14-R374

2014 -- S 3134

Enacted 06/20/14

S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO

ESTABLISH PERFORMANCE AND OUTCOME MEASURES FOR ITS DEPARTMENTS

AND DIRECTORS

Introduced By: Senators DiPalma, Miller, Cool Rumsey, and Ottiano

Date Introduced: June 20, 2014

     WHEREAS, The departments overseen by the Executive Office of Health and Human

Services (EOHHS) respond to the needs of the most vulnerable Rhode Islanders. The

circumstances confronting the departments and their directors change often, and their success

calls for continuous planning, assessment, and openness to change; and

     WHEREAS, Central to the departments' ability to meet the evolving needs of Rhode

Islanders is their capacity to use information strategically, and at multiple levels; and

     WHEREAS, A commitment to improving the departments' operations does not happen

by chance, but through thoughtful deliberations and intentional actions; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby respectfully requests that the Executive Office of Health and Human Services create a

health and human service system performance improvement task force with the goal of

establishing performance measures, expectations, and outcomes for the departments EOHHS

oversees. In its work, the task force should include identifying methods to hold specific directors

accountable for meeting performance and outcome measures and expectations; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That this Senate hereby respectfully requests that the task force submit a

written report on recommended performance measures, outcomes, and processes to the General

Assembly on or before March 1, 2015; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this legislation to the Secretary of the Executive Office of Health

and Human Services, and to all directors of offices overseen by the Executive Office of Health

and Human Services.

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