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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7184
January Session, 2025
AN ACT CONCERNING GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT , INCLUDING A
REVIEW OF STATE PURCHASE OF SERVICE CONTRACTS WITH
NONPROFIT PROVIDERS, STATE AGENCY CONTRACTS FOR
CONSULTING SERVICES, MUNICIPAL GRANTS AND CERTAIN
NONRESIDENT BIDDER CONTRACT AWARDS .
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 duties, responsibilities and staffing of the former 3
Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee within the 4
joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 5
matters relating to government oversight, including, but not limited to, 6
what additional staffing it would require, what costs would be 7
associated with providing additional resources for the committee and 8
any potential benefits of such reestablishment. Not later than February 9
1, 2026, the executive director of the Office of Legislative Management 10
shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 11
of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 12
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government 13
oversight. Such report shall include any findings of such study and any 14
recommendations for legislation to implement such findings. 15
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section and 16 Substitute Bill No. 7184
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section 3 of this act, (1) "nonprofit human services provider" means a 17
nonprofit entity that contracts with the state to provide health and 18
human services that may include, but need not be limited to: (A) 19
Services for persons with a physical disability, (B) services for persons 20
with intellectual disability or developmental disabilities, including, but 21
not limited to, autism spectrum disorder, and (C) behavioral health 22
services; and (2) "purchase of service contract" and "state agency" have 23
the same meanings as provided in section 4-70b of the general statutes, 24
as amended by this act. 25
(b) Not later than January 1, 2026, and every five years thereafter, the 26
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, in consultation 27
with representatives of nonprofit human services providers, complete a 28
review of the state's purchase of service contracts with nonprofit human 29
services providers to determine whether the rates such providers are 30
paid to deliver health and human services pursuant to such contracts 31
adequately compensate such providers for providing the level of 32
services expected by the state agency contracting with such provider. 33
For any review conducted after July 1, 2026, the secretary shall examine 34
the contracts and agreements for such services of not less than two state 35
agencies each year. 36
(c) Not later than February 1, 2027, and every five years thereafter, 37
the secretary shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of 38
section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of 39
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human 40
services, government administration, government oversight and 41
appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Such report shall 42
include (1) a summary of the results of the review conducted under 43
subsection (b) of this section, (2) any applicable recommendations 44
concerning requiring contracting state agencies to reduce contractual 45
expectations if those expectations are not adequately funded by the 46
contract or agreement, and (3) any recommended legislation necessary 47
to implement such recommendations. 48
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than January 1, 2026, 49 Substitute Bill No. 7184
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and triennially thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 50
Management shall conduct a review of any reports that nonprofit 51
human services providers are required to file with various state 52
agencies, including requirements for program licensure or certification. 53
Such review shall include, but not be limited to, the number of reports 54
that are required to be filed, the amount of overlapping information in 55
such reports, the time and resources needed for providers to prepare 56
and file the reports, the reasons for requiring such reports and an 57
analysis of how the reports are utilized by the state agency receiving 58
such reports. State agencies and nonprofit human services providers 59
shall provide any information requested by the secretary for purposes 60
of such review. 61
(b) The secretary shall eliminate or consolidate any reporting 62
required by a state agency that the secretary identifies under subsection 63
(a) of this section as unduly burdensome or duplicative, unless such 64
reporting is (1) necessary to prevent fraud or misuse of funds, (2) 65
prescribed under federal law or regulation for the use of federal funds, 66
or (3) required under any provision of state law. 67
(c) Not later than February 1, 2027, and triennially thereafter, the 68
secretary shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of 69
section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of 70
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human 71
services, government administration, government oversight and 72
appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Such report shall 73
include a summary of the results of the review conducted under 74
subsection (a) of this section, any reporting eliminated or consolidated 75
under subsection (b) of this section and any recommendations for any 76
legislation necessary to eliminate burdensome or duplicative reporting 77
requirements required under state law. 78
Sec. 4. Subsection (d) of section 4-70b of the general statutes is 79
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 80
2025): 81 Substitute Bill No. 7184
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(d) The secretary shall establish uniform policies and procedures for 82
obtaining, managing and evaluating the quality and cost effectiveness 83
of direct health and human services purchased from a private provider 84
organization or municipality. To the extent permissible under federal 85
law, such policies and procedures shall include, but not be limited to, a 86
requirement that a private provider organization receive payment for 87
any services provided pursuant to a purchase of service contract not 88
later than forty-five days after the receipt of a properly completed claim 89
or the receipt of such services, whichever is later, in accordance with 90
section 4a-71. The secretary shall require all state agencies which 91
purchase direct health and human services to comply with such policies 92
and procedures. 93
Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section: 94
(1) "Consultant" means any professional who (A) is registered or 95
licensed to practice such profession in accordance with the applicable 96
provisions of the general statutes or any planner or any environmental, 97
management or financial specialist, and (B) provides consultant services 98
to a state agency pursuant to a contract with such state agency, 99
including, but not limited to, any architect, professional engineer, 100
accountant, planner or environmental, management or financial 101
specialist; 102
(2) "Consultant services" includes administrative, planning, analysis, 103
statistical or research services rendered by any architect, professional 104
engineer, accountant, planner or environmental, management or 105
financial specialist as well as incidental services that members of such 106
professions and those in their employ are authorized to perform, for 107
purposes of recommending a state agency course of action; 108
(3) "Firm" means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint 109
venture, association or other legal entity authorized by law to offer 110
consultant services; and 111
(4) "State agency" means any office, department, board, council, 112
commission, institution, constituent unit of the state system of higher 113 Substitute Bill No. 7184
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education, technical education and career school or other agency in the 114
executive branch of state government. 115
(b) Any state agency that contracts with a firm to provide consulting 116
services at a cost of one hundred thousand dollars or more for purposes 117
of producing a study or other report with recommendations for future 118
actions for the state agency to undertake shall, not later than one year 119
after receiving the results of such study or a final report from such firm, 120
submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 121
general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 122
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government 123
oversight, summarizing the findings of the entity's report, whether any 124
recommendations have been implemented by the agency, whether the 125
state agency intends to implement any such recommendations in the 126
future and, if applicable, by what date. 127
Sec. 6. Section 2-90 of the general statutes is amended by adding 128
subsection (j) as follows (Effective October 1, 2025): 129
(NEW) (j) Said auditors shall audit, in accordance with the provisions 130
of section 7 of this act, the records and accounts of any municipality that 131
received a grant, as described in section 7 of this act, to the extent 132
necessary to determine how the funds of such grant were used. Any 133
municipality being audited by said auditors shall provide any 134
information said auditors deem necessary to conduct such audit. 135
Sec. 7. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) On and after October 1, 136
2025, any municipality, as defined in section 4-66l of the general statutes, 137
that receives a grant of funds from the state for purposes of conducting 138
a study shall report (1) the completion of such study to the Auditors of 139
Public Accounts for potential audit of any funds provided for such 140
study, and (2) the findings of any such study to the Office of Policy and 141
Management for posting on the Municipal Grant Portal established 142
under section 4-68dd of the general statutes, as amended by this act, on 143
a form prescribed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 144
Management. A municipality shall not be eligible to receive more than 145 Substitute Bill No. 7184
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one such state grant from a state agency through the same grant 146
program for purposes of the same study within a three-year period. 147
(b) The auditors shall submit, in accordance with the provisions of 148
section 11-4a of the general statutes, a report with the results of any such 149
audit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 150
cognizance of matters relating to government oversight. The auditors 151
may consolidate such reports, provided such reports shall be submitted 152
to the committee not less than annually. 153
Sec. 8. Section 4-68dd of the general statutes is repealed and the 154
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 155
(a) [The] Not later than January 1, 2026, the Secretary of the Office of 156
Policy and Management shall, within available appropriations, 157
establish and maintain a single electronic portal available on the Internet 158
and located on the Office of Policy and Management's Internet web site 159
for the purpose of posting all state-funded municipal grant applications. 160
Such electronic portal shall be known as the Municipal Grant Portal. 161
(b) The Municipal Grant Portal shall include, but not be limited to: (1) 162
All state-funded municipal grant applications and municipal 163
reimbursement request forms, (2) a searchable database for locating 164
information regarding state-funded municipal grants, [and] (3) not later 165
than July 1, 2026, a searchable database of the reported findings of any 166
study funded by a state grant, as described in section 7 of this act, and 167
(4) features to encourage the active recruitment and participation of 168
municipalities in the state-funded municipal grant application process. 169
Sec. 9. Section 4a-57d of the general statutes is repealed and the 170
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 171
(a) On or before January 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Administrative 172
Services, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner, the president of 173
The University of Connecticut and the Commissioner of Transportation, 174
or their designees, shall submit a report, in accordance with the 175
provisions of section 11-4a, to the Governor and the joint standing 176 Substitute Bill No. 7184
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committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 177
relating to labor. Such report shall include (1) an analysis of any law or 178
economic factor that results in a resident bidder being at a disadvantage 179
to a nonresident bidder in submitting the lowest responsible qualified 180
bid, (2) the reason any enacted law designed to give preference to state 181
citizens for employment on public works projects is not being enforced, 182
and (3) recommendations for administrative or legislative action, within 183
the confines of clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 of the United States 184
Constitution, to increase the number of state contracts awarded to 185
resident bidders through an in-state contract preference or otherwise. 186
(b) On or before July 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Administrative 187
Services shall develop and implement a program to increase the number 188
of state contracts awarded to resident bidders through an in-state 189
contract preference or other method selected by the commissioner, 190
provided such program shall not violate clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 191
of the United States Constitution. In developing such program, the 192
commissioner shall consider the findings contained in the report made 193
in accordance with subsection (a) of this section. 194
(c) On or before February 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the 195
Commissioner of Administrative Services shall submit a report, in 196
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing 197
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 198
relating to government administration on the number of state contracts 199
in excess of fifty thousand dollars that the Department of 200
Administrative Services awarded to nonresident bidders during the 201
calendar year immediately preceding such report, including a 202
description of the goods or services provided pursuant to such contract, 203
the term and cost of the contract and the method of selecting the 204
nonresident bidder. The commissioner may consolidate such report 205
with any other report required to be submitted to such committee. 206
Sec. 10. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) On or before February 1, 207
2026, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Transportation shall 208
submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 209 Substitute Bill No. 7184
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general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 210
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation on the 211
number of state contracts in excess of fifty thousand dollars that the 212
Department of Transportation awarded to nonresident bidders during 213
the calendar year immediately preceding such report, including a 214
description of the goods or services provided pursuant to such contract, 215
the term and cost of the contract and the method of selecting the 216
nonresident bidder. The commissioner may consolidate such report 217
with any other report required to be submitted to such committee. 218
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
GOS Joint Favorable Subst.