AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE-WIDE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 4-68z of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):

The Office of Policy and Management, within available appropriations, shall [enter into an agreement for consultant services to apply LEAN practices and principles to the permitting and enforcement processes of the Departments of Energy and Environmental Protection, Economic and Community Development, Administrative Services and Transportation that are most frequently utilized by business entities. Such agreement shall also require the consultant to apply LEAN practices and principles to the licensure procedures for commercial bus drivers that are currently performed by the Departments of Consumer Protection, Emergency Services and Public Protection, and Children and Families. Such consultant shall develop recommendations for the implementation of a prepermitting system for commercial bus drivers that enables businesses to utilize commercial bus drivers who await the applicable licensing authority's performance of a criminal background check] establish and oversee a state-wide process improvement initiative, which shall analyze state agency processes for purposes of: (1) Streamlining processes, (2) reducing bottlenecks, (3) eliminating waste, (4) establishing standardized work flows, and (5) prioritizing available resources to promote economic growth, improve services to customers and increase productivity. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may establish a steering committee to assist such initiative and may designate an employee of the office to serve as chairperson of any such committee. The secretary shall partner with the judicial branch, other executive branch state agencies, private industry, health care organizations, hospitals and the constituent units of the state system of higher education for purposes of such initiative.

Statement of Purpose:

To create a state-wide process improvement initiative for purposes of increasing productivity in state government.

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