Bill Text: MN HF1037 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Department of Employment and Economic Development required to issue an unemployment compensation payment and business intelligence contract proposals request.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-10 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Jobs and Economic Development Finance [HF1037 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF1037-Introduced.html
1.2relating to state government; requiring Department of Employment and
1.3Economic Development to issue a request for proposals for an unemployment
1.4compensation payment and business intelligence contract.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
1.7(a) The commissioner of employment and economic development shall issue
1.8a request for proposals for a contract to use technologically advanced software and
1.9services to improve the identification of audit activities and rejection of improper
1.10unemployment compensation payments. The request for proposals must ensure that a
1.11system recommended and implemented by the contractor will:
1.12(1) implement a more comprehensive, robust, and technologically advanced
1.13program;
1.14(2) utilize state of the art methods and technologies such as predictive modeling, link
1.15analysis, and anomaly or outlier detection;
1.16(3) have the ability to identify and report improper payments before the payments
1.17are made;
1.18(4) include a mechanism so that the system improves its detection capabilities over
1.19time;
1.20(5) leverage technology to make the unemployment compensation system more
1.21transparent and cost-efficient; and
1.22(6) result in increased savings by maximizing collection of revenues due, and by
1.23reducing or eliminating payouts of wrongful claims.
2.1(b) Based on responses to the request for proposal, the commissioner must enter into
2.2a contract for the services specified in paragraph (a) by October 1, 2011. The contract
2.3shall incorporate a performance-based vendor financing option whereby the vendor shares
2.4in the risk of the project's success.
2.5EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3Economic Development to issue a request for proposals for an unemployment
1.4compensation payment and business intelligence contract.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
1.7(a) The commissioner of employment and economic development shall issue
1.8a request for proposals for a contract to use technologically advanced software and
1.9services to improve the identification of audit activities and rejection of improper
1.10unemployment compensation payments. The request for proposals must ensure that a
1.11system recommended and implemented by the contractor will:
1.12(1) implement a more comprehensive, robust, and technologically advanced
1.13program;
1.14(2) utilize state of the art methods and technologies such as predictive modeling, link
1.15analysis, and anomaly or outlier detection;
1.16(3) have the ability to identify and report improper payments before the payments
1.17are made;
1.18(4) include a mechanism so that the system improves its detection capabilities over
1.19time;
1.20(5) leverage technology to make the unemployment compensation system more
1.21transparent and cost-efficient; and
1.22(6) result in increased savings by maximizing collection of revenues due, and by
1.23reducing or eliminating payouts of wrongful claims.
2.1(b) Based on responses to the request for proposal, the commissioner must enter into
2.2a contract for the services specified in paragraph (a) by October 1, 2011. The contract
2.3shall incorporate a performance-based vendor financing option whereby the vendor shares
2.4in the risk of the project's success.
2.5EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
