Chief Resilience Officer

(a) The Commissioner of Insurance shall designate a Chief Resilience Officer within the Department of Insurance to coordinate the activities of the council established pursuant to Section 27-2-81 and lead the development, maintenance, and implementation of the statewide resilience plan. (b) The duties of the Chief Resilience Officer shall be as follows: (1) Conduct a comprehensive inventory of Alabama’s resilience assets. (2) Identify areas of collaboration among state agencies, areas of overlap, and potential shareable resources. (3) Review resilience programs from both inside Alabama and among comparable states. (4) Engage state agencies to examine how to best collect, organize, analyze, and communicate data in ways that advance Alabama’s resilience principles. (5) Identify and enhance state agency knowledge of statewide resilience efforts. (6) Identify and pursue funding through federal, state, and private opportunities to promote resilience in the State of Alabama. (Act 2026-607, §5.)