Tennessee § 4-3-5503 - Staffing — Division of strategic technology solutions.

§ 4-3-5503. Staffing — Division of strategic technology solutions.

The division of strategic technology solutions in the department of finance and administration shall serve as staff to the information systems council. In addition, the division of strategic technology solutions shall facilitate the use of information systems, provide technical direction and assistance to departments and agencies for all distributive processing and network related systems, and serve as a computer service bureau. In accordance with the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. § 3541 et seq.), and the criminal justice information services (CJIS) security policy, a criminal history background check performed by the Tennessee bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation shall be required for all employees and contractors of the division of strategic technology solutions having elevated and privileged access to criminal justice information systems or to information accessed via criminal justice information systems. The department of human resources shall maintain classifications of employees subject to the criminal history background check. Background checks shall include fingerprint checks against state and federal criminal records maintained by the Tennessee bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation. The department of finance and administration shall establish policies concerning the implementation and use of criminal history background checks conducted pursuant to this section. The state shall pay for costs associated with criminal history background checks conducted pursuant to this section. Acts 1994, ch. 992, § 4; 2014, ch. 544, § 1; 2016, ch. 846, §§ 3, 4; 2020, ch. 689, § 2. Amendments. The 2016 amendment in (a), substituted “The division of strategic technology solutions in” for “The office of information resources of” at the beginning of the first sentence and substituted “division of strategic technology solutions” for “office of information resources” near the beginning of the second sentence; and substituted “division of strategic technology solutions” for “office of information resources” in the middle of the first sentence of (b)(1). The 2020 amendment inserted “and contractors” following “required for all employees” in the first sentence of (b)(1). Effective Dates. Acts 2016, ch. 846 § 6. April 19, 2016. Acts 2020, ch. 689, § 3. June 11, 2020.