Amend CSHB 1 (house committee report), in Article II of the bill, following the appropriations to the Health and Human Services Commission (page II-37), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:

____.  Information Technology and Data Services Modernization Plan. It is the intent of the legislature that, not later than September 1, 2021, the Health and Human Services Commission, using money appropriated to the commission by this Act, prepare and submit to the legislature a 10-year system-wide plan outlining the manner in which the commission intends to transition its information technology and data-related services and capabilities into a more modern, integrated, secure, and effective environment. The plan must:

(1)  describe the commission's project management processes;

(2)  identify the resources required to implement the plan;

(3)  define the desired outcomes of the plan;

(4)  include:

(A)  legacy system modernization or replacement;

(B)  efforts toward server consolidation through the Department of Information Resources data center services program;

(C)  a description of cloud computing service options; and

(D)  an analysis of the commission's technical and data architecture that is necessary to provide enhanced data analytics, reporting, and performance management needs; and

(5)  describe the commission's approach to creating an automated, interoperable system-wide data analytics and performance management system that transforms data into meaningful information to support data-driven decision making, quality improvement initiatives, efficient service delivery, and effective regulation and oversight of programs administered by the commission.