolidation of data centers;
(C) improved network operations;
(D) technical support functions, including help desk services, call centers, and data warehouses;
(E) administrative applications;
(F) purchases of standard software;
(G) joint training efforts;
(H) recruitment and retention of trained agency employees;
(I) video conferencing; and
(J) other related opportunities for improved efficiency.
(f) A member of the advisory committee may not receive compensation, but is entitled to reimbursement of the travel expenses incurred by the member while conducting the business of the committee, as provided by the General Appropriations Act.
(g) The advisory committee is not subject to Chapter 2110.