SENATE Amended 2nd Reading May 5, 2016 HOUSE 3rd Reading Unamended May 4, 2016 HOUSE Amended 2nd Reading May 3, 2016Second Regular Session Seventieth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REVISED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted on Second Reading in the Second House LLS NO. 16-1071.02 Jane Ritter x4342 HOUSE BILL 16-1383 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Singer and Fields, SENATE SPONSORSHIP Grantham, House Committees Senate Committees Public Health Care & Human Services Finance Appropriations Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT Concerning a predictive data analytic technology for child welfare pilot program, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. Bill Summary (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.) The bill requires the department of human services (department) to develop, on or before September 1, 2016, a state-of-the-art data analytic system for child welfare pilot program (pilot program) to access, integrate, and analyze data sources for the purpose of calculating a child's risk for abuse or neglect. The pilot program must be able to integrate data from various state and county sources, use various types of technology to accurately and precisely calculate child risk scores, and provide mechanisms to alert and assist caseworkers to changes in the environment of a child at risk. The department shall report to the health and human services committee of the senate and the public health care and human services committee of the house of representatives, or any successor committees, on the progress and status of the pilot program. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add article 5.1 to title 26 as follows: ARTICLE 5.1 Implementation Plan for a Predictive Data Analytic System for Child Welfare 26-5.1-101. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) Child abuse and neglect is a crisis that affects the safety and welfare of vulnerable children on global, national, state, and county levels; (b) In the United States alone, more than one thousand five hundred children die each year as a direct result of abuse or neglect; (c) In Colorado between 2007 and 2012, one hundred seventy-five children died as a direct result of abuse or neglect; (d) Information exists in state and county databases that can help determine which individuals might have access to a child and the risks those individuals pose to the child; (e) Modern technologies and best practices exist, and have been utilized successfully in other states, that can access, integrate, and analyze data about a child and his or her environment in near real time to provide a more timely, accurate, and precise measure of a child's risk of tragic outcomes as a result of abuse or neglect; (f) By using technology to monitor a child's environment and continuously update the child's risk profile, caseworkers are able to focus better on the highest risk cases and those that have the most immediate need for interventions, thus better equipping caseworkers to prevent tragic outcomes; and (g) Providing appropriate, user-friendly tools and technology to caseworkers can dramatically improve outcomes, increase productivity, and reduce employee turnover resulting from burnout, stress, and frustration. (2) Therefore, the general assembly declares that it is in the best interests of the children of Colorado to establish an implementation plan for a state-of-the-art predictive data analytic system for child welfare that is compatible with the Colorado child welfare management system and the state's information technology environment. 26-5.1-102. Predictive data analytic technology for child welfare pilot program - steering committee - requirements - independent vendor - reporting. (1) (a) On or before December 15, 2016, using the recommendations of the steering committee formed in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), the state department shall release a request for proposals for a technology vendor for a predictive data analytic technology for child welfare pilot program, referred to in this article as the "pilot program". The purpose of the pilot program is to implement a state-of-the art data analytics technology system to access, integrate, and analyze data sources to calculate a child's risk scores for abuse or neglect. (b) After the review by the joint technology committee conducted pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subsection (1), the state department shall convene a steering committee that includes appropriate stakeholder representation from child welfare services at the state and county levels. The steering committee shall include in its considerations any information or recommendations provided by the joint technology committee pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subsection (1). The purpose of the steering committee is to: (I) Consider and recommend, at a minimum, the appropriate number and types of counties to participate in the pilot program to ensure adequate data availability and representation of diverse populations that will result in a meaningful pilot program; (II) Assist the state department in the development of the request for proposals for a technology vendor, as described in subsection (3) of this section, utilizing the requirements of subsection (2) of this section; and (III) Recommend an independent third-party evaluator to perform the obligations specified in section 26-5.1-103 (2). (c) Prior to the convening of the steering committee pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (1) and to the release of the request for proposals, the joint technology committee shall meet as soon as feasibly possible, so as to not delay the release of the request for proposals, to discuss issues related to the request for proposals, technical and cost benefit issues related to the pilot program, and the overall technical feasibility of the pilot program. (2) The data analytic system must provide the following capabilities: (a) The ability to integrate data from various state and county data sources; (b) Advanced matching and entity resolution to accurately merge data from different databases; (c) Advanced social network or link analysis to determine both known and hidden relationships that the child may have with other people; (d) Use of the latest advanced analytical techniques, including predictive modeling; complex pattern analysis; social network analysis; text mining; and geospatial analysis, to more accurately and precisely calculate child risk scores; (e) The ability to regularly monitor data sources to automatically identify changes to a child's environment and recalculate the child's risk accordingly; (f) An alerting mechanism that notifies caseworkers when child risk factors exceed preset tolerance levels; (g) An intuitive user interface for caseworkers to easily prioritize and visualize cases and related information about the child and his or her environment; and (h) The ability for feedback and self-learning that captures outcomes and utilizes the information to improve analytic accuracy over time. (3) At the conclusion of the request for proposals process developed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the state department shall select and enter into a vendor contract for the pilot program in an amount not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars with a technology vendor with experience in implementing data analytics technology to access, integrate, and analyze enterprise human services data to calculate risk scores. The technology vendor selected shall ensure and certify its compliance with all relevant state and federal privacy laws and policies and privacy and security rules recommended by the joint technology committee. The technology vendor shall not share in any format, include in any database alignments, or share across databases, any personally identifiable data that is collected with any entity that is not a county or agency that is a participant in the pilot program . (4) Unless otherwise precluded by state or federal statute or rules or regulations, state agencies shall make their data available to the state department for the specific purpose of the pilot program. Data sharing agreements or memoranda of understanding must be executed between agencies to protect the privacy and confidentiality of the data. 26-5.1-103. Reporting and recommendations. (1) On or before March 31, 2017, and every quarter thereafter unless otherwise directed by the committee chairs, the state department shall submit a written report to the joint technology committee, the health and human services committee of the senate, and the public health care and human services committee of the house of representatives, or any successor committees, on the progress and status of the pilot program. The report must include, at a minimum: (a) The overall pilot program status, milestones, and budgetary reports; (b) The data sources that have been incorporated, as well as additional data sources that would add value to the overall goals of the pilot program; (c) Analytical results and accuracy; (d) Examples of case interventions; (e) Productivity improvements; and (f) Agency procedural changes or best practices identified by the pilot program. (2) At the conclusion of the pilot program, the state department and the joint technology committee shall review and, in addition to the quarterly reporting required pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, and after review by an independent third-party evaluator, provide a recommendation, plan, and cost estimate for a statewide implementation of the pilot program. 26-5.1-104. Repeal. This article is repealed, effective January 1, 2018. SECTION 2. Appropriation. (1) For the 2016-17 state fiscal year, $500,000 is appropriated to the department of human services. This appropriation is from the general fund. To implement this act, the department may use this appropriation for the child welfare predictive analytic pilot program. SECTION 3. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.