Bill Text: MN HF1331 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: State agencies required to enter into contracts to provide consulting services for improvements to state-operated systems and services.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-28 - Committee report, to pass and re-refer to Health and Human Services Finance [HF1331 Detail]

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1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to state government; requiring certain state agencies to enter
1.3into contracts to provide consulting services for improvements to certain
1.4state-operated systems and services.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. STATE BUILDING EFFICIENCY.
1.7    Subdivision 1. Request for proposals. By July 1, 2011, the commissioner
1.8of administration shall issue a request for proposals for a contract to provide
1.9recommendations for efficiencies in state building management to the commissioner. The
1.10request for proposals shall require the vendor to provide a system that will overlay existing
1.11building controls and instrumentation that influence energy consumption, including space,
1.12equipment and system performance, facility operations, and facility maintenance. The
1.13request for proposals shall require the vendor to provide a system that provides concurrent
1.14building monitoring, energy consumption optimization, space utilization, and equipment
1.15performance information.
1.16    Subd. 2. Open platform system with data analytics. The request for proposals
1.17must require the vendor to provide: (1) an open platform system with the capability to
1.18integrate and coordinate a variety of control systems, including their data, and the ability
1.19to manage all state buildings and their control systems; and (2) a system that uses data
1.20analytics to integrate corrective action notification and work order management.
1.21    Subd. 3. Proof of concept phase. The request for proposals shall require the
1.22selected vendor, at no cost to the state, to begin work on the contract by implementing
1.23its proposed system on one to three instrumented state buildings to demonstrate the
2.1savings provided by the system. The system provided by the vendor must be capable of
2.2application to all state-owned buildings.
2.3    Subd. 4. Full implementation and payment. The request for proposal must require
2.4the state to implement the system provided by the vendor in all buildings owned by the
2.5state if the work done under the requirements of subdivision 3 provides material savings to
2.6the state. After the full implementation of the system provided by the vendor, the vendor
2.7shall be paid by the state from the savings attributable to the work done by the vendor,
2.8according to the terms and performance measures negotiated in the contract.
2.9    Subd. 5. Selection of vendor. The commissioner of administration shall select a
2.10vendor from the responses to the request for proposal by September 1, 2011.
2.11    Subd. 6. Progress report. The commissioner shall provide a report describing the
2.12progress made under this section to the governor and the chairs and ranking minority
2.13members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the commissioner of
2.14administration by January 15, 2012.

2.15    Sec. 2. FLEET MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS.
2.16    Subdivision 1. Request for proposals. By July 1, 2011, the commissioner of
2.17administration shall issue a request for proposals to improve the procurement, allocation,
2.18control, energy efficiency, maintenance, and in-service life of state vehicles. The request
2.19for proposal shall require the vendor to provide a system for:
2.20(1) a life-cycle solution for vehicle management, covering all stages from
2.21procurement through disposal of state vehicles; and
2.22(2) the integration of data analytics to provide vehicle tracking, usage, and proactive
2.23maintenance management.
2.24    Subd. 2. Proof of concept phase. The request for proposals must specify that the
2.25vendor, at no cost to the state, must implement its system in one vehicle maintenance
2.26facility on a sample group of vehicles to demonstrate the cost-savings potential of the
2.27recommendations.
2.28    Subd. 3. Full implementation and payment. The request for proposal must require
2.29the state to implement the recommendations provided by the vendor if the work done
2.30under the requirements of subdivision 2 provides material savings to the state. After the
2.31full implementation of the system provided by the vendor, the vendor shall be paid by
2.32the state from the savings attributable to the work done by the vendor, according to the
2.33terms and performance measures negotiated in the contract.
2.34    Subd. 4. Selection of vendor. The commissioner of administration shall select a
2.35vendor from the responses to the request for proposal by September 1, 2011.
3.1    Subd. 5. Progress report. The commissioner shall provide a report describing the
3.2progress made under this section to the governor and the chairs and ranking minority
3.3members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the commissioner of
3.4administration by January 15, 2012.

3.5    Sec. 3. TAX FRAUD PREVENTION AND DETECTION.
3.6    Subdivision 1. Request for proposals. By July 1, 2011, the commissioner of
3.7revenue shall issue a request for proposals to prevent and detect tax fraud and increase
3.8delinquent tax revenue collection. The request for proposals shall require the vendor to
3.9provide data analytics capabilities, including, but not limited to, predictive modeling
3.10techniques and other forms of advanced analytics that will integrate into the current tax
3.11processing system to detect compliance issues before tax return processing is completed,
3.12and optimization algorithms that will assist the commissioner in maximizing revenues
3.13collected with current levels of compliance staff.
3.14    Subd. 2. Proof of concept phase. The selected vendor, at no cost to the state, shall
3.15implement its recommendations on a subset of data provided by the commissioner to
3.16demonstrate the cost-savings potential of the recommendations.
3.17    Subd. 3. Data confidentiality. Data provided to the vendor by the commissioner for
3.18the proof of concept phase must have personal identifiers masked or removed in order to
3.19maintain confidentiality of information.
3.20    Subd. 4. Full implementation phase. The request for proposal must require the
3.21state to implement the recommendations provided by the vendor if the work done under
3.22the requirements of subdivision 2 provides material savings to the state. After the full
3.23implementation of the system provided by the vendor, the vendor shall be paid by the state
3.24from the savings attributable to the work done by the vendor, according to the terms and
3.25performance measures negotiated in the contract.
3.26    Subd. 5. Selection of vendor. The commissioner of administration shall select a
3.27vendor from the responses to the request for proposal by September 1, 2011.
3.28    Subd. 6. Progress report. The commissioner shall provide a report describing the
3.29progress made under this section to the governor and the chairs and ranking minority
3.30members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the commissioner of revenue
3.31by January 15, 2012.

3.32    Sec. 4. MEDICAID FRAUD PREVENTION AND DETECTION.
3.33    Subdivision 1. Request for proposals. By July 1, 2011, the commissioner of human
3.34services shall issue a request for proposals to prevent and detect Medicaid fraud and
4.1mispayment. The request for proposals shall require the vendor to provide data analytics
4.2capabilities, including, but not limited to, predictive modeling techniques and other forms
4.3of advanced analytics that will integrate into the current claim processing system to detect
4.4improper payments both before and after payments are made.
4.5    Subd. 2. Proof of concept phase. The selected vendor, at no cost to the state,
4.6shall be required to implement its recommendations on a subset of data provided by the
4.7commissioner to demonstrate the cost-savings potential of the solution.
4.8    Subd. 3. Data confidentiality. Data provided by the commissioner to the vendor
4.9under this section must have personal identifiers masked or removed in order to maintain
4.10confidentiality of information.
4.11    Subd. 4. Full implementation phase. The request for proposal must require the
4.12commissioner to implement the recommendations provided by the vendor if the work done
4.13under the requirements of subdivision 2 provides material savings to the state. After the
4.14full implementation of the system provided by the vendor, the vendor shall be paid by
4.15the state from the savings attributable to the work done by the vendor, according to the
4.16terms and performance measures negotiated in the contract.
4.17    Subd. 5. Selection of vendor. The commissioner of human services shall select a
4.18vendor from the responses to the request for proposal by September 1, 2011.
4.19    Subd. 6. Progress report. The commissioner shall provide a report describing the
4.20progress made under this section to the governor and the chairs and ranking minority
4.21members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the Department of Human
4.22Services by January 15, 2012. The report shall provide a dynamic scoring analysis of
4.23the work described in the report.
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