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(15) $20,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 1 fiscal year 2024 is provided solely for statewide electronic health 2 records projects, which must comply with the approved statewide 3 electronic health records plan. The purpose of the plan is to 4 implement a common technology solution to leverage shared business 5 processes and data across the state in support of client services. 6 (a) The statewide electronic health records plan must include, 7 but is not limited to, the following elements: 8 (i) A proposed governance model for the electronic health records 9 solution; 10 (ii) An implementation plan for the technology solution from 11 kickoff through five years maintenance and operations post 12 implementation; 13 (iii) A technology budget to include estimated budget and 14 resources needed to implement the electronic health records solution 15 by agency and across the state, including fund sources and all 16 technology budget element requirements as outlined in section 701(4) 17 of this act; 18 (iv) A licensing plan in consultation with the department of 19 enterprise services that seeks to utilize the state data center; 20 (v) A procurement approach, in consultation with the department 21 of enterprise services; 22 (vi) A system that must be capable of being continually updated, 23 as necessary; 24 (vii) A system that will use an agile development model holding 25 live demonstrations of functioning software, developed using 26 incremental user research, held at the end of every two-week sprint; 27 (viii) A system that will deploy usable functionality into 28 production for users within 180 days from the date there is an 29 executed procurement contract after a competitive request for 30 proposal is closed; 31 (ix) A system that uses quantifiable deliverables that must 32 include live, accessible demonstrations of software in development to 33 program staff and end users at each sprint or at least monthly; 34 (x) A requirement that the agency implementing its electronic 35 health record solution must invite the office and the agency 36 comptrollers or their designee to sprint reviews; 37 (xi) A requirement that there is an annual independent audit of 38 the system to evaluate compliance of the software solution vendor's 39 p. 147 ESSB 5187.SL