1. (a) Not later than September 1 of each year, the lead agency shall submit to the governor and the legislature a report on the progress in developing, establishing, and operating the system.

2. (b) The initial report required by Subsection (a) must include:

   1. (1) an interagency data governance plan that includes:

      1. (A) objectives relevant to the system and a framework for achieving those objectives;
      2. (B) the roles and responsibilities of all state entities involved in establishing and maintaining the system; and
      3. (C) documentation of relevant state and federal privacy, cybersecurity, and data collection laws, including rules;

   2. (2) a design plan that includes:

      1. (A) data integration, security, storage, retention, management, processing, and analytics and other products; and
      2. (B) roles and responsibilities of relevant state entity personnel regarding data integration; and

   3. (3) information on the status of:

      1. (A) hiring staff described by Section 10.003(3);
      2. (B) funding applied for and secured; and
      3. (C) the development of an Internet website that includes a preliminary, publicly available consumer data dashboard.

3. (c) Each report required by Subsection (a) following the initial report must include:

   1. (1) updates to the information required by Subsection (b);
   2. (2) an overview on business use cases the system can support; and
   3. (3) information on the development of analytic tools based on the business use cases described by Subdivision (2).

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1088 (H.B. 3963), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.