Assistance with Policy and Regulation Development Sample Clauses
The "Assistance with Policy and Regulation Development" clause outlines the obligation or option for one party to support another in creating, revising, or implementing policies and regulatory frameworks. In practice, this may involve providing expertise, drafting documents, or offering feedback on proposed regulations to ensure compliance with legal or industry standards. This clause is essential for facilitating collaboration and ensuring that policies and regulations are robust, up-to-date, and tailored to the needs of the parties involved.
Assistance with Policy and Regulation Development. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ has developed a broad range of knowledge and skillsets in assisting government agencies with their policy and regulation development efforts. We have specialized expertise with Medicaid and other Health and Human Services policy and regulation assistance, but we have also helped our government clients with policies and regulations in a wide variety of areas including finance and administration, liquor control, motor vehicle licensing, and public safety. Our general approach begins with our initial project plan tasks including an initial planning call, a review of background documentation, a kickoff meeting, and any needed revisions of the work plan and schedule. We often assist clients who need to comply with federal regulations and, as a result, their policies and regulations need to be changed. In other situations, a new program requires new supporting policies and regulations. We use a variety of methods to meet the needs of our clients including: • Research existing federal and state policies, procedures, and regulations • Interview federal and state policy experts for information gathering and validation • Analyze processes and procedures for existing programs to determine compliance with policies and regulations • Identify gaps between federal and state policies and regulations • Prepare supporting documents and federal planning documents • Provide recommendations reports and testimony as needed • Draft policy compliance roadmaps Examples of the assistance we can provide to our clients include: • CMS Advanced Planning Documents • Payment Error Rate Measurement compliance • Medicaid Waiver design, negotiation, and implementation • Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) evaluation • Data governance policies and standards • IT security policy development • Human resources and staffing policy Process improvement is a core service for BerryDunn. We have developed a methodology that draws upon philosophies and tools from Six Sigma and Lean, such as defining the voice of the customer and identifying waste, but that also leverages elements of other business process improvement methodologies. As advisors to the State, our focus on process improvement will include both ongoing, continual assessment of project processes as well as discrete, focused process improvement activities, including facilitating lessons-learned meetings and process- mapping sessions. Our approach is guided by the philosophy that when things go wrong, more often than not t...
Assistance with Policy and Regulation Development. In providing consulting services to not for profit clientele, we assisted in the review and development of policies and procedures. In addition, many of our management team members serve as leaders on various Board organizations throughout the community and are knowledgeable regarding policies and regulation development and continue to assist Boards in this effort. The firm’s assistance with policy development is detailed below: Consultation Type: JESCA Management Study Client: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Community Association, Inc. Project Description Provide consulting assistance to JESCA in the review of its organization, policies, procedures, and financial records. Role in Project: Prime Contractor Description of Methodologies and Tools Used: Overall review of JESCA operations with comparisons to past achievements, plans and standards, achievements of comparable organizations, and the ideal non-profit organization. Description of the Outcome: Consultant study findings/observations and recommendations, along with JESCA management responses.
Assistance with Policy and Regulation Development. Policy and regulation development require an understanding of stakeholder preferences and issues. In our experience, policy development that is transparent and methodical is more likely to be successful in implementation.
Assistance with Policy and Regulation Development. The State of Florida faces significant policy and regulation development challenges, including how to appropriately regulate increased production of hemp, enhance regulations to implement Governor ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ water quality initiative, and respond to the opioid epidemic and COVID-19—major public health challenges that ICF is helping state and federal clients navigate across the country. We tailor our approach to policy and regulation development to each policy question and agency need, building on common elements such as involvement of SMEs, time- tested procedures and tools, and rigorous and adaptable methodologies that provide critical information to decision makers, recognizing the resource and schedule constraints faced by state agencies. ICF begins each policy and regulatory support engagement with an understanding of the reason for the action and available policy instruments, the baseline (“business-as-usual”) conditions, affected entities, and the projected effects of each policy option. Our multidisciplinary team of policy analysts, economists, and scientists brings the necessary expertise and experience to conduct the range of technical analyses necessary to define and evaluate policy options; model social, economic, and environmental impacts; estimate the costs, benefits, and distributional effects (e.g., small business impacts, afford- ability, environmental justice) of regulations; and quantify uncertainty. We provide support through all steps of the rulemaking process, including analyzing and responding to public comments using ICF’s powerful CommentWorks tool. ICF economists, policy analysts, and scientists also conduct retrospective reviews to evaluate and improve existing rules and to help identify opportunities for streamlining deregula- tory efforts.
Assistance with Policy and Regulation Development. MAXIMUS has national experience developing policy manuals based on best practices or processes in other states that have streamlined or improved production and quality. We must also assure that all applicable laws and regulations are complied with and program guidelines are followed. Our services encompass reviewing, analyzing, and recommending policies, revisions, and solutions to help ensure compliance with federal laws and grant programs for a wide range of programs that span the functional areas listed in the RFP. MAXIMUS has found a common need among our clients — the need for policy analysis and technical support to deal with these constant changes; as well as support in answering the challenging questions that can come up, even in the context of well-established programs. Our overarching goal is to provide our clients with the analysis and recommendations needed to make informed management decisions that support federal compliance. Our approach includes: Reviewing and analyzing the laws and policy Identifying approaches to complying with laws and programs Implementing new and revised policies and processes Aligning policies with client processes and document procedures Responding to challenging questions regarding compliance We have a deep understanding of state and federal policies and processes for revising such policies. For example, our understanding of child welfare policy and programmatic functions, Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA), CCWIS regulations, and their implications for system development enables us to assist clients with early planning to align operational processes. Based on best practices in other states, MAXIMUS developed the procedural manual and forms for the new Department of Child Services (DCS) Social Security Unit in Indiana and provided training to all of the unit’s staff. Following our assistance, the DCS Social Security Unit is now providing Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Title II eligibility determinations statewide.
Assistance with Policy and Regulation Development. Assistance with policy and regulation development is often part of larger research, evaluation, and advisory projects. WRMA regularly makes recommendations for new policies and regulations or recommends changes to existing ones based on the results of our studies. For example, as part of our work on the City of Philadelphia Child Welfare Review Panel (CWRP) and the Los Angeles Blue Ribbon Commission on Child Protection projects, WRMA identified where current policies and regulations were insufficient to adequately protect children and recommended new policies to address those insufficiencies. This included policy, program, legislative, and regulatory options to enhance child abuse and neglect prevention; policies for hospitals to screen for and identify children who were potentially abused; contract establishment and monitoring policies for private providers; and policies and standards to identify whether risks were sufficient to remove children from their homes. For the CWRP project, the city subsequently re-engaged WRMA to assist with monitoring activities, which included creating and publishing progress reports.
Assistance with Policy and Regulation Development. PCG understands how policy operates in a live program environment. We also understand how policies and processes can become misaligned with regulation over time, and the heavy lift it takes to continuously realign policy with changes in law/statue. We will bring our expertise in policy research and development and regulation/rule alignment to guide the State of Florida through the process of identifying opportunities for policy updating and/or integration, as needed. This work will include conducting a crosswalk of current regulations compared with written policy to identify gaps and redundancies. Then, creating a plan to examine and redraft policy and/or propose revisions to regulation. PCG will focus on identifying efficiencies for both the state agencies and the individuals served by recommending options to streamline policy across programs, with opportunities to transform processes and manuals for programs toward a more simplified, modernized and centralized approach. More specifically, in our approach, we: Lead and facilitate meetings to review existing policy and regulation Create a plan and subcommittees for development of new or streamlined policy Identify gaps in existing policy or regulation, and propose solutions to address these gaps Assist in the design and development of accessible policy for staff and participants Conduct national and statewide policy research Prepare and issue updates on changes to policy and regulation, to staff and the public Assess other states’ approaches policy and regulation development, and compatibility to Florida In preparation for a policy review and drafting process, we will conduct significant research and provide recommendations for revisions or waivers, with a focus on what can be changed in the short-term, and what changes can/should be made in the future. We will utilize our subject matter specialists who have direct experience in state government to provide the policy knowledge needed. As opposed to a one-size- fits-all model, we will focus our research and policy development model to meet the State of Florida’s needs and bring extensive knowledge of local policy, state policy, federal policy and statute to assist the State: Local Policies PCG conducts local-level assessment and analysis, bringing our experience in areas such as workforce development, education, and asset mapping, to consider municipal- level solutions and alignment with state policy. State Policy PCG compares state program po...
Assistance with Policy and Regulation Development. Our approach to providing assistance with policy and regulation development is demonstrated by several recent projects in Florida, including experience with organizations such as (1) the Florida College Prepaid Board – ABLE Program, where North Highland helped to define business rules and policy, pricing, and systems capabilities for the new program, (2) the Florida Department of Children and Families’ Procurement Playbook where North Highland developed best policy practices for procurement and contract management, and (3) multiple Medical Marijuana programs (e.g., Ohio, New Jersey, Minnesota and Florida), including supporting the Florida Department of Health with preparing a Statement of Estimated Regulatory Costs (SERC) Checklist for the Agency’s draft rules related to this initiative. We work with our clients to support the full lifecycle of policy development and implementation, from strategy articulation to outcomes- focused research, impact analysis, cost analysis, and measures development. In delivering policy and regulation development services, we focus on the following techniques: § Strategic Collaboration – We recognize organizations have multiple direct and indirect stakeholders that are impacted as part of policy and regulation. We have experience in bringing these various stakeholders together to facilitate solutions and understand impacts of the decisions and actions which ultimately get implemented.
Assistance with Policy and Regulation Development. The CDR Team of professionals brings extensive experience in providing targeted, objective, and high-quality management consulting services to public agencies for policy and regulation development. Our professionals’ unique experience developing and adopting policy regulations and regulatory programs for State of Florida agencies is unmatched. With two former State of Florida Chiefs-of-Staff, General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel and two former State of Florida agency directors, CDR team members have successfully completed complex, controversial, multi-objective, multi-stakeholder projects and programs involving the development and adoption of policies and regulations in the State of Florida areas of financial services (CFO), accounting and budget; agriculture, environment, housing and development/bond finance, management services, community affairs and emergency preparedness, transportation planning, and public and private health care. CDR’s high level experience spans two Cabinet level agencies and thirteen state agencies, including all four HHS agencies and policymaking bodies such as the executive branch and the Florida Legislature. Additionally, the CDR Team is uniquely positioned to assist the Florida’s executive branch agencies with rulemaking initiatives, including development of the statutorily required annual regulatory plan. Our team members have been responsible for creating entirely new regulatory structures for emerging industries through rulemaking and continuous updates to existing rules as necessitated by changed policy direction or statutes. More importantly, CDR’s team members also understand when rulemaking is necessary, and have a proven track record of helping state agencies craft rules that are understandable, efficient, meet policy objectives, and withstand legal scrutiny.
Assistance with Policy and Regulation Development. Balmoral is a trusted advisor for a number of state government entities in the area of policy and regulation development. Policy change may be driven by external forces, new legislation, or internal analysis. Our work across multiple agencies in Florida has been successful due to our ability to quickly adopt suggestions and incorporate adjustments to accommodate different agency’s needs and requirements. Balmoral has worked successfully across Florida’s public sector in economic development, water resources, transportation, education, agriculture, and housing/land use policy. Service 5 Policymaking, Rulemaking