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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 7184
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7184
6	6		January Session, 2025
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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12		-	AN ACT CONCERNING GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT , INCLUDING A
13		-	REVIEW OF STATE PURCHASE OF SERVICE CONTRACTS WITH
14		-	NONPROFIT PROVIDERS, STATE AGENCY CONTRACTS FOR
15		-	CONSULTING SERVICES, MUNICIPAL GRANTS AND CERTAIN
16		-	NONRESIDENT BIDDER CONTRACT AWARDS .
	19	+	AN ACT CONCERNING GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT.
17	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
18	21		Assembly convened:
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20	23		Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Office of Legislative 1
21	24		Management shall conduct a study regarding the feasibility of 2
22		-	reestablishing the duties, responsibilities and staffing of the former 3
23		-	Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee within the 4
24		-	joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 5
25		-	matters relating to government oversight, including, but not limited to, 6
26		-	what additional staffing it would require, what costs would be 7
27		-	associated with providing additional resources for the committee and 8
28		-	any potential benefits of such reestablishment. Not later than February 9
29		-	1, 2026, the executive director of the Office of Legislative Management 10
30		-	shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 11
31		-	of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 12
32		-	Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government 13
33		-	oversight. Such report shall include any findings of such study and any 14
34		-	recommendations for legislation to implement such findings. 15
35		-	Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section and 16 Substitute Bill No. 7184
	25	+	reestablishing the former Legislative Program Review and 3
	26	+	Investigations Committee, including, but not limited to, the potential 4
	27	+	composition of its membership, the powers and duties it could assume, 5
	28	+	what staffing it would require, what costs would be associated with 6
	29	+	reestablishing and maintaining the committee and any potential 7
	30	+	benefits of such reestablishment. Not later than February 1, 2026, the 8
	31	+	executive director of the Office of Legislative Management shall submit 9
	32	+	a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general 10
	33	+	statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 11
	34	+	having cognizance of matters relating to government oversight. Such 12
	35	+	report shall include any findings of such study and any 13
	36	+	recommendations for legislation to implement such findings. 14
	37	+	Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section and 15
	38	+	section 3 of this act, (1) "nonprofit human services provider" means a 16
	39	+	Raised Bill No. 7184
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40		-	section 3 of this act, (1) "nonprofit human services provider" means a 17
41		-	nonprofit entity that contracts with the state to provide health and 18
42		-	human services that may include, but need not be limited to: (A) 19
43		-	Services for persons with a physical disability, (B) services for persons 20
44		-	with intellectual disability or developmental disabilities, including, but 21
45		-	not limited to, autism spectrum disorder, and (C) behavioral health 22
46		-	services; and (2) "purchase of service contract" and "state agency" have 23
47		-	the same meanings as provided in section 4-70b of the general statutes, 24
48		-	as amended by this act. 25
49		-	(b) Not later than January 1, 2026, and every five years thereafter, the 26
50		-	Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, in consultation 27
51		-	with representatives of nonprofit human services providers, complete a 28
52		-	review of the state's purchase of service contracts with nonprofit human 29
53		-	services providers to determine whether the rates such providers are 30
54		-	paid to deliver health and human services pursuant to such contracts 31
55		-	adequately compensate such providers for providing the level of 32
56		-	services expected by the state agency contracting with such provider. 33
57		-	For any review conducted after July 1, 2026, the secretary shall examine 34
58		-	the contracts and agreements for such services of not less than two state 35
59		-	agencies each year. 36
60		-	(c) Not later than February 1, 2027, and every five years thereafter, 37
61		-	the secretary shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of 38
62		-	section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of 39
63		-	the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human 40
64		-	services, government administration, government oversight and 41
65		-	appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Such report shall 42
66		-	include (1) a summary of the results of the review conducted under 43
67		-	subsection (b) of this section, (2) any applicable recommendations 44
68		-	concerning requiring contracting state agencies to reduce contractual 45
69		-	expectations if those expectations are not adequately funded by the 46
70		-	contract or agreement, and (3) any recommended legislation necessary 47
71		-	to implement such recommendations. 48
72		-	Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than January 1, 2026, 49 Substitute Bill No. 7184
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	45	+	nonprofit entity that contracts with the state to provide health and 17
	46	+	human services that may include, but need not be limited to: (A) 18
	47	+	Services for persons with a physical disability, (B) services for persons 19
	48	+	with intellectual disability or developmental disabilities, including, but 20
	49	+	not limited to, autism spectrum disorder, and (C) behavioral health 21
	50	+	services; and (2) "purchase of service contract" and "state agency" have 22
	51	+	the same meanings as provided in section 4-70b of the general statutes, 23
	52	+	as amended by this act. 24
	53	+	(b) Not later than January 1, 2026, and every five years thereafter, the 25
	54	+	Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, in consultation 26
	55	+	with representatives of nonprofit human services providers, complete a 27
	56	+	review of the state's purchase of service contracts with nonprofit human 28
	57	+	services providers to determine whether the rates such providers are 29
	58	+	paid to deliver health and human services pursuant to such contracts 30
	59	+	adequately compensate such providers for providing the level of 31
	60	+	services expected by the state agency contracting with such provider. 32
	61	+	For the purposes of such review, the secretary shall examine the 33
	62	+	contracts and agreements for such services of not less than two state 34
	63	+	agencies each year. 35
	64	+	(c) Not later than February 1, 2027, and every five years thereafter, 36
	65	+	the secretary shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of 37
	66	+	section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of 38
	67	+	the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human 39
	68	+	services, government administration, government oversight and 40
	69	+	appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Such report shall 41
	70	+	include (1) a summary of the results of the review conducted under 42
	71	+	subsection (b) of this section, (2) any applicable recommendations 43
	72	+	concerning requiring contracting state agencies to reduce contractual 44
	73	+	expectations if those expectations are not adequately funded by the 45
	74	+	contract or agreement, and (3) any recommended legislation necessary 46
	75	+	to implement such recommendations. 47
	76	+	Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than January 1, 2026, 48
	77	+	Raised Bill No. 7184
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77		-	and triennially thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 50
78		-	Management shall conduct a review of any reports that nonprofit 51
79		-	human services providers are required to file with various state 52
80		-	agencies, including requirements for program licensure or certification. 53
81		-	Such review shall include, but not be limited to, the number of reports 54
82		-	that are required to be filed, the amount of overlapping information in 55
83		-	such reports, the time and resources needed for providers to prepare 56
84		-	and file the reports, the reasons for requiring such reports and an 57
85		-	analysis of how the reports are utilized by the state agency receiving 58
86		-	such reports. State agencies and nonprofit human services providers 59
87		-	shall provide any information requested by the secretary for purposes 60
88		-	of such review. 61
89		-	(b) The secretary shall eliminate or consolidate any reporting 62
90		-	required by a state agency that the secretary identifies under subsection 63
91		-	(a) of this section as unduly burdensome or duplicative, unless such 64
92		-	reporting is (1) necessary to prevent fraud or misuse of funds, (2) 65
93		-	prescribed under federal law or regulation for the use of federal funds, 66
94		-	or (3) required under any provision of state law. 67
95		-	(c) Not later than February 1, 2027, and triennially thereafter, the 68
96		-	secretary shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of 69
97		-	section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of 70
98		-	the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human 71
99		-	services, government administration, government oversight and 72
100		-	appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Such report shall 73
101		-	include a summary of the results of the review conducted under 74
102		-	subsection (a) of this section, any reporting eliminated or consolidated 75
103		-	under subsection (b) of this section and any recommendations for any 76
104		-	legislation necessary to eliminate burdensome or duplicative reporting 77
105		-	requirements required under state law. 78
106		-	Sec. 4. Subsection (d) of section 4-70b of the general statutes is 79
107		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 80
108		-	2025): 81 Substitute Bill No. 7184
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	83	+	and triennially thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 49
	84	+	Management shall conduct a review of any reports that nonprofit 50
	85	+	human services providers are required to file with various state 51
	86	+	agencies, including requirements for program licensure or certification. 52
	87	+	Such review shall include, but not be limited to, the number of reports 53
	88	+	that are required to be filed, the amount of overlapping information in 54
	89	+	such reports, the time and resources needed for providers to prepare 55
	90	+	and file the reports, the reasons for requiring such reports and an 56
	91	+	analysis of how the reports are utilized by the state agency receiving 57
	92	+	such reports. State agencies and nonprofit human services providers 58
	93	+	shall provide any information requested by the secretary for purposes 59
	94	+	of such review. 60
	95	+	(b) The secretary shall eliminate or consolidate any reporting 61
	96	+	required by a state agency that the secretary identifies under subsection 62
	97	+	(a) of this section as unduly burdensome or duplicative, unless such 63
	98	+	reporting is (1) necessary to prevent fraud or misuse of funds, (2) 64
	99	+	prescribed under federal law or regulation for the use of federal funds, 65
	100	+	or (3) required under any provision of state law. 66
	101	+	(c) Not later than February 1, 2027, and triennially thereafter, the 67
	102	+	secretary shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of 68
	103	+	section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of 69
	104	+	the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human 70
	105	+	services, government administration, government oversight and 71
	106	+	appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Such report shall 72
	107	+	include a summary of the results of the review conducted under 73
	108	+	subsection (a) of this section, any reporting eliminated or consolidated 74
	109	+	under subsection (b) of this section and any recommendations for any 75
	110	+	legislation necessary to eliminate burdensome or duplicative reporting 76
	111	+	requirements required under state law. 77
	112	+	Sec. 4. Subsection (d) of section 4-70b of the general statutes is 78
	113	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 79
	114	+	2025): 80
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113		-	(d) The secretary shall establish uniform policies and procedures for 82
114		-	obtaining, managing and evaluating the quality and cost effectiveness 83
115		-	of direct health and human services purchased from a private provider 84
116		-	organization or municipality. To the extent permissible under federal 85
117		-	law, such policies and procedures shall include, but not be limited to, a 86
118		-	requirement that a private provider organization receive payment for 87
119		-	any services provided pursuant to a purchase of service contract not 88
120		-	later than forty-five days after the receipt of a properly completed claim 89
121		-	or the receipt of such services, whichever is later, in accordance with 90
122		-	section 4a-71. The secretary shall require all state agencies which 91
123		-	purchase direct health and human services to comply with such policies 92
124		-	and procedures. 93
125		-	Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section: 94
126		-	(1) "Consultant" means any professional who (A) is registered or 95
127		-	licensed to practice such profession in accordance with the applicable 96
128		-	provisions of the general statutes or any planner or any environmental, 97
129		-	management or financial specialist, and (B) provides consultant services 98
130		-	to a state agency pursuant to a contract with such state agency, 99
131		-	including, but not limited to, any architect, professional engineer, 100
132		-	accountant, planner or environmental, management or financial 101
133		-	specialist; 102
134		-	(2) "Consultant services" includes administrative, planning, analysis, 103
135		-	statistical or research services rendered by any architect, professional 104
136		-	engineer, accountant, planner or environmental, management or 105
137		-	financial specialist as well as incidental services that members of such 106
138		-	professions and those in their employ are authorized to perform, for 107
139		-	purposes of recommending a state agency course of action; 108
140		-	(3) "Firm" means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint 109
141		-	venture, association or other legal entity authorized by law to offer 110
142		-	consultant services; and 111
143		-	(4) "State agency" means any office, department, board, council, 112
144		-	commission, institution, constituent unit of the state system of higher 113 Substitute Bill No. 7184
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	121	+	(d) The secretary shall establish uniform policies and procedures for 81
	122	+	obtaining, managing and evaluating the quality and cost effectiveness 82
	123	+	of direct health and human services purchased from a private provider 83
	124	+	organization or municipality. To the extent permissible under federal 84
	125	+	law, such policies and procedures shall include, but not be limited to, a 85
	126	+	requirement that a private provider organization receive payment for 86
	127	+	any services provided pursuant to a purchase of service contract not 87
	128	+	later than forty-five days after the receipt of a properly completed claim 88
	129	+	or the receipt of such services, whichever is later, in accordance with 89
	130	+	section 4a-71. The secretary shall require all state agencies which 90
	131	+	purchase direct health and human services to comply with such policies 91
	132	+	and procedures. 92
	133	+	Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section: 93
	134	+	(1) "Consultant" means any professional who (A) is registered or 94
	135	+	licensed to practice such profession in accordance with the applicable 95
	136	+	provisions of the general statutes or any planner or any environmental, 96
	137	+	management or financial specialist, and (B) provides consultant services 97
	138	+	to a state agency pursuant to a contract with such state agency, 98
	139	+	including, but not limited to, any architect, professional engineer, 99
	140	+	accountant, planner or environmental, management or financial 100
	141	+	specialist; 101
	142	+	(2) "Consultant services" includes administrative, planning, analysis, 102
	143	+	statistical or research services rendered by any architect, professional 103
	144	+	engineer, accountant, planner or environmental, management or 104
	145	+	financial specialist as well as incidental services that members of such 105
	146	+	professions and those in their employ are authorized to perform, for 106
	147	+	purposes of recommending a state agency course of action; 107
	148	+	(3) "Firm" means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint 108
	149	+	venture, association or other legal entity authorized by law to offer 109
	150	+	consultant services; and 110
	151	+	(4) "State agency" means any office, department, board, council, 111
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149		-	education, technical education and career school or other agency in the 114
150		-	executive branch of state government. 115
151		-	(b) Any state agency that contracts with a firm to provide consulting 116
152		-	services at a cost of one hundred thousand dollars or more for purposes 117
153		-	of producing a study or other report with recommendations for future 118
154		-	actions for the state agency to undertake shall, not later than one year 119
155		-	after receiving the results of such study or a final report from such firm, 120
156		-	submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 121
157		-	general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 122
158		-	Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government 123
159		-	oversight, summarizing the findings of the entity's report, whether any 124
160		-	recommendations have been implemented by the agency, whether the 125
161		-	state agency intends to implement any such recommendations in the 126
162		-	future and, if applicable, by what date. 127
163		-	Sec. 6. Section 2-90 of the general statutes is amended by adding 128
164		-	subsection (j) as follows (Effective October 1, 2025): 129
165		-	(NEW) (j) Said auditors shall audit, in accordance with the provisions 130
166		-	of section 7 of this act, the records and accounts of any municipality that 131
167		-	received a grant, as described in section 7 of this act, to the extent 132
168		-	necessary to determine how the funds of such grant were used. Any 133
169		-	municipality being audited by said auditors shall provide any 134
170		-	information said auditors deem necessary to conduct such audit. 135
171		-	Sec. 7. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) On and after October 1, 136
172		-	2025, any municipality, as defined in section 4-66l of the general statutes, 137
173		-	that receives a grant of funds from the state for purposes of conducting 138
174		-	a study shall report (1) the completion of such study to the Auditors of 139
175		-	Public Accounts for potential audit of any funds provided for such 140
176		-	study, and (2) the findings of any such study to the Office of Policy and 141
177		-	Management for posting on the Municipal Grant Portal established 142
178		-	under section 4-68dd of the general statutes, as amended by this act, on 143
179		-	a form prescribed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 144
180		-	Management. A municipality shall not be eligible to receive more than 145 Substitute Bill No. 7184
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	158	+	commission, institution, constituent unit of the state system of higher 112
	159	+	education, technical education and career school or other agency in the 113
	160	+	executive branch of state government. 114
	161	+	(b) Any state agency that contracts with a firm to provide consulting 115
	162	+	services at a cost of one hundred thousand dollars or more for purposes 116
	163	+	of producing a study or other report with recommendations for future 117
	164	+	actions for the state agency to undertake shall, not later than one year 118
	165	+	after receiving the results of such study or a final report from such firm, 119
	166	+	submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 120
	167	+	general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 121
	168	+	Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government 122
	169	+	oversight, summarizing the findings of the entity's report, whether any 123
	170	+	recommendations have been implemented by the agency, whether the 124
	171	+	state agency intends to implement any such recommendations in the 125
	172	+	future and, if applicable, by what date. 126
	173	+	Sec. 6. Section 2-90 of the general statutes is amended by adding 127
	174	+	subsection (j) as follows (Effective October 1, 2025): 128
	175	+	(NEW) (j) Said auditors shall audit, in accordance with the provisions 129
	176	+	of section 7 of this act, the records and accounts of any municipality that 130
	177	+	received a grant, as described in section 7 of this act, to the extent 131
	178	+	necessary to determine how the funds of such grant were used. Any 132
	179	+	municipality being audited by said auditors shall provide any 133
	180	+	information said auditors deem necessary to conduct such audit. 134
	181	+	Sec. 7. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) On and after October 1, 135
	182	+	2025, any municipality, as defined in section 4-66l of the general statutes, 136
	183	+	that receives a grant of funds from the state for purposes of conducting 137
	184	+	a study shall report (1) the completion of such study to the Auditors of 138
	185	+	Public Accounts for potential audit of any funds provided for such 139
	186	+	study, and (2) the findings of any such study to the Office of Policy and 140
	187	+	Management for posting on the Municipal Grant Portal established 141
	188	+	under section 4-68dd of the general statutes, as amended by this act, on 142
	189	+	Raised Bill No. 7184
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185		-	one such state grant from a state agency through the same grant 146
186		-	program for purposes of the same study within a three-year period. 147
187		-	(b) The auditors shall submit, in accordance with the provisions of 148
188		-	section 11-4a of the general statutes, a report with the results of any such 149
189		-	audit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 150
190		-	cognizance of matters relating to government oversight. The auditors 151
191		-	may consolidate such reports, provided such reports shall be submitted 152
192		-	to the committee not less than annually. 153
193		-	Sec. 8. Section 4-68dd of the general statutes is repealed and the 154
194		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 155
195		-	(a) [The] Not later than January 1, 2026, the Secretary of the Office of 156
196		-	Policy and Management shall, within available appropriations, 157
197		-	establish and maintain a single electronic portal available on the Internet 158
198		-	and located on the Office of Policy and Management's Internet web site 159
199		-	for the purpose of posting all state-funded municipal grant applications. 160
200		-	Such electronic portal shall be known as the Municipal Grant Portal. 161
201		-	(b) The Municipal Grant Portal shall include, but not be limited to: (1) 162
202		-	All state-funded municipal grant applications and municipal 163
203		-	reimbursement request forms, (2) a searchable database for locating 164
204		-	information regarding state-funded municipal grants, [and] (3) not later 165
205		-	than July 1, 2026, a searchable database of the reported findings of any 166
206		-	study funded by a state grant, as described in section 7 of this act, and 167
207		-	(4) features to encourage the active recruitment and participation of 168
208		-	municipalities in the state-funded municipal grant application process. 169
209		-	Sec. 9. Section 4a-57d of the general statutes is repealed and the 170
210		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 171
211		-	(a) On or before January 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Administrative 172
212		-	Services, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner, the president of 173
213		-	The University of Connecticut and the Commissioner of Transportation, 174
214		-	or their designees, shall submit a report, in accordance with the 175
215		-	provisions of section 11-4a, to the Governor and the joint standing 176 Substitute Bill No. 7184
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	195	+	a form prescribed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 143
	196	+	Management. A municipality shall not be eligible to receive more than 144
	197	+	one such state grant from a state agency through the same grant 145
	198	+	program for purposes of the same study within a three-year period. 146
	199	+	(b) The auditors shall submit, in accordance with the provisions of 147
	200	+	section 11-4a of the general statutes, a report with the results of any such 148
	201	+	audit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 149
	202	+	cognizance of matters relating to government oversight. The auditors 150
	203	+	may consolidate such reports, provided such reports shall be submitted 151
	204	+	to the committee not less than annually. 152
	205	+	Sec. 8. Section 4-68dd of the general statutes is repealed and the 153
	206	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 154
	207	+	(a) [The] Not later than January 1, 2026, the Secretary of the Office of 155
	208	+	Policy and Management shall, within available appropriations, 156
	209	+	establish and maintain a single electronic portal available on the Internet 157
	210	+	and located on the Office of Policy and Management's Internet web site 158
	211	+	for the purpose of posting all state-funded municipal grant applications. 159
	212	+	Such electronic portal shall be known as the Municipal Grant Portal. 160
	213	+	(b) The Municipal Grant Portal shall include, but not be limited to: (1) 161
	214	+	All state-funded municipal grant applications and municipal 162
	215	+	reimbursement request forms, (2) a searchable database for locating 163
	216	+	information regarding state-funded municipal grants, [and] (3) not later 164
	217	+	than July 1, 2026, a searchable database of the reported findings of any 165
	218	+	study funded by a state grant, as described in section 7 of this act, and 166
	219	+	(4) features to encourage the active recruitment and participation of 167
	220	+	municipalities in the state-funded municipal grant application process. 168
	221	+	Sec. 9. Section 4a-57d of the general statutes is repealed and the 169
	222	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 170
	223	+	(a) On or before January 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Administrative 171
	224	+	Services, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner, the president of 172
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220		-	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 177
221		-	relating to labor. Such report shall include (1) an analysis of any law or 178
222		-	economic factor that results in a resident bidder being at a disadvantage 179
223		-	to a nonresident bidder in submitting the lowest responsible qualified 180
224		-	bid, (2) the reason any enacted law designed to give preference to state 181
225		-	citizens for employment on public works projects is not being enforced, 182
226		-	and (3) recommendations for administrative or legislative action, within 183
227		-	the confines of clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 of the United States 184
228		-	Constitution, to increase the number of state contracts awarded to 185
229		-	resident bidders through an in-state contract preference or otherwise. 186
230		-	(b) On or before July 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Administrative 187
231		-	Services shall develop and implement a program to increase the number 188
232		-	of state contracts awarded to resident bidders through an in-state 189
233		-	contract preference or other method selected by the commissioner, 190
234		-	provided such program shall not violate clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 191
235		-	of the United States Constitution. In developing such program, the 192
236		-	commissioner shall consider the findings contained in the report made 193
237		-	in accordance with subsection (a) of this section. 194
238		-	(c) On or before February 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the 195
239		-	Commissioner of Administrative Services shall submit a report, in 196
240		-	accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing 197
241		-	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 198
242		-	relating to government administration on the number of state contracts 199
243		-	in excess of fifty thousand dollars that the Department of 200
244		-	Administrative Services awarded to nonresident bidders during the 201
245		-	calendar year immediately preceding such report, including a 202
246		-	description of the goods or services provided pursuant to such contract, 203
247		-	the term and cost of the contract and the method of selecting the 204
248		-	nonresident bidder. The commissioner may consolidate such report 205
249		-	with any other report required to be submitted to such committee. 206
250		-	Sec. 10. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) On or before February 1, 207
251		-	2026, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Transportation shall 208
252		-	submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 209 Substitute Bill No. 7184
	229	+	LCO No. 5925 7 of 9
	230	+
	231	+	The University of Connecticut and the Commissioner of Transportation, 173
	232	+	or their designees, shall submit a report, in accordance with the 174
	233	+	provisions of section 11-4a, to the Governor and the joint standing 175
	234	+	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 176
	235	+	relating to labor. Such report shall include (1) an analysis of any law or 177
	236	+	economic factor that results in a resident bidder being at a disadvantage 178
	237	+	to a nonresident bidder in submitting the lowest responsible qualified 179
	238	+	bid, (2) the reason any enacted law designed to give preference to state 180
	239	+	citizens for employment on public works projects is not being enforced, 181
	240	+	and (3) recommendations for administrative or legislative action, within 182
	241	+	the confines of clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 of the United States 183
	242	+	Constitution, to increase the number of state contracts awarded to 184
	243	+	resident bidders through an in-state contract preference or otherwise. 185
	244	+	(b) On or before July 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Administrative 186
	245	+	Services shall develop and implement a program to increase the number 187
	246	+	of state contracts awarded to resident bidders through an in-state 188
	247	+	contract preference or other method selected by the commissioner, 189
	248	+	provided such program shall not violate clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 190
	249	+	of the United States Constitution. In developing such program, the 191
	250	+	commissioner shall consider the findings contained in the report made 192
	251	+	in accordance with subsection (a) of this section. 193
	252	+	(c) On or before February 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the 194
	253	+	Commissioner of Administrative Services shall submit a report, in 195
	254	+	accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing 196
	255	+	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 197
	256	+	relating to government administration on the number of state contracts 198
	257	+	in excess of fifty thousand dollars that the Department of 199
	258	+	Administrative Services awarded to nonresident bidders during the 200
	259	+	calendar year immediately preceding such report, including a 201
	260	+	description of the goods or services provided pursuant to such contract, 202
	261	+	the term and cost of the contract and the method of selecting the 203
	262	+	nonresident bidder. The commissioner may consolidate such report 204
	263	+	with any other report required to be submitted to such committee. 205
	264	+	Raised Bill No. 7184
253	265
254	266
255		-	LCO 8 of 8
256	267
257		-	general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 210
258		-	Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation on the 211
259		-	number of state contracts in excess of fifty thousand dollars that the 212
260		-	Department of Transportation awarded to nonresident bidders during 213
261		-	the calendar year immediately preceding such report, including a 214
262		-	description of the goods or services provided pursuant to such contract, 215
263		-	the term and cost of the contract and the method of selecting the 216
264		-	nonresident bidder. The commissioner may consolidate such report 217
265		-	with any other report required to be submitted to such committee. 218
	268	+	LCO No. 5925 8 of 9
	269	+
	270	+	Sec. 10. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) On or before February 1, 206
	271	+	2026, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Transportation shall 207
	272	+	submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 208
	273	+	general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 209
	274	+	Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation on the 210
	275	+	number of state contracts in excess of fifty thousand dollars that the 211
	276	+	Department of Transportation awarded to nonresident bidders during 212
	277	+	the calendar year immediately preceding such report, including a 213
	278	+	description of the goods or services provided pursuant to such contract, 214
	279	+	the term and cost of the contract and the method of selecting the 215
	280	+	nonresident bidder. The commissioner may consolidate such report 216
	281	+	with any other report required to be submitted to such committee. 217
266	282		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
267	283		sections:
268	284
269	285		Section 1 from passage New section
270	286		Sec. 2 from passage New section
271	287		Sec. 3 from passage New section
272	288		Sec. 4 July 1, 2025 4-70b(d)
273	289		Sec. 5 from passage New section
274	290		Sec. 6 October 1, 2025 2-90(j)
275	291		Sec. 7 October 1, 2025 New section
276	292		Sec. 8 October 1, 2025 4-68dd
277	293		Sec. 9 October 1, 2025 4a-57d
278	294		Sec. 10 October 1, 2025 New section
279	295
280		-	GOS Joint Favorable Subst.
	296	+	Statement of Purpose:
	297	+	To require (1) a study of reestablishing the Legislative Program Review
	298	+	and Investigations Committee, (2) the Secretary of the Office of Policy
	299	+	and Management to conduct reviews of the level of services and
	300	+	reporting requirements of nonprofit human services providers, (3)
	301	+	reporting of state agency implementation of certain consultant reports,
	302	+	(4) audits and reporting of certain municipal grants, and (5) annual
	303	+	reporting of nonresident bidder contracts of the Departments of
	304	+	Administrative Services and Transportation.
	305	+
	306	+	Raised Bill No. 7184
	307	+
	308	+
	309	+
	310	+	LCO No. 5925 9 of 9
	311	+
	312	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	313	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	314	+	underlined.]
281	315