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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5574
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
Introduced by:
(GOS)
AN ACT REQUIRING THE REPORTING OF THE STATUS OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CREATES
PROJECT REPORT CONCERNING DIGITIZATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) Not later than February 1, 2026, the 1
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall report to the joint 2
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 3
matters relating to government oversight, in accordance with the 4
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, on the status of 5
digitization efforts by state agencies to implement the CREATES project 6
report recommendations. Such report shall include, but need not be 7
limited to, the status of hiring staff, as necessary to implement such 8
recommendations, the capital funding, the implementation and any 9
realized savings for the following programs as of December 31, 2025: 10
(1) The Department of Revenue Services, concerning the data-driven 11
tax compliance program; 12
(2) The Office of Policy and Management, concerning the state-wide 13
grants program and portal; 14
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(3) The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities , 15
concerning streamlining affirmative action reporting; 16
(4) The office of the Treasurer, Department of Administrative 17
Services and Office of Policy and Management, concerning creating a 18
common payment platform; 19
(5) The Department of Administrative Services, concerning creating 20
a state-wide digital service center; 21
(6) The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, 22
concerning implementing an electronic health record system; and 23
(7) The Labor Department, on the unemployment insurance 24
modernization upgrades. 25
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than February 1, 2026, 26
and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 27
Management shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of 28
section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of 29
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 30
government oversight. Such report shall include, but need not be 31
limited to, a summary of the overtime granted by each agency and the 32
management tools utilized by each agency to attempt to curtail such 33
overtime. 34
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
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to
report on the status of implementation of the CREATES project report
recommendations concerning digitization of agency programs and to
report annually concerning overtime worked within agencies.
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[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. CANDELORA V., 86th Dist.; REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.
REP. RUTIGLIANO, 123rd Dist.; REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist.
REP. PERILLO J., 113th Dist.; REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist.
REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist.; REP. CARNEY, 23rd Dist.
REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.
H.B. 5574