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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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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

     Referred To: Placed on Senate Calendar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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and Human Services.

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