AB 858

This bill requires the Department of Administration to issue a request for

proposals, subject to approval by the Joint Committee on Finance under its passive

review process, to establish and maintain an opioid and methamphetamine data

system to collect, format, analyze, and disseminate information on opioid and

methamphetamine use as specified in the bill. DOA must collaborate with and

collect data from the Department of Health Services, the Department of Corrections,

the Department of Justice, the Department of Safety and Professional Services, and

the Department of Children and Families and any other applicable agencies for the

opioid and methamphetamine data system. Under the bill, DOA administers the

contract with a vendor to operate the opioid and methamphetamine data system, has

access to the data contained in the opioid and methamphetamine data system, and

works with the vendor to disseminate information and advanced analytics from the

opioid and methamphetamine data system in as close to real time as possible. The

opioid and methamphetamine data system must allow the state agencies that

submit data to the opioid and methamphetamine data system access to the data in

the opioid and methamphetamine data system as appropriate for the agency to fulfill

its functions and as allowed by state and federal confidentiality laws. The bill

requires DOA to submit a report to JCF summarizing the information from the opioid

and methamphetamine data system and analyzing trends in that information across

years of data collection.