LCO 1 of 4
General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 432
February Session, 2024
AN ACT CONCERNING STATE CONTRACTS WITH NONPROFIT
HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section and 1
section 2 of this act, (1) "nonprofit human services provider" means a 2
nonprofit entity that contracts with the state to provide health and 3
human services that may include, but need not be limited to: (A) 4
Services for persons with a physical disability, (B) services for persons 5
with intellectual disability or developmental disabilities, including, but 6
not limited to, autism spectrum disorder, and (C) behavioral health 7
services; and (2) "purchase of service contract" and "state agency" have 8
the same meanings as provided in section 4-70b of the general statutes. 9
(b) Not later than January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the 10
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, in consultation 11
with representatives of nonprofit human services providers, complete a 12
review of the state's purchase of service contracts with nonprofit human 13
services providers to determine whether the rates such providers are 14
paid to deliver health and human services pursuant to such contracts 15
adequately compensate such providers for providing the level of 16
services expected by the state agency contracting with such provider. 17
(c) Not later than February 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the 18
secretary shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of 19 Substitute Bill No. 432
LCO 2 of 4
section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of 20
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human 21
services, government administration and appropriations and the 22
budgets of state agencies. Such report shall include (1) a summary of the 23
results of the review conducted under subsection (b) of this section, (2) 24
any applicable recommendations concerning requiring contracting state 25
agencies to reduce contractual expectations if those expectations are not 26
adequately funded by the contract, and (3) any recommended 27
legislation necessary to implement such recommendations. 28
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than January 1, 2025, 29
and triennially thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 30
Management shall conduct a review of any reports that nonprofit 31
human services providers are required to file with various state 32
agencies. Such review shall include, but not be limited to, looking at the 33
number of reports that are required to be filed, the amount of 34
overlapping information in such reports, the time and resources needed 35
for providers to prepare and file the reports, the reasons for requiring 36
such reports and an analysis of how the reports are utilized by the state 37
agency receiving such reports. State agencies and nonprofit human 38
services providers shall provide any information requested by the 39
secretary for purposes of such review. 40
(b) The secretary shall eliminate or consolidate any reporting 41
required by a state agency that the secretary identifies under subsection 42
(a) of this section as unduly burdensome or duplicative, unless such 43
reporting is (1) necessary to prevent fraud or misuse of funds, (2) 44
prescribed under federal law or regulation for the use of federal funds, 45
or (3) required under any provision of state law. 46
(c) Not later than February 1, 2025, and triennially thereafter, the 47
secretary shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of 48
section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of 49
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human 50
services, government administration and appropriations and the 51
budgets of state agencies. Such report shall include a summary of the 52 Substitute Bill No. 432
LCO 3 of 4
results of the review conducted under subsection (a) of this section, any 53
reporting eliminated or consolidated under subsection (a) of this section 54
and any recommendations for any legislation necessary to eliminate 55
burdensome or duplicative reporting requirements required under state 56
law. 57
Sec. 3. Subsection (d) of section 4-70b of the general statutes is 58
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 59
2024): 60
(d) The secretary shall establish uniform policies and procedures for 61
obtaining, managing and evaluating the quality and cost effectiveness 62
of direct health and human services purchased from a private provider 63
organization or municipality. Such policies and procedures shall 64
include, but not be limited to, a requirement that a private provider 65
organization receive payment for any services provided pursuant to a 66
purchase of service contract not later than thirty days after delivery of 67
such services. The secretary shall require all state agencies which 68
purchase direct health and human services to comply with such policies 69
and procedures. 70
Sec. 4. (Effective from passage) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and 71
Management, in consultation with the State Comptroller, shall (1) 72
conduct a review of the CORE-CT system to detect inefficiencies, in 73
particular accessibility issues or financial reporting inefficiencies, 74
concerning the use of said system by nonprofit private provider 75
organizations that provide health and human services to residents of 76
this state pursuant to contracts with state agencies, and (2) update any 77
features of the CORE-CT system that are identified pursuant to such 78
review as outdated. 79
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 from passage New section
Sec. 3 July 1, 2024 4-70b(d) Substitute Bill No. 432
LCO 4 of 4
Sec. 4 from passage New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 2(c), "annually" was changed to "triennially" for consistency.
GAE Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO