Summary:

 House Bill 181 (HB 181) requires state agencies to submit an accountability and evaluation plan for programs and projects that receive funding from the Government Results and Opportunity Expandable Trust to the State Budget Division of the Department of Finance and Administration and the Legislative Finance Committee.  

Legislation Overview:

 House Bill 181 (HB 181) enacts a new section of the Accountability in Government Act to read: 

A. The State Budget Division (SBD) and the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) are to develop instructions for agencies to submit an accountability and evaluation plan for each program or project that is funded by an appropriation from the Government Results and Opportunity Expandable Trust. The plan must, for each program or project: 

(1) identify the goals, objectives and expected outputs and outcomes; 
(2) describe the specific activities of the program or project and how those activities will achieve expected outcomes; 
(3) provide a summary of whether the program or project is evidence-based, research-based, promising or does not yet have rigorous research on its effectiveness; 
(4) provide a list of performance measures and a monitoring plan to regularly assess performance; 
(5) provide an evaluation plan to assess the causal impact on expected outcomes; and 
(6) describe the methods and timeline for releasing accountability and evaluation results to the SBD, the LFC and the public. 

B. On or before May 1 of each year, the SBD must notify each agency that they are required to submit an accountability and evaluation plan. The agency must submit the plan to the SBD and LFC on or before July 1 of the year the appropriation is made and, if the SBD and LFC require, a revised plan on or before September 1 of the same year. 

C. On or before July 15 of the final year of an appropriation for a program or project, the SBD and LFC must consider the evaluation performed on the program or project and make recommendations regarding inclusion of the program in the agency's budget for the following fiscal year.
 

Current Law:

 The proposed requirements and responsible parties are not identified in current law.