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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7184
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
Introduced by:
(GOS)
AN ACT CONCERNING GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Office of Legislative 1
Management shall conduct a study regarding the feasibility of 2
reestablishing the former Legislative Program Review and 3
Investigations Committee, including, but not limited to, the potential 4
composition of its membership, the powers and duties it could assume, 5
what staffing it would require, what costs would be associated with 6
reestablishing and maintaining the committee and any potential 7
benefits of such reestablishment. Not later than February 1, 2026, the 8
executive director of the Office of Legislative Management shall submit 9
a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general 10
statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 11
having cognizance of matters relating to government oversight. Such 12
report shall include any findings of such study and any 13
recommendations for legislation to implement such findings. 14
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section and 15
section 3 of this act, (1) "nonprofit human services provider" means a 16
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nonprofit entity that contracts with the state to provide health and 17
human services that may include, but need not be limited to: (A) 18
Services for persons with a physical disability, (B) services for persons 19
with intellectual disability or developmental disabilities, including, but 20
not limited to, autism spectrum disorder, and (C) behavioral health 21
services; and (2) "purchase of service contract" and "state agency" have 22
the same meanings as provided in section 4-70b of the general statutes, 23
as amended by this act. 24
(b) Not later than January 1, 2026, and every five years thereafter, the 25
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, in consultation 26
with representatives of nonprofit human services providers, complete a 27
review of the state's purchase of service contracts with nonprofit human 28
services providers to determine whether the rates such providers are 29
paid to deliver health and human services pursuant to such contracts 30
adequately compensate such providers for providing the level of 31
services expected by the state agency contracting with such provider. 32
For the purposes of such review, the secretary shall examine the 33
contracts and agreements for such services of not less than two state 34
agencies each year. 35
(c) Not later than February 1, 2027, and every five years thereafter, 36
the secretary shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of 37
section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of 38
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human 39
services, government administration, government oversight and 40
appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Such report shall 41
include (1) a summary of the results of the review conducted under 42
subsection (b) of this section, (2) any applicable recommendations 43
concerning requiring contracting state agencies to reduce contractual 44
expectations if those expectations are not adequately funded by the 45
contract or agreement, and (3) any recommended legislation necessary 46
to implement such recommendations. 47
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than January 1, 2026, 48
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and triennially thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 49
Management shall conduct a review of any reports that nonprofit 50
human services providers are required to file with various state 51
agencies, including requirements for program licensure or certification. 52
Such review shall include, but not be limited to, the number of reports 53
that are required to be filed, the amount of overlapping information in 54
such reports, the time and resources needed for providers to prepare 55
and file the reports, the reasons for requiring such reports and an 56
analysis of how the reports are utilized by the state agency receiving 57
such reports. State agencies and nonprofit human services providers 58
shall provide any information requested by the secretary for purposes 59
of such review. 60
(b) The secretary shall eliminate or consolidate any reporting 61
required by a state agency that the secretary identifies under subsection 62
(a) of this section as unduly burdensome or duplicative, unless such 63
reporting is (1) necessary to prevent fraud or misuse of funds, (2) 64
prescribed under federal law or regulation for the use of federal funds, 65
or (3) required under any provision of state law. 66
(c) Not later than February 1, 2027, and triennially thereafter, the 67
secretary shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of 68
section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of 69
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human 70
services, government administration, government oversight and 71
appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Such report shall 72
include a summary of the results of the review conducted under 73
subsection (a) of this section, any reporting eliminated or consolidated 74
under subsection (b) of this section and any recommendations for any 75
legislation necessary to eliminate burdensome or duplicative reporting 76
requirements required under state law. 77
Sec. 4. Subsection (d) of section 4-70b of the general statutes is 78
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 79
2025): 80
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(d) The secretary shall establish uniform policies and procedures for 81
obtaining, managing and evaluating the quality and cost effectiveness 82
of direct health and human services purchased from a private provider 83
organization or municipality. To the extent permissible under federal 84
law, such policies and procedures shall include, but not be limited to, a 85
requirement that a private provider organization receive payment for 86
any services provided pursuant to a purchase of service contract not 87
later than forty-five days after the receipt of a properly completed claim 88
or the receipt of such services, whichever is later, in accordance with 89
section 4a-71. The secretary shall require all state agencies which 90
purchase direct health and human services to comply with such policies 91
and procedures. 92
Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section: 93
(1) "Consultant" means any professional who (A) is registered or 94
licensed to practice such profession in accordance with the applicable 95
provisions of the general statutes or any planner or any environmental, 96
management or financial specialist, and (B) provides consultant services 97
to a state agency pursuant to a contract with such state agency, 98
including, but not limited to, any architect, professional engineer, 99
accountant, planner or environmental, management or financial 100
specialist; 101
(2) "Consultant services" includes administrative, planning, analysis, 102
statistical or research services rendered by any architect, professional 103
engineer, accountant, planner or environmental, management or 104
financial specialist as well as incidental services that members of such 105
professions and those in their employ are authorized to perform, for 106
purposes of recommending a state agency course of action; 107
(3) "Firm" means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint 108
venture, association or other legal entity authorized by law to offer 109
consultant services; and 110
(4) "State agency" means any office, department, board, council, 111
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commission, institution, constituent unit of the state system of higher 112
education, technical education and career school or other agency in the 113
executive branch of state government. 114
(b) Any state agency that contracts with a firm to provide consulting 115
services at a cost of one hundred thousand dollars or more for purposes 116
of producing a study or other report with recommendations for future 117
actions for the state agency to undertake shall, not later than one year 118
after receiving the results of such study or a final report from such firm, 119
submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 120
general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 121
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government 122
oversight, summarizing the findings of the entity's report, whether any 123
recommendations have been implemented by the agency, whether the 124
state agency intends to implement any such recommendations in the 125
future and, if applicable, by what date. 126
Sec. 6. Section 2-90 of the general statutes is amended by adding 127
subsection (j) as follows (Effective October 1, 2025): 128
(NEW) (j) Said auditors shall audit, in accordance with the provisions 129
of section 7 of this act, the records and accounts of any municipality that 130
received a grant, as described in section 7 of this act, to the extent 131
necessary to determine how the funds of such grant were used. Any 132
municipality being audited by said auditors shall provide any 133
information said auditors deem necessary to conduct such audit. 134
Sec. 7. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) On and after October 1, 135
2025, any municipality, as defined in section 4-66l of the general statutes, 136
that receives a grant of funds from the state for purposes of conducting 137
a study shall report (1) the completion of such study to the Auditors of 138
Public Accounts for potential audit of any funds provided for such 139
study, and (2) the findings of any such study to the Office of Policy and 140
Management for posting on the Municipal Grant Portal established 141
under section 4-68dd of the general statutes, as amended by this act, on 142
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a form prescribed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 143
Management. A municipality shall not be eligible to receive more than 144
one such state grant from a state agency through the same grant 145
program for purposes of the same study within a three-year period. 146
(b) The auditors shall submit, in accordance with the provisions of 147
section 11-4a of the general statutes, a report with the results of any such 148
audit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 149
cognizance of matters relating to government oversight. The auditors 150
may consolidate such reports, provided such reports shall be submitted 151
to the committee not less than annually. 152
Sec. 8. Section 4-68dd of the general statutes is repealed and the 153
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 154
(a) [The] Not later than January 1, 2026, the Secretary of the Office of 155
Policy and Management shall, within available appropriations, 156
establish and maintain a single electronic portal available on the Internet 157
and located on the Office of Policy and Management's Internet web site 158
for the purpose of posting all state-funded municipal grant applications. 159
Such electronic portal shall be known as the Municipal Grant Portal. 160
(b) The Municipal Grant Portal shall include, but not be limited to: (1) 161
All state-funded municipal grant applications and municipal 162
reimbursement request forms, (2) a searchable database for locating 163
information regarding state-funded municipal grants, [and] (3) not later 164
than July 1, 2026, a searchable database of the reported findings of any 165
study funded by a state grant, as described in section 7 of this act, and 166
(4) features to encourage the active recruitment and participation of 167
municipalities in the state-funded municipal grant application process. 168
Sec. 9. Section 4a-57d of the general statutes is repealed and the 169
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 170
(a) On or before January 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Administrative 171
Services, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner, the president of 172
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The University of Connecticut and the Commissioner of Transportation, 173
or their designees, shall submit a report, in accordance with the 174
provisions of section 11-4a, to the Governor and the joint standing 175
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 176
relating to labor. Such report shall include (1) an analysis of any law or 177
economic factor that results in a resident bidder being at a disadvantage 178
to a nonresident bidder in submitting the lowest responsible qualified 179
bid, (2) the reason any enacted law designed to give preference to state 180
citizens for employment on public works projects is not being enforced, 181
and (3) recommendations for administrative or legislative action, within 182
the confines of clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 of the United States 183
Constitution, to increase the number of state contracts awarded to 184
resident bidders through an in-state contract preference or otherwise. 185
(b) On or before July 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Administrative 186
Services shall develop and implement a program to increase the number 187
of state contracts awarded to resident bidders through an in-state 188
contract preference or other method selected by the commissioner, 189
provided such program shall not violate clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 190
of the United States Constitution. In developing such program, the 191
commissioner shall consider the findings contained in the report made 192
in accordance with subsection (a) of this section. 193
(c) On or before February 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the 194
Commissioner of Administrative Services shall submit a report, in 195
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing 196
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 197
relating to government administration on the number of state contracts 198
in excess of fifty thousand dollars that the Department of 199
Administrative Services awarded to nonresident bidders during the 200
calendar year immediately preceding such report, including a 201
description of the goods or services provided pursuant to such contract, 202
the term and cost of the contract and the method of selecting the 203
nonresident bidder. The commissioner may consolidate such report 204
with any other report required to be submitted to such committee. 205
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Sec. 10. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) On or before February 1, 206
2026, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Transportation shall 207
submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 208
general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 209
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation on the 210
number of state contracts in excess of fifty thousand dollars that the 211
Department of Transportation awarded to nonresident bidders during 212
the calendar year immediately preceding such report, including a 213
description of the goods or services provided pursuant to such contract, 214
the term and cost of the contract and the method of selecting the 215
nonresident bidder. The commissioner may consolidate such report 216
with any other report required to be submitted to such committee. 217
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
Sec. 4 July 1, 2025 4-70b(d)
Sec. 5 from passage New section
Sec. 6 October 1, 2025 2-90(j)
Sec. 7 October 1, 2025 New section
Sec. 8 October 1, 2025 4-68dd
Sec. 9 October 1, 2025 4a-57d
Sec. 10 October 1, 2025 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require (1) a study of reestablishing the Legislative Program Review
and Investigations Committee, (2) the Secretary of the Office of Policy
and Management to conduct reviews of the level of services and
reporting requirements of nonprofit human services providers, (3)
reporting of state agency implementation of certain consultant reports,
(4) audits and reporting of certain municipal grants, and (5) annual
reporting of nonresident bidder contracts of the Departments of
Administrative Services and Transportation.
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