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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-4114" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="41" subtitle_name="Department of Social and Economic Mobility">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Governor’s Subcabinet on Socioeconomic Procurement Participation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Governor’s Subcabinet is composed of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Secretary of Social and Economic Mobility, who shall serve as chair of the Subcabinet;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Secretary of Budget and Management, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Secretary of Commerce, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the Secretary of General Services, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the Secretary of Health, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the Secretary of Housing and Community Development, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>the Secretary of Human Services, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>the Secretary of Information Technology, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>the Secretary of Labor, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>the Secretary of Transportation, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families, or the Secretary’s Designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>the Chief Procurement Officer for the State, or the Chief Procurement Officer’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>the Minority Business Enterprise Ombudsman, or the Ombudsman’s designee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="15">
      <text>any other head of a department or agency that is accountable to the Governor, as deemed necessary by the Governor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Governor’s Subcabinet shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>meet:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a minimum of once each quarter; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>at a frequency deemed appropriate by the chair;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>study socioeconomic procurement programs in other states to identify successes and best practices;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>develop accountability measures for procurement forecasts, strategic plans, Procurement Review Group processes, and liaison officer accountability;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>work with the Office of State Procurement to implement process improvements that directly impact socioeconomic procurement businesses’ ability to fairly compete for and understand State contracting opportunities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>identify and recommend statutory and regulatory reforms to strengthen and improve the State’s socioeconomic procurement programs; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>recommend actions to make improvements to the Small Business Reserve Program, the Minority Business Enterprise Program, and the Veteran Small Business Enterprise Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On or before December 31, 2025, and each December 1 thereafter, the Governor’s Subcabinet shall report to the Governor on the Governor’s Subcabinet’s activities, progress, and recommendations.</text>
  </level>
</section>
