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This bill authorizes the executive chief information technology officer to enter into agreements allowing other entities, including governmental units, hospitals, and nonprofit corporations performing state functions, to use state information technology and cybersecurity services, and also allows the office of information technology services to provide certain cloud computing services to political subdivisions and hospitals. It also updates statutes to ensure that audit reports from the legislative division of post audit are provided to both the chief information technology officer and the chief information security officer, and clarifies that the office of information technology services is responsible for providing or contracting for infrastructure and platform as a service cloud computing within the executive branch, while requiring software as a service applications to be registered with the office. Furthermore, the bill allows the executive chief information technology officer to authorize agencies to procure their own telecommunications services if compatible with state systems, and establishes separate funds for telecommunications/information technology services and cybersecurity services, with fees for each to be deposited into their respective funds.

Budget and Finance, Business and Industry, Government Affairs

Legislative Modernization (House)

https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/sb51/