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1998 SESSION

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SENATE BILL NO. 689
Offered January 26, 1998
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.1-563.31 and 63.1-314.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the human services information and referral program.
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Patrons-- Walker, Couric, Forbes, Howell, Lambert, Lucas, Miller, Y.B., Quayle, Saslaw, Trumbo and Woods; Delegates: Bloxom, Callahan, Councill, Cranwell, Croshaw, Diamonstein, Hall, Joannou, McDonnell, Spruill, Thomas and Van Yahres
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Referred to the Committee on General Laws
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 2.1-563.31 and 63.1-314.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 2.1-563.31. General powers of Council; powers and duties of Council.

A. The Council shall have the following general powers:

1. To make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of duties and the execution of its powers, including but not limited to contracts with the United States, other state agencies and governmental subdivisions of the Commonwealth.

2. To accept grants from the United States government and agencies and instrumentalities thereof and any source, other than any person, firm, or corporation, or director, officer, or agent thereof which manufactures or sells information technology equipment, goods or services. To these ends, the Council shall have the power to comply with such conditions and execute such agreements as may be necessary, convenient or desirable.

3. To prescribe regulations necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties or execution of its powers, including such regulations as the Council deems appropriate concerning the use of digital signatures as provided in § 59.1-469; however, the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (§ 9-6.14:1 et seq.) shall not apply to such regulations.

B. The Council shall have the following powers and duties concerning the planning, budgeting, management and use of information technology resources. All agencies and institutions of higher education shall cooperate with the Council in the performance of its powers and duties:

1. To monitor trends and advances in information technology, to develop a comprehensive, statewide, four-year planning process, and plan for the acquisition, management, and use of information technology resources. The statewide plan shall be updated annually and submitted to the Governor. In developing and updating such plans, the Council shall consider the advice of the Department, and of agencies and institutions of higher education through the Advisory Committees to the Council provided for herein.

2. To provide agencies and institutions of higher education with information and guidelines in the development of information management plans and the preparation of budget requests for information technology resources.

3. To require agencies and institutions of higher education to submit information management plans to the Council and a copy to the Department. The Council shall have the authority to approve such plans and amendments thereto, including the Department's. All agencies and institutions of higher education shall maintain current information management plans which have been approved by the Council.

4. To monitor implementation of information management plans.

5. To direct the development and promulgation of policies, standards, and guidelines for managing information technology resources in the Commonwealth.

6. To review agency and institution budget requests for information technology resources and to recommend budget request priorities to the Department of Planning and Budget.

7. To direct the compilation and maintenance of an inventory of all information technology resources, including but not limited to personnel, facilities, equipment, goods and contracts for services.

8. To develop an approval process to ensure that all information technology procurements conform to the statewide information management plan and the information management plans of agencies and institutions of higher education. The Council shall be authorized to disapprove the procurements that do not conform to the statewide information management plan and the agency plans.

9. To establish statewide standards for the efficient exchange of electronic information and technology, including infrastructure, between the public and private sectors in the Commonwealth. In cooperation with the Division of Legislative Automated Systems, the Council shall also establish standards for public access to the Legislative Information System which standards shall include provisions for protecting the security and integrity of the system and the cost of public access.

10. To oversee and administer the Virginia Technology Infrastructure Fund created in Chapter 22.13 (§ 9-145.52 et seq.) of Title 9.

11. To require state agencies, boards, councils and commissions to submit plans for the development or implementation of a human services hotline, helpline or information service with the statewide human services information and referral system created in Chapter 17.1 (§ 63.1-314.1 et seq.) of Title 63.1.

§ 63.1-314.3. Members of Council; terms; vacancies; chairman.

A. The Council shall consist of no more than twenty-five members, to be appointed by the Governor as follows:

Three citizens at large, one of whom is a consumer of human services and one of whom has a disability; two representatives from business or industry or both; two representatives of local government representing one rural and one urban locality; one representative of United Way of Virginia; one representative from the Virginia Cooperative Extension Services; one representative from The Library of Virginia; one representative of the armed services residing in Virginia; one representative from the information and referral regional providers; one labor representative; one representative from each of the six information and referral centers' regional boards and one representative from the Virginia Association of Community Action Agencies.

B. Members of the Council shall be appointed for four-year termsAfter July 1, 1998, the members shall be appointed for terms of from one to four years so as to provide for balanced overlapping of the terms of the membership thereon. Subsequent appointments shall be for a term of four years each, except that persons appointed to fill vacancies shall be appointed for the unexpired term.

C. Persons appointed to the Council shall be knowledgeable about the development and implementation of information and referral programs and the services to be provided by the program.

D. The chairman of the Council shall be appointed by the Governor from its membership.