Florida SB 1292: Medicaid

Bill Text

1292 
Information Technology Procurement and Contracting 
2026-01-07T03:33:58Z 
Providing that the Bureau of Enterprise Project Management and Oversight is within the Florida Digital Service; requiring the Florida Digital Service to manage certain contracts, report certain information to specified parties annually, and adopt certain rules; creating the Bureau of Enterprise Project Management and Oversight within the Florida Digital Service; providing contract requirements for certain information technology commodities and services, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1292 

 By Senator Martin 

 33-01643-26 20261292__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to information technology procurement 
 3 and contracting; amending s. 20.22, F.S.; providing 
 4 that the Bureau of Enterprise Project Management and 
 5 Oversight is within the Florida Digital Service; 
 6 amending s. 282.0041, F.S.; revising definitions and 
 7 defining terms; amending s. 282.0051, F.S.; revising 
 8 the duties and responsibilities of the Florida Digital 
 9 Service; requiring the Florida Digital Service to 
 10 manage certain contracts, report certain information 
 11 to specified parties annually, and adopt certain 
 12 rules; creating s. 282.00513, F.S.; creating the 
 13 Bureau of Enterprise Project Management and Oversight 
 14 within the Florida Digital Service; providing duties 
 15 and responsibilities of the bureau; requiring certain 
 16 parties to designate a chief of the bureau; creating 
 17 s. 282.00514, F.S.; requiring state agencies to 
 18 include specified information in certain solicitations 
 19 and contracts; requiring state agencies to follow 
 20 certain processes and use certain forms in certain 
 21 circumstances; requiring the Florida Digital Service 
 22 to provide consultation and work cooperatively with 
 23 specified entities in certain circumstances; requiring 
 24 certain state agencies to take certain actions 
 25 involving specified contracts; requiring state 
 26 agencies to provide information in a specified format; 
 27 amending s. 282.00515, F.S.; conforming provisions to 
 28 changes made by the act; amending s. 287.057, F.S.; 
 29 requiring the Department of Management Services to 
 30 maintain a specified repository for certain records; 
 31 creating s. 287.0583, F.S.; providing contract 
 32 requirements for certain information technology 
 33 commodities and services; amending s. 287.0591, F.S.; 
 34 revising requirements for information technology 
 35 competitive solicitations; providing an effective 
 36 date. 
 37 
 38 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 39 
 40 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 
 41 20.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 42 20.22 Department of Management Services.—There is created a 
 43 Department of Management Services. 
 44 (2) The following divisions, programs, and services within 
 45 the Department of Management Services are established: 
 46 (b) The Florida Digital Service, which shall include the 
 47 Bureau of Enterprise Project Management and Oversight. 
 48 Section 2. Present subsections (24) through (38) of section 
 49 282.0041, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (25) 
 50 through (39), respectively, a new subsection (24) is added to 
 51 that section, and present subsections (27) and (29) of that 
 52 section are amended, to read: 
 53 282.0041 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term: 
 54 (24) “Major information technology system” means an 
 55 information technology system with a total cost of ownership of 
 56 $10 million or more which directly serves or impacts end users 
 57 in the delivery of constituent-facing services or which supports 
 58 mission-critical operations essential to a state agency’s 
 59 statutory duties or core business functions. 
 60 (28)(27) “Project oversight” means an independent review 
 61 and assessment analysis of an information technology project 
 62 which that provides information on the project’s scope, 
 63 completion timeframes, performance measurement, and budget and 
 64 which that identifies and quantifies issues or risks affecting 
 65 the successful and timely completion of the project. 
 66 (30)(29) “Risk assessment” means the process of identifying 
 67 operational risks and security risks, determining their 
 68 magnitude, and identifying areas needing safeguards. 
 69 Section 3. Section 282.0051, Florida Statutes, is amended 
 70 to read: 
 71 282.0051 Department of Management Services; Florida Digital 
 72 Service; powers, duties, and functions.— 
 73 (1) The Florida Digital Service is has been created within 
 74 the department to propose innovative solutions that securely 
 75 modernize state government, including technology and information 
 76 services, to achieve value through digital transformation and 
 77 interoperability, and to fully support the cl