Title 4 — Title 4: Management of State Agencies

Secs. 4-187 and 4-188. Unemployment compensation, employment security and manpower appeals. Employment Security Division and the Board of Mediation and Arbitration exempt. Sections 4-187 and 4-188 are repealed. (1972, P.A. 293, S. 2, 3; P.A. 75-557; P.A. 88-317, S. 106, 107.)

Sec. 4-188a. Requirements for exemption of constituent units of state system of higher education. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the constituent units of the state system of higher education, provided the board of trustees for each such constituent unit shall (…

Sec. 4-189. Repeal of inconsistent provisions. Any provisions in the general statutes that are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter are repealed, provided nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to repeal provisions in the general statutes that provide for t…

Secs. 4-189a to 4-189g. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 4-189h. Definitions. As used in this section and section 4-189i: (1) “Agency” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-166; (2) “Regulation” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-166; (3) “Existing regulation” means a regulation that was adopted by an agency no …

Sec. 4-189i. Review of existing agency regulations. Public hearing. Amendment or repeal of regulations. (a) Not later than July 1, 2017, and not later than every seven years thereafter, each committee of cognizance, in consultation with each agency that is within the cognizance o…

Sec. 4-189j. Increases in fees set in regulations. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any regulation of Connecticut state agencies to the contrary, on and after October 1, 2009, each fee in effect pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to any section of th…

Sec. 4-190. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Agency” means each state or municipal board, commission, department or officer, other than the legislature, courts, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General or town or regional boards of education, which maintains a pe…

Secs. 4-191 and 4-192. Disclosure of personal data prohibited. When personal data may be disclosed without permission. Sections 4-191 and 4-192 are repealed. (P.A. 76-421, S. 2, 3, 9; P.A. 77-431, S. 5, 6; P.A. 78-362, S. 2, 3; P.A. 79-538, S. 2.)

Sec. 4-193. Agency's duties re personal data. Each agency shall: (a) Inform each of its employees who operates or maintains a personal data system or who has access to personal data, of the provisions of (1) this chapter, (2) the agency's regulations adopted pursuant to section 4…

Sec. 4-194. Refusal to disclose. Medical doctor to review data. Judicial relief. (a) If an agency determines that disclosure to a person of medical, psychiatric or psychological data concerning him would be detrimental to that person, or that nondisclosure to a person of personal…

Sec. 4-195. Petition to court for failure to disclose. If disclosure of personal data is refused by an agency under section 4-194, any person aggrieved thereby may, within thirty days of such refusal, petition the superior court for the judicial district in which he resides for a…

Sec. 4-196. Agencies to adopt regulations conforming to Attorney General's standards. (a) Each state agency shall, within six months of July 1, 1977, adopt regulations pursuant to chapter 54 which describe: (1) The general nature and purpose of the agency's personal data systems;…

Sec. 4-197. Action against agency for violation of chapter. Any agency which violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to an action by any aggrieved person for injunction, declaratory judgment, mandamus or a civil action for damages. Such action may be brought in th…

Secs. 4-198 to 4-204. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 4-205. Definitions. Section 4-205 is repealed, effective October 1, 2000. (P.A. 89-122, S. 1, 8; P.A. 96-235, S. 6, 19; P.A. 00-66, S. 32.)

Secs. 4-206 to 4-209. Secretary of Office of Policy and Management to establish standards. Written procedures by state agencies for implementing standards. Requests for proposals; screening committee; selection of consultant; waiver required for noncompetitive procurement. Sectio…

Secs. 4-210 and 4-211. State agency reports on awarded contracts and needs for consultant services; coordination by secretary. State agency reports on completed contracts; compilation; performance evaluations. Sections 4-210 and 4-211 are repealed, effective October 1, 2000. (P.A…

Sec. 4-212. Definitions. As used in sections 4-212 to 4-219, inclusive: (1) “Competitive negotiation” means a procedure for contracting for services in which (A) proposals are solicited from qualified persons, firms or corporations by a request for proposals, and (B) changes may …

Sec. 4-213. Personal service agreement required when hiring personal service contractor. On and after July 1, 1994, no state agency may hire a personal service contractor without executing a personal service agreement with such contractor. (P.A. 93-336, S. 2, 13.) History: P.A. 9…

Sec. 4-214. Personal service agreements having cost of not more than fifty thousand dollars. Each personal service agreement executed on or after January 1, 2024, and having a cost of not more than fifty thousand dollars shall be based, when possible, on competitive negotiation o…

Sec. 4-215. Personal service agreements having cost of more than twenty thousand dollars but not more than fifty thousand dollars and term of not more than one year. Waiver requests. Report. Audit services. Section 4-215 is repealed, effective January 1, 2024. (P.A. 93-336, S. 4,…

Sec. 4-216. Approval for personal service agreements having cost of more than fifty thousand dollars. Waiver requests. Report. (a) No state agency may execute a personal service agreement having a cost of more than fifty thousand dollars without the approval of the secretary. A s…

Sec. 4-216a. State agency contracts with nonprofit providers of human services. Prohibition on state agency adjustment of contracts to offset paycheck protection program loans. (a) As used in this section, (1) “COVID-19” means the respiratory disease designated by the World Healt…

Sec. 4-217. Standards. Written procedures. Requests for proposals. (a) Not later than March 1, 1994, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall establish standards for state agencies to follow in entering into personal service agreements. The standards shall inclu…

Sec. 4-218. Reports to the General Assembly concerning personal service agreements. (a) Not later than October 1, 2009, and annually thereafter, the secretary shall submit a report to the General Assembly indicating (1) for each personal service agreement, pursuant to sections 4-…

Sec. 4-219. Amendments to personal service agreements. No state agency may, without the approval of the secretary, execute (1) an amendment to a personal service agreement, which agreement has an original cost of more than fifty thousand dollars, or (2) an amendment to any other …

Sec. 4-220. Nonprofit provider retention of state contract savings. Definitions. Requirements. (a) As used in this section, (1) “private provider organization” and “purchase of service contract” each have the same meanings as provided in section 4-70b; (2) “health and human servi…

Secs. 4-221 to 4-229. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 4-230. Definitions. As used in sections 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive: (1) “Cognizant agency” means a state agency which is assigned by the secretary the responsibility for implementing the requirements of sections 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive; (2) “Secretary” means the Secretary o…

Sec. 4-231. Single audit or program-specific audit requirements. Exemption. Records. (a)(1) Each nonstate entity that expends a total amount of state financial assistance equal to or in excess of five hundred thousand dollars in any fiscal year of such nonstate entity beginning o…

Sec. 4-232. Designation of independent auditor to conduct audit. Audit report filing. (a) Each nonstate entity that is required to be audited pursuant to sections 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive, shall designate an independent auditor to conduct such audit. Not later than thirty days b…

Sec. 4-233. Conduct and scope of audits. When corrective action required. (a) Each audit required by sections 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive, shall: (1) Be conducted in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, except that, for the purposes of said sections suc…

Sec. 4-234. Audits in lieu of financial or financial and compliance audits. Additional audits. (a) An audit conducted in accordance with sections 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive, shall be in lieu of any financial or financial and compliance audit of state financial assistance programs …

Sec. 4-235. Designation of cognizant agencies. Issuance of compliance supplement. Pass-through entities and subrecipients. (a) The secretary shall designate cognizant agencies for audits conducted pursuant to sections 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive, and shall periodically issue a stat…

Sec. 4-236. Regulations. (a) The secretary shall, in consultation with the Auditors of Public Accounts, appropriate state officials and representatives of nonstate entities, adopt regulations pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of sections 4-230 t…

Secs. 4-237 to 4-249. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 4-250. Definitions. As used in sections 4-250 to 4-252, inclusive: (1) “Gift” has the same meaning as provided in section 1-79, except that the exclusion in subparagraph (L) of subdivision (5) of section 1-79 for a gift for the celebration of a major life event does not appl…

Sec. 4-251. Gift affidavits. Section 4-251 is repealed, effective July 13, 2011. (P.A. 04-245, S. 3; P.A. 11-229, S. 10.)

Sec. 4-252. Representations required in large state contracts. (a) Except as provided in section 10a-151f, on and after July 1, 2021, no state agency or quasi-public agency shall execute a large state contract unless such contract contains the representation described in this sec…

Sec. 4-252a. Certification re whether making certain investments in Iran. (a) For purposes of this section, “state agency” has the same meaning as provided in section 1-79, “quasi-public agency” has the same meaning as provided in section 1-120, “large state contract” has the sam…

Secs. 4-253 and 4-254. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 4-255. Public-private partnerships. Definitions. (a) As used in this section and sections 4-256 to 4-264, inclusive, unless the context indicates a different meaning: (1) “Department” means the Department of Transportation; (2) “Private entity” means any individual, corporat…

Sec. 4-256. Approval of projects. Department analysis. Submittal to committees. (a) On and after June 28, 2021, and prior to January 1, 2027, the Governor may approve not more than five projects to be implemented as public-private partnerships. The Governor shall not approve any …

Sec. 4-257. Prequalification and requirements for private entities. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4b-91 and chapter 242, the department shall, when it determines appropriate, provide for a process of prequalification for private entities seeking to enter into a pu…

Sec. 4-258. Competitive procurement process; requirements. Stipend for unsuccessful proposer. Department authority to retain consultants. (a) The department shall conduct a competitive procurement process for the selection of a contractor prior to entering into a public-private p…

Sec. 4-259. Terms and conditions of partnership agreement. Prohibitions. Liability of contractor. (a) Any partnership agreement executed in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-255 to 4-264, inclusive, shall include, but not be limited to, the following terms and conditio…

Sec. 4-260. Funding of public-private partnerships. The department or the state may apply for and accept funds from local or federal government and other sources of financial aid to further the purposes of sections 4-255 to 4-264, inclusive, and to fund public-private partnership…

Sec. 4-261. Prevailing wage requirements or project labor agreement. Compliance with state and local requirements. Agreements re operations or maintenance of state facilities. (a) Each project shall either be subject to the prevailing wage requirements pursuant to section 31-53 o…

Sec. 4-262. Remedies re material default by contractor. Department authority. (a) In addition to any other remedy available to the state, in the event of a material default by the contractor, the state may elect to assume the responsibilities and duties of the contractor of the p…