(a) Requirement. – Notwithstanding any other provision of law, information technology personal services contracts for executive branch agencies shall be subject to the same requirements and procedures as information technology service contracts, except as provided in this section.

(b) Certain Approvals Required. – Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no information technology personal services contract, nor any contract that provides personnel to perform information technology functions regardless of the cost of the contract, may be established or renewed without written approval from the Department of Information Technology. To facilitate compliance with this requirement, the Department of Information Technology shall develop and document a process to monitor all State agency information technology personal services contracts, as well as any other State contracts providing personnel to perform information technology functions and a process for obtaining approval of contractor positions.

(c), (d)  Repealed by Session Laws 2019-200, s. 2, effective August 21, 2019.

(e) Reporting Required. – The Department of Information Technology shall report biennially to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology and the Fiscal Research Division on the number of information technology service contractors in each State agency, the cost for each, and the comparable cost, including benefits, of a State employee serving in that capacity rather than a contractor.

(f) Information Technology Personal Services Contract Defined. – For purposes of this section, the term “personal services contract” means a contract for services provided by a professional individual as an independent contractor on a temporary or occasional basis.

(g) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-200, s. 2, effective August 21, 2019. (2015-241, s. 26.2(b); 2019-200, s. 2.)