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OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 7184
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
§ 1 — PRI STUDY
Requires OLM to study the feasibility of reestablishing PRI within the Government Oversight
Committee
§ 2 — ADEQUATE COMPE NSATION FOR NONPROFIT HUMAN
SERVICES PROVIDERS
Requires the OPM secretary to report every five years on whether state contracts with nonprofit
human services providers adequately compensate the providers
§ 3 — BURDENSOME AND DUPLICATIVE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS
Requires the OPM secretary, every three years, to report on burdensome or duplicative
reporting requirements for nonprofit human services providers
§ 4 — TIMELY PAYMENTS TO NONPROFIT HUMAN SERVICES
PROVIDERS
Requires the OPM secretary, to the extent allowed under federal law, to require that state
agencies pay the providers within 45 days after they deliver their contracted services or submit
a properly completed claim
§ 5 — CONSULTANT REPORTS
Requires each state agency that contracts for certain consultant services to give the
Government Oversight Committee a report on the agency’s implementation of the consultant’s
recommendations
§§ 6-8 — STATE GRANTS FOR MUNICIPAL STUDIES
Requires APA to audit municipalities that receive state grants to conduct studies; requires
OPM’s Municipal Grant Portal to include a database of the studies’ results
§§ 9 & 10 — DAS AND DOT OUT-OF-STATE CONTRACTING
REPORTS
Requires DAS and DOT to each annually report on their contracts over $50,000 awarded to
nonresident bidders
SUMMARY
This bill makes various unrelated changes to the general statutes, as
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EFFECTIVE DATE: Various; see below.
§ 1 — PRI STUDY
Requires OLM to study the feasibility of reestablishing PRI within the Government
Oversight Committee
The bill requires the Office of Legislative Management (OLM) to
study the feasibility of reestablishing the duties, responsibilities, and
staffing of the former Legislative Program Review and Investigations
Committee (PRI) within the Government Oversight Committee. The
study must at least cover (1) what additional staffing it would require,
(2) the costs associated with giving the committee additional resources,
and (3) any potential benefits to reestablishing PRI. OLM’s executive
director must submit the study, including any findings and
recommendations for legislation, to the Government Oversight
Committee by February 1, 2026.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
Background — Related Bill
sHB 5422, favorably reported by the Government Administration
and Elections (GAE) Committee, statutorily reestablishes PRI.
§ 2 — ADEQUATE COMPE NSATION FOR NONPROFI T HUMAN
SERVICES PROVIDERS
Requires the OPM secretary to report every five years on whether state contracts with
nonprofit human services providers adequately compensate the providers
The bill requires the Office of Policy and Management (OPM)
secretary to complete a review of the state’s purchase of service
contracts and personal service agreements with nonprofit human
services providers to determine whether their pay rates adequately
compensate the providers for the level of service expected by their
contracting state agency. The review must be done in consultation with
the providers’ representatives. The bill requires the first review to be
finished by January 1, 2026, followed by another review every five years.
For reviews done after July 1, 2026, OPM must review the contracts and
agreements of at least two state agencies each year.
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to the Human Services, G AE, Government Oversight, and
Appropriations committees every five years. The report must include
(1) a summary of the review, (2) any applicable recommendations on
requiring contracting state agencies to reduce their contractual
expectations if they are not adequately funded by the contract or
agreement, and (3) any recommended legislation needed to implement
the recommendations.
Under the bill, a “nonprofit human services provider” is a nonprofit
entity that contracts with the state to provide health and human services
such as (1) services for people with a physical disability; (2) services for
people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, including autism
spectrum disorder; and (3) behavioral health services. A “state agency”
is any department, board, council, commission, institution, or other
executive branch agency. A “purchase of service contract” is a contract
between a state agency and a private provider organization or
municipality (but not an individual) to obtain direct health and human
services for agency clients, but generally not for material goods or
administrative, clerical, training, or consulting services.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
Background — Related Bill
SB 1231 (File 130), favorably reported by the GAE Committee,
includes a substantially similar provision.
§ 3 — BURDENSOME AND DUPLICATIVE REPORTI NG
REQUIREMENTS
Requires the OPM secretary, every three years, to report on burdensome or duplicative
reporting requirements for nonprofit human services providers
The bill requires the OPM secretary, starting by January 1, 2026, to
triennially review any reports that nonprofit human services providers
must file with state agencies, including those for program licensure or
certification. The review must at least look at (1) how many reports must
be filed, (2) the amount of overlapping information in them, (3) the time
and resources needed to prepare and file them, (4) why the reports are
required, and (5) how state agencies use them. State agencies and the
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review.
The bill requires the secretary to eliminate or consolidate any
reporting requirement that he identifies in the review as unduly
burdensome or duplicative, unless it is (1) needed to prevent fraud or
misuse of funds, (2) required by federal law or regulations to use federal
funds, or (3) required by state law.
Starting by February 1, 2027, the secretary must triennially submit a
report to the Human Services, GAE, Government Oversight, and
Appropriations committees. The report must include a summary of the
review’s results, any reporting eliminated or consolidated as required
by the bill, and any recommendations for legislation needed to eliminate
burdensome or duplicative reporting requirements under state law.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
Background — Related Bill
SB 1231 (File 130), favorably reported by the GAE Committee,
includes a substantially similar provision.
§ 4 — TIMELY PAYMENTS TO NONPROF IT HUMAN SERVICES
PROVIDERS
Requires the OPM secretary, to the extent allowed under federal law, to require that state
agencies pay the providers within 45 days after they deliver their contracted services or
submit a properly completed claim
By law, the OPM secretary must set uniform policies and procedures
for obtaining, managing, and evaluating the quality and cost
effectiveness of direct health and human services purchased from
private provider organizations or municipalities. Under the bill, these
policies and procedures must include, to the extent allowed under
federal law, a requirement that a private provider organization be paid
for services it delivers under a purchase of service contract within 45
days after receipt of the services or a properly completed claim,
whichever is later. In addition, the payments must comply with the law
on prompt payment by state departments and agencies, which generally
requires state agencies to pay interest on amounts due when they fail to
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As under existing law, the secretary must require all state agencies
that purchase direct health and human services to follow these policies
and procedures.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2025
Background — Related Bill
SB 1231 (File 130), favorably reported by the GAE Committee,
includes an identical provision.
§ 5 — CONSULTANT REP ORTS
Requires each state agency that contracts for certain consultant services to give the
Government Oversight Committee a report on the agency’s implementation of the
consultant’s recommendations
The bill requires any state agency that contracts for at least $100,000
in consulting services for a study with recommendations for future
actions by the agency to submit a report to the Government Oversight
Committee. The report must summarize the findings of the consultant’s
report and whether the agency has implemented or intends to
implement any of its recommendations, and if so, by what date. The
agency must submit the report to the committee within one year after
receiving the study results or final report from the consulting service.
For this provision, a “state agency” is any office, department, board,
council, commission, institution, constituent unit of the state higher
education system, technical education and career school, or other
executive branch agency.
“Consultant services” include administrative, planning, analysis,
statistical, or research services rendered by an architect; professional
engineer; accountant; planner; or environmental, management, or
financial specialist (including incidental services that those professions
and their employees are authorized to perform) to recommend a state
agency’s course of action.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
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Requires APA to audit municipalities that receive state grants to conduct studies;
requires OPM’s Municipal Grant Portal to include a database of the studies’ results
The bill requires any municipality that receives a state grant to
conduct a study to report the study’s (1) completion to the Auditors of
Public Accounts (APA) for potential audit of any funds provided for the
study and (2) findings to OPM for posting on the Municipal Grant Portal
on a form set by the OPM secretary. The bill prohibits a municipality
from receiving more than one state grant for the same study, through
the same grant program, within a three-year period.
The bill correspondingly requires APA to audit the records and
accounts of any municipality that received a state grant to conduct a
study to the extent needed to determine how the grant funds were used.
Any municipality being audited by APA must provide any information
APA needs for the audit.
Under the bill, APA must submit a report with the audit’s results to
the Government Oversight Committee. APA may consolidate these
reports as long as they are submitted to the committee at least annually.
Current law requires the OPM secretary to establish the Municipal
Grant Portal on OPM’s website for posting all state-funded municipal
grant applications. The bill sets a January 1, 2026, deadline for this to
occur. It also expands the information that must be available on the
portal to include, by July 1, 2026, a searchable database of the reported
findings of any study funded by a state grant as described above.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2025
§§ 9 & 10 — DAS AND DOT OUT-OF-STATE CONTRACTING
REPORTS
Requires DAS and DOT to each annually report on their contracts over $50,000 awarded
to nonresident bidders
The bill requires the Department of Administrative Services (DAS)
and Department of Transportation (DOT) commissioners, starting by
February 1, 2026, to each annually report on the number of state
contracts over $50,000 that their respective agency awarded to
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include a description of the goods or services provided under each
contract, its terms and cost, and how the nonresident bidder was
selected. The DAS commissioner must submit her report to the GAE
Committee, and the DOT commissioner must submit his report to the
Transportation Committee. Each may consolidate the report with any
other report their department must submit to the respective committee.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2025
COMMITTEE ACTION
Government Oversight Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 12 Nay 0 (03/18/2025)