General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 467
February Session, 2010 *_____SB00467GAE___032510____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 467
February Session, 2010
*_____SB00467GAE___032510____*
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE LEAN GOVERNMENT STEERING COMMITTEE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) For the purposes of this section, "lean techniques" means a method of improving administrative processes that (1) is based upon a focus on a customer service perspective that seeks to optimize value delivered to the public, (2) involves employees, the regulated community and the public in continual improvements and the finding of solutions, (3) uses a continual improvement framework that emphasizes rapid implementation rather than lengthy planning, (4) seeks to reduce the complexity of the process, and (5) uses metrics and visual controls to improve decision making and problem solving.
(b) There is established the Lean Government Steering Committee to develop a plan to implement lean techniques in state agencies. The Governor shall appoint five members of the business community who have experience with lean techniques: One member from the banking industry, one member from the service sector, one member from the manufacturing sector, one member from the healthcare industry and one member from a collective bargaining unit. A representative from the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology shall be a nonvoting member of said committee.
(c) All appointments to the committee shall be made not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.
(d) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or a designee, shall serve as the chairperson of the committee. Such chairperson shall schedule the first meeting of the committee, which shall be held not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section.
(e) The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology shall assist said committee to develop a plan for the implementation of lean techniques in state agencies, including, but not limited to, which agencies should implement lean techniques first, which processes should be made more efficient, a method for such implementation and the goals of such implementation.
(f) Not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section, the committee shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the president pro tempore of the Senate and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes.
Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) One hundred thousand dollars of the money appropriated to the CCAT-CT Manufacturing Supply Chain account in section 11 of public act 09-3 of the June special session shall be used by the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, to provide assistance to the Lean Government Steering Committee in accordance with section 1 of this act.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
A reference to the applicable fiscal year was added to section 2 for clarity.
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