Bill Text: CT HB05325 | 2010 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Electronic Submission Of Reports.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-19 - Tabled for the Calendar, House [HB05325 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2010-HB05325-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2010 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 11-4a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2010):
Each commission, task force or committee appointed by the Governor or the General Assembly, or both, and required to report its findings and recommendations, and each state agency which submits a report to the General Assembly or any committee of the General Assembly, shall submit its report electronically to the clerks of the Senate and the House of Representatives, [and shall file with the State Librarian as many copies of such report as the commission, task force, committee or agency and the librarian jointly deem appropriate, and one copy with] the State Librarian and the Office of Legislative Research.
Sec. 2. Section 2-110 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2010):
(a) There is established a Commission on Innovation and Productivity for State Government. The commission shall be composed as follows: The chairpersons of the Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee, the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and government administration, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the Commissioner of Administrative Services; ten persons appointed by the Governor, two of whom shall represent the State Employees' Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC), two of whom shall represent the business community and two of whom shall represent the State Managers Association of Connecticut; and six members appointed as follows: One appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, one appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, one appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, one appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives and one appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives. Appointments by legislative leaders may be public members or legislators. The Governor shall appoint a cochairperson who is not a legislator from among the members appointed by him. The other cochairperson shall be a legislator elected by the legislative members of the commission at its first meeting. All appointments shall be made on or before July 15, 1993. The cochairperson appointed by the Governor shall convene the first meeting on or before July 31, 1993.
(b) The commission shall recommend innovations for the improvements of cost-effectiveness and efficiency in state government. It shall examine ways to increase state government productivity, reduce costs and provide the highest quality services. The commission shall report its findings and recommended innovations to the Governor and the General Assembly not later than February 1, 1994, and annually thereafter, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, as amended by this act. The innovations shall include recommendations for the reduction of expenditures of at least ten million dollars for each of the two fiscal years succeeding the fiscal year in progress. On and after October 1, 1996, the report shall be submitted to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and budgets of state agencies and government administration and, upon request, to any member of the General Assembly. A summary of the report shall be electronically submitted to each member of the General Assembly if the summary is two pages or less and a notification of the report shall be electronically submitted to each member if the summary is more than two pages. Submission shall be by [mailing] electronically sending the report, summary or notification to [the legislative address of] each member of the committees or the General Assembly, as applicable.
Sec. 3. Subsection (b) of section 17b-369 of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2010):
(b) (1) The Commissioner of Social Services shall submit, in accordance with this subdivision, a copy of any report on the Money Follows the Person demonstration project that the commissioner is required to submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and that pertains to (A) the status of the implementation of the Money Follows the Person demonstration project, (B) the anticipated date that the first eligible person or persons will be transitioned into the community, or (C) information concerning when and how the Department of Social Services will transition additional eligible persons into the community. The commissioner shall submit any such [copy] report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and to the select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, as amended by this act. Copies of reports prepared prior to October 1, 2009, shall be submitted by said date and [copies of] reports prepared thereafter shall be submitted semiannually.
(2) After October 1, 2009, if the commissioner has not prepared any new reports for submission to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for any six-month submission period under subdivision (1) of this subsection, the commissioner shall prepare and submit a written report in accordance with this subdivision to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and to the select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, as amended by this act. Such report shall include (A) the status of the implementation of the Money Follows the Person demonstration project, (B) the anticipated date that the first eligible person or persons will be transitioned into the community, and (C) information concerning when and how the Department of Social Services will transition additional eligible persons into the community.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2010 |
11-4a |
Sec. 2 |
July 1, 2010 |
2-110 |
Sec. 3 |
July 1, 2010 |
17b-369(b) |
GAE |
Joint Favorable Subst. |
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ED |
Joint Favorable |