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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5574
January Session, 2025
AN ACT REQUIRING THE REPORTING OF THE STATUS OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CREATES
PROJECT REPORT CONCERNING DIGITIZATION AND OTHER
UPGRADES AND REPORTS CONCERNING OVERTIME AND
FINGERPRINTING.
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
(3) The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, 15 Substitute Bill No. 5574
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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 state agency and 32
the management tools utilized by each state agency to attempt to curtail 33
such overtime. 34
Sec. 3. (Effective from passage) On or before January 15, 2026, the 35
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall 36
submit a report to joint standing committees of the General Assembly 37
having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and government 38
oversight, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 39
general statutes. Such report shall contain data for fingerprinting 40
conducted by the Division of State Police within the Department of 41
Emergency Services and Public Protection for purposes of a criminal 42
history records check required pursuant to any provision of the general 43
statutes, including the number of individuals fingerprinted, the reason 44
for such fingerprinting and the number of days it took to grant each such 45
request after receipt of the request, for the six-month period 46 Substitute Bill No. 5574
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commencing on July 1, 2025, until December 31, 2025, inclusive. 47
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 from passage New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 2, "state" was added before "agency" for clarity.
GOS Joint Favorable Subst.