§ 1 §547 — Data governance program established

The Secretary of State, or the secretary's designee, and the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, or the commissioner's designee, shall establish a data governance program.
1.
Implementation.
Implementation of a data governance program must include:
2.
Program requirements.
The data governance program must:
3.
Consultations.
The Secretary of State, or the secretary's designee, and the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, or the commissioner's designee, shall consult at least quarterly with:
4.
Report.
The Secretary of State, or the secretary's designee, the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, or the commissioner's designee, and the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Tribal Populations established by Title 5, section 12004‑J, subsection 19 shall jointly report on the status of the program and the consultations under subsection 3 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state and local government matters annually by February 15th. The committee may report out a bill based on the report during the legislative session in which the report is received.
5.
State agency designee.
Each state agency shall designate an employee with the responsibility to oversee the agency's compliance with the data governance program established pursuant to this section.
6.
Inventory.
The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, or the commissioner's designee, shall work with the state agency designees under subsection 5 to inventory the collection and availability of demographic data fields by the state agency, including, but not limited to, gender, location, race, ethnicity, birth sex, citizenship, socioeconomic status, education, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status and age. This inventory is distinct from the definitions and standards developed pursuant to subsection 7 and is not itself data collection.
7.
Definitions and standards.
The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, or the commissioner's designee, shall develop a definition and standard for certain demographic data fields, including, but not limited to, gender, location, race, ethnicity, birth sex, citizenship, socioeconomic status, education, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status and age. The definitions and standards must be developed in consultation with the Department of the Secretary of State and the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Tribal Populations established by Title 5, section 12004‑J, subsection 19.
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Stakeholder group.
To the extent resources are available, the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, or the commissioner's designee, shall work with the Department of the Secretary of State and the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Tribal Populations established by Title 5, section 12004‑J, subsection 19 to convene a stakeholder group at least once each year to review progress in developing and implementing the data governance program. When inviting members to the stakeholder group, consideration must be given to racial, ethnic, gender, socioeconomic and other demographic diversity.

Legislative History

PL 2021, c. 717, §1 (NEW). PL 2023, c. 581, §1 (AMD).