Sec. 9. (a) The governor shall appoint a chief data officer, who serves at the pleasure of the governor.

     (b) The chief data officer shall do the following:

(1) Serve as the executive head of the MPH.

(2) Advise executive state agencies and political subdivisions regarding state best practices concerning the creation and maintenance of data.

(3) Coordinate data analytics and transparency master planning for the executive state agencies and provide leadership regarding state data analytics and transparency.

As added by P.L.269-2017, SEC.5.