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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF | |
ADMINISTRATION--HUMAN SERVICES FTE ACCOUNTABILITY PORTAL | |
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Introduced By: Senators Valverde, Lauria, Miller, Sosnowski, Bissaillon, DiMario, Euer, | |
Date Introduced: March 01, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Fill the Frontline Human |
2 | Services FTE Accountability Act." |
3 | SECTION 2. Chapter 42-11 of the General Laws entitled "Department of Administration" |
4 | is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
5 | 42-11-2.10. Human services FTE accountability portal. |
6 | ( a ) The department of administration (the "department"), through the division of enterprise |
7 | technology strategy and services (the "ETSS") established pursuant to ยง 42-11-2.8 or any successor |
8 | division as designated by the department, shall establish a human services transparency FTE portal |
9 | (the "FTE portal") accounting for the allocation of department of children, youth and families, and |
10 | department of human services, funded full-time equivalent positions ("FTEs"), disaggregated by |
11 | job classification, title, and the number of positions filled, along with the number of positions |
12 | funded per job classification title. The portal shall be updated monthly and time-stamped on the |
13 | FTE portal. The FTE portal shall include, at a minimum, the positions identified in subsection (b) |
14 | of this section, and may be modeled after the state's transparency portal maintained though RI.gov. |
15 | (b) The information on the FTE portal shall cover and include information on the following |
16 | human services positions: |
17 | (1) Social caseworkers; |
18 | (2) Caseworker supervisors; |
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1 | (3) Child protective investigators; |
2 | (4) Child protective investigator supervisors; |
3 | (5) Clinical social workers; |
4 | (6) Clinical social worker supervisors; |
5 | (7) Principal human services and systems policy specialists; |
6 | (8) Programming services officers; |
7 | (9) Assistant chief of planning; |
8 | (10) Epidemiologists; |
9 | (11) Clinical training specialists; |
10 | (12) Implementation aides; |
11 | (13) Call center aides; and |
12 | (14) Eligibility technicians (all levels). |
13 | (c) The portal shall compare columns of all the above classifications, comparing the |
14 | number of FTEs per each classification allotted the annual state budget and the number of |
15 | vacancies. The portal shall be updated monthly with side-by-side comparison of previous updates |
16 | for comparison. |
17 | (d) The format and information provided shall include the following: Fiscal year, |
18 | classification, pay grade, the number of FTEs, and costs, in the same format as the personnel |
19 | sections of the governor's January budget proposals on the office of management and budget |
20 | website. |
21 | (e) Commencing August, 2024, the FTE portal shall be updated, to add an additional |
22 | column parallel and side by side the governor's budget proposal, to reflect the finalized fiscal year, |
23 | classification, pay grade, number of full-time equivalent positions, and cost. If and when a budget |
24 | is revised or a supplemental budget is enacted, another column shall be added parallel and side by |
25 | side with the previous columns to reflect the status of classification, pay grade, number of full-time |
26 | equivalent positions, and costs. Previous columns shall be maintained side by side with updated |
27 | columns for comparison. |
28 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF | |
ADMINISTRATION--HUMAN SERVICES FTE ACCOUNTABILITY PORTAL | |
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1 | This act would direct the department of administration to establish a human services |
2 | transparency FTE portal. This portal would provide an accounting of the allocation of DCYF and |
3 | DHS funded full-time equivalent positions ("FTE's") by job classification title and the number of |
4 | positions filled along with the number of positions funded per job classification title. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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