HB 6667 — AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO STATE AGENCY DATA HELD BY STATE CONTRACTORS.

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(GAE) AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO STATE AGENCY DATA HELD BY STATE CONTRACTORS.

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

Section 1.

Subsection (c) of section 2-90 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019):

(c) Said auditors shall audit, on a biennial basis if deemed most economical and efficient, or as frequently as they deem necessary, the books and accounts of each officer, department, commission, board and court of the state government, all institutions supported by the state and all public and quasi-public bodies, politic and corporate, created by public or special act of the General Assembly and not required to be audited or subject to reporting requirements, under the provisions of chapter 111.

Each such audit may include an examination of any relevant information concerning the department, commission, board or court of state government being audited that is in the possession or control of a private entity that has a contract with such department, commission, board or court.

Each such audit may include LCO No.

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The auditors shall report their findings and recommendations to the Governor, the State Comptroller and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies.

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(NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) As used in this section, "contract", "state agency", "data" and "contractor" have the same meanings as provided in section 4e-1 of the general statutes.

Any contract between a state contracting agency and a contractor that is entered into, renewed or amended on or after October 1, 2019, shall contain a provision authorizing the state contracting agency to access any data concerning such agency that is in the possession or control of the contractor.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1 October 1, 2019 2-90(c) Sec.

2 October 1, 2019 New section Statement of Purpose:

To permit the Auditors of Public Accounts to access any information concerning a state agency that is held by a state contractor and to require state contracts to contain a provision authorizing state agencies to access any of their data held by a contractor.

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Proposed additions are indicated by underline, not underlined.] the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is Co-Sponsors:

ANH.B. ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO STATE AGENCY DATA HELD BY STATE CONTRACTORS.

Be6667 itLCO enactedNo. by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That4541 chapter2 23b of the2 general statutes be amended to permit (1) any state agency that contracts with a private entity to access any data concerning such state agency that is held by such entity, and (2) the Auditors of Public Accounts to access such data for purposes of conducting an audit.

Statement of Purpose:

To increase transparency and accountability in state government.

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