Plain English Breakdown
The official status shows 'Passed Legislature' and final enrollment, yet the last action listed is 'Held under submission,' which creates uncertainty about whether it has become law.
Early Childhood Integrated Data System
This law creates a statewide system under the State Department of Social Services to link information about children from birth to age five across different government programs.
What This Bill Does
- Establishes the Early Childhood Integrated Data System under the State Department of Social Services.
- Links data across various programs serving children from birth to 5 years of age.
- Requires the department to create an Interagency Early Childhood Data Task Force to coordinate building and running the system.
- Sets rules for how the department collects, uses, shares, ingests, and deletes information.
- Requires the task force to send an annual report on progress to the Legislature with recommendations.
Who It Names or Affects
- The State Department of Social Services
- Agencies that provide administrative data for early childhood programs
- Children from birth to age five who are served by these programs
Terms To Know
- Interagency Early Childhood Data Task Force
- A group created by the bill to coordinate efforts on developing and implementing the new data system.
- Data ingestion
- The process of taking information from administrative systems maintained by different providers and putting it into the central system.
Limits and Unknowns
- The specific types of data to be collected are not listed in this summary.
- The exact timeline for each phase is mentioned but details are specified elsewhere.
- No effective date or funding amount is provided in the source text.