Bill Text: CT SB00424 | 2010 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Agency Consolidation And The Creation Of The Health And Human Services Consolidation Steering Committee And The Extension Of A Pilot Program.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-28 - Senate Recommitted to Government Administration and Elections [SB00424 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2010-SB00424-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2010 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING AGENCY CONSOLIDATION AND THE CREATION OF THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CONSOLIDATION STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE EXTENSION OF A PILOT PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established the Health and Human Services Consolidation Steering Committee, which shall make recommendations concerning the consolidation of the Departments of Public Health, Developmental Services, Children and Families, Mental Health and Addiction Services and Social Services into a Department of Human Services over a period of five years. The steering committee shall consist of the following members: The Commissioners of Public Health, Developmental Services, Children and Families, Mental Health and Addiction Services and Social Services, or their designees, and the Chief Child Protection Attorney, or a designee.
(b) The members of the committee shall select the chairperson of the committee from among the members of the committee. The chairperson shall schedule the first meeting of the committee, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.
(c) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration shall serve as administrative staff of the Health and Human Services Consolidation Steering Committee.
(d) The committee shall develop a five-year plan for the consolidation of the agencies listed in subsection (a) of this section that would involve the transfer of all affected state employees in accordance with section 4-38d of the general statutes and not permit any state employee to be laid off as a result of such consolidation. Such plan would also ensure that no existing programs of said agencies are affected by the consolidation.
(e) Not later than January 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, the committee shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The committee's final report shall be submitted not later than January 1, 2015. Any such report shall include recommendations for legislation necessary to implement each step of the consolidation. The committee shall terminate on the date that it submits its final report or January 1, 2015, whichever is later.
Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 4a-82 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(b) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall establish a pilot program, for a term of [four] seven years, to create and expand janitorial work job opportunities for persons with a disability and persons with a disadvantage. Such pilot program shall consist of four identified projects for janitorial work. The program shall create a minimum of sixty full-time jobs or sixty full-time equivalents at standard wages for persons with disabilities and persons with disadvantages and have a total market value for all janitorial contracts awarded under the program of at least three million dollars. In establishing such pilot program, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may consult with the Commissioner of Social Services and the Labor Commissioner.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
New section |
Sec. 2 |
from passage |
4a-82(b) |
GAE |
Joint Favorable Subst.-LCO |
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PH |
Joint Favorable |