North Carolina § 143B-1385 - Government Data Analytics Center.

§ 143B-1385. Government Data Analytics Center.

Definitions. - The following definitions apply in this section: Business intelligence. - The process of collecting, organizing, sharing, and analyzing data through integrated data management, reporting, visualization, and advanced analytics to discover patterns and other useful information that will allow policymakers and State officials to make more informed decisions. Business intelligence also includes both of the following: Broad master data management capabilities such as data integration, data quality and enrichment, data governance, and master data management to collect, reference, and categorize information from multiple sources. Self-service query and reporting capabilities to provide timely, relevant, and actionable information to business users delivered through a variety of interfaces, devices, or applications based on their specific roles and responsibilities. Data analytics. - Data analysis, including the ability to use the data for assessment and extraction of policy relevant information. Enterprise-level data analytics. - Standard analytics capabilities and services leveraging data throughout all State agencies, departments, and institutions. Operationalize. - The implementation process whereby a State agency, department, or institution integrates analytical output into current business processes and systems in order to improve operational efficiency and decision making. GDAC. - The Government Data Analytics Center is established as a unit of the Department. Purpose. - The purpose of the GDAC is to utilize public-private partnerships as part of a statewide data integration and data-sharing initiative and to identify data integration and business intelligence opportunities that will generate greater efficiencies in, and improved service delivery by, State agencies, departments, and institutions. The intent is not to replace transactional systems but to leverage the data from those systems for enterprise-level State business intelligence. The GDAC shall continue the work, purpose, and resources of previous data integration efforts and shall otherwise advise and assist the State CIO in the management of the initiative. The State CIO shall make any organizational changes necessary to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of the GDAC. Public-private partnerships. - The State CIO shall continue to utilize public-private partnerships and existing data integration and analytics contracts and licenses as appropriate to continue the implementation of the initiative. Private entities that partner with the State shall make appropriate contributions of funds or resources, including, but not limited to, knowledge transfer and education activities, software licensing, hardware and technical infrastructure resources, personnel resources, and such other appropriate resources as agreed upon by the parties. Powers and duties. - The State CIO shall, through the GDAC, do all of the following: Manage and coordinate enterprise data integration efforts, including: The deployment, support, technology improvements, and expansion of the Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Automated Data System (CJLEADS) and related intelligence-based case management systems. The deployment, support, technology improvements, and expansion of the North Carolina Financial Accountability and Compliance Technology System (NCFACTS) in order to collect data that will create efficiencies and detect fraud, waste, and abuse across State government. The development, deployment, support, technology improvements, and expansion of the GDAC Enterprise Solutions. Individual-level student data and workforce data from all levels of education and the State workforce. The integration of all available financial data to support more comprehensive State budget and financial analyses. Other capabilities as developed by the GDAC. Identify technologies currently used in North Carolina that have the capability to support the initiative. Identify other technologies, especially those with unique capabilities that are complementary to existing GDAC analytic solutions that could support the State's business intelligence effort. Compare capabilities and costs across State agencies. Ensure implementation is properly supported across State agencies. Ensure that data integration and sharing is performed in a manner that preserves data privacy and security in transferring, storing, and accessing data, as appropriate. Immediately seek any waivers and enter into any written agreements that may be required by State or federal law to effectuate data sharing and to carry out the purposes of this section. Coordinate data requirements and usage for State business intelligence applications in a manner that (i) limits impacts on participating State agencies as those agencies provide data and business knowledge expertise, (ii) assists in defining business rules so the data can be properly used, and (iii) ensures participating State agencies operationalize analytics and report outcomes. Recommend the most cost-effective and reliable long-term hosting solution for enterprise-level State business intelligence as well as data integration, notwithstanding any other provision of State law or regulation. Utilize a common approach that establishes standards for business intelligence initiatives for all State agencies and prevents the development of projects that do not meet the established standards. Create efficiencies in State government by ensuring that State agencies use the GDAC for agency business intelligence requirements. Assist State agencies in developing requirements for the integration or creation of an interface with State agencies' workflow processes and transactional systems to operationalize GDAC analytic solutions. Establish clear metrics and definitions with participating State agencies for reporting outcomes for each GDAC project. Evaluate State agency business intelligence projects to determine the feasibility of integrating analytics and reporting with the GDAC and to determine what GDAC services may support the projects. Application to State government. - The initiative shall include all State agencies, departments, and institutions, including The University of North Carolina, as follows: All State agency business intelligence requirements, including any planning or development efforts associated with creating business intelligence capability, as well as any master data management efforts, shall be implemented through the GDAC. The Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and the Legislative Services Commission each shall designate an officer or agency to advise and assist the State CIO with respect to implementation of the initiative in their respective branches of government. The judicial and legislative branches shall fully cooperate in the initiative mandated by this section in the same manner as is required of State agencies. Project management. - The State CIO and State agencies, with the assistance of the Office of State Budget and Management, shall identify potential funding sources for expansion of existing projects or development of new projects. No GDAC project shall be initiated, extended, or expanded: Without the specific approval of the General Assembly, unless the project can be implemented within funds appropriated for GDAC projects. Without prior consultation to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and a report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology if the project can be implemented within funds appropriated for GDAC projects. Data Sharing. - General duties of all State agencies. - Except as limited or prohibited by federal law, the head of each State agency, department, and institution shall do all of the following: Grant the State CIO and the GDAC access to all information required to develop and support State business intelligence applications pursuant to this section. The State CIO and the GDAC shall take all necessary actions and precautions, including training, certifications, background checks, and governance policy and procedure, to ensure the security, integrity, and privacy of the data in accordance with State and federal law and as may be required by contract. Provide complete information on the State agency's information technology, operational, and security requirements. Provide information on all of the State agency's information technology activities relevant to the State business intelligence effort. Forecast the State agency's projected future business intelligence information technology needs and capabilities. Ensure that the State agency's future information technology initiatives coordinate efforts with the GDAC to include planning and development of data interfaces to incorporate data into the initiative and to ensure the ability to leverage analytics capabilities. Provide technical and business resources to participate in the initiative by providing, upon request and in a timely and responsive manner, complete and accurate data, business rules and policies, and support. Identify potential resources for deploying business intelligence in their respective State agencies and as part of the enterprise-level effort. Immediately seek any waivers and enter into any written agreements that may be required by State or federal law to effectuate data sharing and to carry out the purposes of this section, as appropriate. Specific agency requirements. - The following agency-specific requirements are designed to illustrate but not limit the type and extent of data and information required to be released under subdivision (1) of this subsection: The North Carolina Industrial Commission shall release to the GDAC, or otherwise provide electronic access to, all data requested by the GDAC relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage, claims, appeals, compliance, and enforcement under Chapter 97 of the General Statutes. The North Carolina Rate Bureau (Bureau) shall release to the GDAC, or otherwise provide electronic access to, all data requested by the GDAC relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage, claims, business ratings, and premiums under Chapter 58 of the General Statutes. The Bureau shall be immune from civil liability for releasing information pursuant to this subsection, even if the information is erroneous, provided the Bureau acted in good faith and without malicious or willful intent to harm in releasing the information. The Department of Commerce, Division of Employment Security (DES), shall release to the GDAC, or otherwise provide access to, all data requested by the GDAC relating to unemployment insurance coverage, claims, and business reporting under Chapter 96 of the General Statutes. The Department of Labor shall release to the GDAC, or otherwise provide access to, all data requested by the GDAC relating to safety inspections, wage and hour complaints, and enforcement activities under Chapter 95 of the General Statutes. The Department of Revenue shall release to the GDAC, or otherwise provide access to, all data requested by the GDAC relating to the registration and address information of active businesses, business tax reporting, and aggregate federal tax Form 1099 data for comparison with information from DES, the Rate Bureau, and the Department of the Secretary of State for the evaluation of business reporting. Additionally, the Department of Revenue shall furnish to the GDAC, upon request, other tax information, provided that the information furnished does not impair or violate any information-sharing agreements between the Department and the United States Internal Revenue Service. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a determination of whether furnishing the information requested by the GDAC would impair or violate any information-sharing agreements between the Department of Revenue and the United States Internal Revenue Service shall be within the sole discretion of the State Chief Information Officer. The Department of Revenue and the Office of the State CIO shall work jointly to assure that the evaluation of tax information pursuant to this sub-subdivision is performed in accordance with applicable federal law. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, pursuant to this Part, shall share (i) claims data from NCTRACKS and the accompanying claims data warehouse and (ii) encounter data with the GDAC in order to leverage existing public-private partnerships and subject matter expertise that can assist in providing outcome-based analysis of services and programs as well as population health analytics of the Medicaid and LME/MCO patient population. All information shared with the GDAC and the State CIO under this subsection is protected from release and disclosure in the same manner as any other information is protected under this subsection. Provisions on Privacy and Confidentiality of Information. Status with respect to certain information. - The State CIO and the GDAC shall be deemed to be all of the following for the purposes of this section: A criminal justice agency (CJA), as defined under Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy. The State CJIS Systems Agency (CSA) shall ensure that CJLEADS receives access to federal criminal information deemed to be essential in managing CJLEADS to support criminal justice professionals. With respect to health information covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), as amended, and to the extent allowed by federal law: A business associate with access to protected health information acting on behalf of the State's covered entities in support of data integration, analysis, and business intelligence. Authorized to access and view individually identifiable health information, provided that the access is essential to the enterprise fraud, waste, and improper payment detection program or required for future initiatives having specific definable need for such data. Authorized to access all State and federal data, including revenue and labor information, deemed to be essential to the enterprise fraud, waste, and improper payment detection program or future initiatives having specific definable need for the data. Authorized to develop agreements with the federal government to access data deemed to be essential to the enterprise fraud, waste, and improper payment detection program or future initiatives having specific definable need for such data. Release of information. - The following limitations apply to (i) the release of information compiled as part of the initiative, (ii) data from State agencies that is incorporated into the initiative, and (iii) data released as part of the implementation of the initiative: Information compiled as part of the initiative. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 132 of the General Statutes, information compiled by the State CIO and the GDAC related to the initiative may be released as a public record only if the State CIO, in that officer's sole discretion, finds that the release of information is in the best interest of the general public and is not in violation of law or contract. Data from State agencies. - Any data that is not classified as a public record under G.S. 132-1 shall not be deemed a public record when incorporated into the data resources comprising the initiative. To maintain confidentiality requirements attached to the information provided to the State CIO and the GDAC, each source agency providing data shall be the sole custodian of the data for the purpose of any request for inspection or copies of the data under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes. Data released as part of implementation. - Information released to persons engaged in implementing the State's business intelligence strategy under this section that is used for purposes other than official State business is not a public record pursuant to Chapter 132 of the General Statutes. Data from North Carolina Rate Bureau. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any data released by or obtained from the North Carolina Rate Bureau under this initiative relating to workers' compensation insurance claims, business ratings, or premiums are not public records, and public disclosure of such data, in whole or in part, by the GDAC or State CIO, or by any State agency, is prohibited. Funding. - The Department of Information Technology, with the support of the Office of State Budget and Management, shall identify and make all efforts to secure any matching funds or other resources to assist in funding the GDAC. Savings resulting from the cancellation of projects, software, and licensing, as well as any other savings from the utilization of the GDAC, shall be returned to the General Fund and shall remain unexpended and unencumbered until appropriated by the General Assembly in a subsequent fiscal year. It is the intent of the General Assembly that expansion of the GDAC in subsequent fiscal years be funded with these savings and that the General Assembly appropriate funds for projects in accordance with the priorities identified by the State CIO. Reporting. - The State CIO shall: On or before March 1 of each year, submit and present a report on the activities described in this section to the Chairs of the House of Representatives Appropriations and Senate Base Budget/Appropriations Committees, to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology, and to the Fiscal Research Division of the General Assembly. The report shall include the following: A description of project funding and expenditures, cost savings, cost avoidance, efficiency gains, process improvements, and major accomplishments. Cost savings and cost avoidance shall include immediate monetary impacts as well as ongoing projections. A description of the contribution of funds or resources by those private entities which are participating in public-private partnerships under this section, including, but not limited to, knowledge transfer and education activities, software licensing, hardware and technical infrastructure resources, personnel resources, and such other resources as agreed upon by the State and the private entity. Report the following information upon its occurrence or as requested: Any failure of a State agency to provide information requested pursuant to this section. The failure shall be reported to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology and to the Chairs of the House of Representatives Appropriations and Senate Base Budget/Appropriations Committees. Any additional information to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology that is requested by those entities. History (2013-360, s. 7.10(d); 2013-363, s. 2.4(a); 2014-100, s. 7.6(a); 2014-115, s. 56.8(a); 2015-241, s. 7A.2(c).) Cross References. - As to reports on fraud prevention progess, see G.S. 105-256(a1). Government Data Analytics Center. - Session Laws 2013-360, s. 7.10(f), (g), provides: "(f) The Office of State Controller, in consultation with the State CIO, shall continue the management and implementation of the GDAC and shall continue to manage the ongoing enterprise data integration efforts under the GDAC, including CJLEADS and NC FACTS. The Office of the State CIO, in consultation with OSC, shall develop a plan for a cooperative transition of the GDAC and all of its programs to the Office of the SCIO, effective July 1, 2014. The plan shall include provisions for a governance structure for GDAC that includes participation by the State Controller. The plan shall also include milestones for the transition. The State CIO shall report the plan details and any associated costs to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology and the Fiscal Research Division by no later than October 1, 2013. The State CIO shall also report on a quarterly basis to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology and the Fiscal Research Division on progress toward achieving milestones set out in the plan. "(g) Effective July 1, 2014, the GDAC and all of its programs are hereby transferred to the Office of the SCIO. This transfer shall have all of the elements of a Type I transfer, as defined in G.S. 143A-6 . The Office of State Budget and Management shall determine the personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds, including the functions of budgeting and purchasing, to be included in the transfer." Health Analytics Program. - Session Laws 2017-57, s. 11A.4, provides: "The Department of Health and Human Services shall continue to coordinate with the Government Data Analytics Center (GDAC) to further develop and fully operationalize the Health Analytics Program for Medicaid claims analytics and population health management authorized by Section 12A.17 of S.L. 2015-241, as amended by Section 12A.7 of S.L. 2016-94. In fulfilling its responsibilities with respect to developing and operationalizing the Health Analytics Program, the Department of Health and Human Services shall comply with G.S. 143B-1385(c)(2)f. The purpose of the Health Analytics Program is to apply analytics to Medicaid data available to GDAC through the Department in a manner that maximizes health care savings and efficiencies to the State, optimizes positive impacts on health outcomes, and assists in the transition to, and management of, the transformed North Carolina Medicaid and North Carolina Health Choice programs as described in S.L. 2015-245, as amended by Section 2 of S.L. 2016-121." Editor's Note. - Former G.S. 143B-426.38A was amended and recodified by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.2(c) as G.S. 143B-1344. It was subsequently renumbered as G.S. 143B-1385 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. For prior provisions on the Criminal Justice Data Integration Pilot Program and CJLEADS, see Session Laws 2008-107, s. 6.15, Session Laws 2009-451, s. 6.10, Session Laws 2010-31, s. 6.10(a)-(e), Session Laws 2011-145, s. 6A.4. According to the Revisor of Statutes, the Government Data Analytics Center subsumed the functions of the Office of the State Controller Government Business Intelligence Competency Center, which in turn had subsumed the functions of the steering committee created by S.L. 2011-145, s. 6A.20. Session Laws 2012-142, s. 6A.7A(a)-(g), contained a prior similar provision. Session Laws 2013-360, s. 7.21(a)-(e), provides: "(a) A city or county may enter into an interagency agreement with the Department of Revenue and the Government Data Analytics Center (GDAC) to manage the collection of outstanding unpaid parking fines and penalties. The scope and manner of such collections services shall be determined by the agreement. A county or city that exercises the option to enter into such an arrangement may agree to the following, which are required terms in the agreement with the Department of Revenue and the GDAC: "(1) That the city or county agrees to: "a. Comply with State and federal law regarding data sharing, as appropriate. "b. Provide for technical and business resources to support the analytics development. "c. Provide for timely and responsive access to complete and accurate data, business rules, policies, and technical support. "(2) That the GDAC be given access to all required information necessary to develop and support analytics allowing the identification of the owners of vehicles with associated unpaid parking fines and penalties. "(b) In carrying out the purposes of this section and the agreements made under its provisions, the State Controller and the GDAC shall: "(1) Ensure the security, integrity, and privacy of the data in accordance with State and federal law and as may be required by contract. "(2) Leverage enterprise data sources, as allowed by State and federal law, and GDAC governance agreements, to provide analytics to integrate and match data to identify owner information associated with vehicles with unpaid parking fines and penalties. "(3) Provide access to analytics reporting and information to the participating city or municipality and the Department of Revenue. "(4) Provide data to the Department of Revenue for use in the withholding of tax refunds of persons that have unpaid parking fines and penalties. "(c) The Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles, shall provide the GDAC with access to historical and current information required to identify owners associated with vehicles with unpaid parking fines and penalties. "(d) The Department of Revenue shall (i) receive data from the GDAC associated with persons that have unpaid parking fines and penalties; (ii) withhold tax refunds for the purpose of the collection of those fines and penalties as allowed by law; and (iii) from the withholdings, pay to the appropriate city or county the amounts due. "(e) Any fee imposed by the Department of Revenue or the GDAC to cover the administrative costs of withholding for the collection of unpaid parking fines and penalties shall be borne by the city or county and shall be negotiated as part of the agreements authorized by this section." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 7.10(h), provides: "The purpose of this section is to codify provisions of Section 6A.7A of S.L. 2012-142, and to the extent that any provision of that section conflicts with G.S. 143B-426.38A, as enacted by this act, the provisions of the statute shall be construed to prevail over any conflicting uncodified provisions." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 12A.5, provides: "The Department of Health and Human Services shall work with the Governmental Data Analytics Center (GDAC) to develop an integration plan to leverage the North Carolina Financial Accountability and Compliance Technology System (NC FACTS), which is the State's enterprise-level fraud detection system operated by GDAC, in an effort to detect and prevent potential fraud, waste, and improper payments. "The integration plan shall include a feasibility analysis, a proposed integration time line, and a cost estimate to integrate the following systems with NC FACTS: "(1) NCTracks, the replacement Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). "(2) North Carolina Child Treatment Program (NC CTP) State-funded secure database. "(3) North Carolina Families Accessing Services through Technology (NC FAST). "The integration plan shall include opportunities to leverage existing data integration and analytics contracts and licenses for the purposes of optimizing cost effectiveness and generating greater efficiencies. The integration plan shall also include proposals for how to protect medical and other private information stored in the NCTracks, NC CTP, and NC FAST. "No later than April 1, 2014, the Department shall report a plan to integrate the systems listed in this section to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 12A.6(b), provides: "The Department of Health and Human Services shall report on NC FAST's performance in providing eligibility determinations for Medicaid applicants on the federally facilitated Health Benefit Exchange, a required function of NC FAST directed by Section 2 of S.L. 2013-5. The report shall contain a description of the following: "(1) Funding sources, funding amounts, and expenditures for the project beginning in fiscal year 2012-2013 through the time of the report. "(2) Any challenges with the eligibility determination project and how NC FAST solved those challenges. "(3) The number of eligibility determinations performed for applicants on the federally facilitated Health Benefit Exchange, including an analysis of on what days and for how many persons eligibility determinations were performed as well as how many applicants were determined to be eligible. "The Department shall submit a report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services, and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology three months after open enrollment begins for the federally facilitated Health Benefit Exchange." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2013.'" Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.2, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.5, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7.21(a)-(d), provide: "Funds appropriated in this act for the Law Enforcement Information Exchange shall be allocated to the Criminal Justice Information Network Board of Directors to be used to map the records management systems of law enforcement agencies in the State to allow these agencies to interface with the Law Enforcement Information Exchange. "(b) The Criminal Justice Information Network Board of Directors shall explore the feasibility of sharing data between the Law Enforcement Information Exchange and the Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Automated Data System (CJLEADS). "(c) CJLEADS shall not be moved from the Government Data Analytics Center (GDAC) in the Department of Information Technology, as created by this act. "(d) The Department of Public Safety and the State CIO shall ensure that CJLEADS obtains access to federal criminal information deemed to be essential in managing CJLEADS to support criminal justice professionals in accordance with G.S. 143B-1344(d)(1)a [now G.S. 143B-1385]. The Department of Public Safety and the State CIO shall provide a progress report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology and the Fiscal Research Division on or before February 1, 2016, and quarterly thereafter, until the necessary federal criminal information access has been obtained." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 12A.17, as amended by Session Laws 2016-94, s. 12A.7, provides: "(a) Of the funds appropriated in this act to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Central Management and Support, the sum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2015-2016 fiscal year; the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in recurring funds for each year of the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium; and the sum of one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2016-2017 fiscal year shall be used for the phased development, implementation, and operation of a pilot program for Medicaid claims analytics and population health management. "(b) The Department shall coordinate with the Government Data Analytics Center (GDAC) to develop the pilot program and to provide access to needed data sources, including Medicaid claims data, Medicaid beneficiary files, and local management entity anaged care organization (LME/MCO) encounter data for the pilot program. The pilot program shall utilize the subject matter expertise and technology available through existing GDAC public-private partnerships in order to apply analytics in a manner that would maximize health care savings and efficiencies to the State and optimize positive impacts on health outcomes. "(b1) During the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the scope of the pilot program shall be expanded to include all of the following: "(1) The integration of new data sources, such as patient level Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) quality measures, as prioritized by the Department and GDAC. "(2) Customized reporting and analytics capabilities. "(3) A tool to construct and analyze claims as clinical episodes of care in order to assist North Carolina in its transition to capitated managed care and value-based purchasing arrangements. "(4) Operationalization of the pilot program, including an ongoing feed of the data sources described in subsection (b) of this section and any other data sources mutually agreed upon by the Department and GDAC. "(c) By November 30, 2015, the Department shall execute all contractual agreements and interagency data-sharing agreements necessary for development and implementation of the pilot program authorized by this section. "(d) The Department and GDAC shall make the following reports on the pilot program authorized by this section: "(1) By January 15, 2016, the Department and GDAC shall provide a progress report on the pilot program authorized by this section to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, and the Fiscal Research Division. "(2) By May 31, 2016, the Department and GDAC shall make an interim report of their findings and recommendations on the pilot program authorized by this section to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology, and the Fiscal Research Division. "(3) By May 31, 2017, the Department and GDAC shall make a final report of their findings and recommendations on the pilot program authorized by this section to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology, and the Fiscal Research Division." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2015.'" Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.6, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2017-57, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2017.' " Session Laws 2017-57, s. 39.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2017-57, s. 39.6, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2020-47, s. 5(a)-(c), provides: "(a) The Department of Information Technology, Government Data Analytics Center, shall conduct a statewide study to identify the criminal justice data elements related to individuals who have been charged with infractions or criminal offenses that are currently collected and maintained. The purpose of the study is to (i) identify gaps in data for use by law enforcement, judicial officials, policymakers, and other stakeholders related to the processing, detention, and adjudication of individuals charged with infractions or criminal offenses and (ii) identify solutions for improving availability and accessibility of data available to policymakers to inform public policy related to individuals who have been charged with infractions or criminal offenses. In conducting this study, the Department may seek input from agencies and organizations with relevant knowledge or information, including local or regional detention facility administrators, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government, the North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission, the North Carolina Sheriffs' Association, and the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice. "(b) The study shall examine all of the following issues: "(1) The data elements currently being collected by prisons and jails with regard to individuals who have been charged with or incarcerated for criminal offenses, and the current systems or systems planned or under development for collecting, recording, maintaining, and searching these data elements. "(2) The data elements currently being collected by the courts with regard to individuals who have been charged with infractions or criminal offenses, including magistrates' records and information from the courtroom clerk such as continuances, appearances, and failures to appear, and the current system or systems planned or under development for collecting, recording, maintaining, and searching these data elements. "(3) Steps that would be necessary to create a statewide program to integrate data from courts, jails, and prison data systems, including options for integrating data that currently are collected, as well as for addressing any data gaps identified, and options for making data elements available to law enforcement, judicial officials, and policymakers in an open electronic format. This evaluation should include the costs and options to fund such a statewide data integration program. "(4) A review of best practices of other states that collect and integrate criminal justice data related to individuals who have been charged with infractions or criminal offenses in an open electronic format. Best practices should include solutions for privacy and data security issues, and whether the collection and integration of data is through a system maintained and operated by the court system or another State agency. "(c) The Department shall report findings and recommendations to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety no later than December 1, 2021." Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2013-363, s. 2.4(a), effective July 29, 2013, added "Except as limited or prohibited by federal law" in subdivision (f)(1). Session Laws 2014-100, s. 7.6(a), effective July 1, 2014, deleted former subsection (d1), relating to appropriations; and added subsection (h). Session Laws 2014-115, s. 56.8(a), effective August 11, 2014, in subsection (a), in the introductory paragraph, added "as follows" and made a minor punctuation change, in subdivision (a)(1) substituted "Chief Information Officer (CIO)" for "Controller" in the first sentence and deleted "State Controller and" preceding "State CIO" in the second sentence, and substituted "CIO" for "Controller" wherever it appeared in subdivision (a)(3); in subdivision (b)(1), substituted "CIO" for "Controller" in the first sentence, substituted "continue" for "assume," "previous" for "current," and "CIO" for "Controller" preceding "in the management" in the second sentence and in the third sentence; in subsection (c), added "as follows" in the introductory paragraph, substituted "CIO" for "Controller" in the introductory paragraphs of subdivisions (c)(1)a. and b., substituted "General Assembly" for "State CIO" in subdivision (c)(1)b.1., and substituted "CIO" for "Controller" wherever it occurred in subdivision (c)(1)c.; and substituted "CIO" for "Controller" wherever it occurred in subsections (d)-(f). Session Laws 2015-241, s. 7A.2(c), effective September 18, 2015, rewrote the section.