Sec. 3-111. Salary and bond. Office of Comptroller full time.
Sec. 3-112. Powers and duties.
Sec. 3-112a. Substitution of securities for retainages on state contracts and subcontracts.
Sec. 3-113. Deputy Comptroller.
Sec. 3-113a. Assistant comptrollers.
Sec. 3-114. Accounting for receipts.
Sec. 3-114a. Recording of revenue received after end of fiscal year.
Sec. 3-114b. Recording of estimated sales and use tax to be received after close of fiscal year.
Sec. 3-114c. Recording of cigarette tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.
Sec. 3-114d. Recording of alcoholic beverage tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.
Sec. 3-114h. Recording of income tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.
Sec. 3-114i. Recording of hospital taxes received each year by letter postmarked in July.
Sec. 3-114j. Recording of payments from Indian tribes received each year in July.
Sec. 3-114k. Recording of revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995.
Sec. 3-114l. Recording of payments from the Energy Conservation and Load Management Funds.
Sec. 3-114m. Recording of real estate conveyance tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.
Sec. 3-114o. Recording of revenue from deposit initiator special account balances paid to the state.
Sec. 3-114p. Recording of hospitals tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.
Sec. 3-114r. Recording of revenue from resident day user fee in intermediate care facility.
Sec. 3-115a. Providing for budgetary and financial reporting needs of the executive branch.
Sec. 3-115b. Generally accepted accounting principles.
Sec. 3-115c. Report to the Governor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995.
Sec. 3-115d. CORE-CT policy board.
Sec. 3-115e. CORE-CT biennial reports.
Sec. 3-116. Transferred
Secs. 3-116a and 3-116b. Transferred
Sec. 3-117a. Management of state employee unemployment compensation claims.
Sec. 3-119a. Retirement data base system; time and attendance system.
Sec. 3-119b. Election to decline compensation or benefit by state official.
Sec. 3-120. Wages of persons employed about State Capitol and grounds.
Sec. 3-121. Comptroller's Service Fund.
Sec. 3-121a. GAAP salary reserve account.
Sec. 3-122. Relief payments under bylaws of Police Association of Connecticut.
Sec. 3-123a. Preretirement counseling of state and municipal employees.
Sec. 3-123b. Payroll deductions for retired and pensioned employees.
Sec. 3-123c. Annual appropriation for Loyalty Day parades.
Sec. 3-123d. Unrestricted use grants-in-aid to towns.
Sec. 3-123j. Plan re participation of nonstate public employees in Health Enhancement program.
Sec. 3-123k. Funding for fringe benefit cost re community college employees.
Secs. 3-123l to 3-123z. Reserved
Sec. 3-123bb. Powers of Comptroller re Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund.
Sec. 3-123cc. Investment of amounts on deposit in Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund.
Sec. 3-123dd. Additional powers of Comptroller re Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund.
Sec. 3-123ff. Pledge of state re Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund rights and obligations.
Secs. 3-123hh to 3-123zz. Reserved
Sec. 3-123bbb. Enrollment procedures and requirements. Comptroller duties.
Sec. 3-123ccc. Applications. Regulations.
Sec. 3-123ddd. Coverage for retirees.
Sec. 3-123eee. Partnership plan premium account. Nonpayment of premium or premium equivalent.
Secs. 3-123iii to 3-123qqq. Reserved
Sec. 3-123sss. Enrollment procedures and requirements.
Sec. 3-123ttt. Coverage for retirees.
Sec. 3-123uuu. State employee plan premium payment. Nonpayment of premium.
Sec. 3-123vvv. State Employees' Bargaining Agent Coalition consent.
Sec. 3-123www. Enrollment in partnership plan prohibited.
Sec. 3-123xxx. Annual report by nonstate public employers.
Sec. 3-123yyy. Annual report re plans developed by Comptroller.
Sec. 3-111. Salary and bond. Office of Comptroller full time. On and after January 4, 2023, the Comptroller shall receive an annual salary equal to the salary of a judge of the Superior Court under subsection (a) of section 51-47, provided thereafter, no increase in the annual salary of the Comptroller shall take effect until the first Wednesday following the first Monday of the January succeeding the next election of the Comptroller following any increase in the annual salary of a judge of the Superior Court under section 51-47. The Comptroller shall devote full time to the duties of the office. The Comptroller shall give bond in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 3586, subs. (5); 1951, S. 1960d, subs. (5); June, 1955, S. 63d; February, 1965, P.A. 331, S. 43; 1972, P.A. 281, S. 37; P.A. 77-576, S. 55, 65; P.A. 82-365, S. 6, 8; P.A. 86-375, S. 5, 9; P.A. 98-227, S. 5, 9; P.A. 00-231, S. 4, 10; P.A. 22-85, S. 6.)
History: 1965 act increased salary from $8,000 to $15,000 effective with respect to comptroller elected November 8, 1966; 1972 act increased salary to $20,000, effective January 8, 1975; P.A. 77-576 increased comptroller's salary to $25,000, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 82-365 increased comptroller's annual salary to $35,000 and added provision requiring comptroller to devote full time to duties of office; P.A. 86-375 increased comptroller's annual salary to $50,000; P.A. 98-227 increased Comptroller's annual salary to $65,000, effective January 6, 1999; P.A. 00-231 increased Comptroller's salary to $110,000 and made a technical change for the purpose of gender neutrality, effective January 8, 2003; P.A. 22-85 replaced salary of $110,000 with equivalent salary of Superior Court judge on and after January 4, 2023, added provision re effective date of subsequent increases and made a technical change, effective January 1, 2023.
See Sec. 4-14 re transportation allowance.
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Sec. 3-112. Powers and duties. (a) The Comptroller shall: (1) Establish and maintain the accounts of the state government and perform such other duties as are prescribed by the Constitution of the state; (2) register all warrants or orders for the disbursement of the public money; (3) adjust and settle all demands against the state not first adjusted and settled by the General Assembly and give orders on the Treasurer for the balance found and allowed; (4) prescribe the mode of keeping and rendering all public accounts of departments or agencies of the state and of institutions supported by the state or receiving state aid by appropriation from the General Assembly; (5) prepare and issue effective accounting and payroll manuals for use by the various agencies of the state; (6) from time to time, examine and state the amount of all debts and credits of the state; present all claims in favor of the state against any bankrupt, insolvent debtor or deceased person; and institute and maintain suits, in the name of the state, against all persons who have received money or property belonging to the state and have not accounted for it; and (7) administer the Connecticut Retirement Security Program, established pursuant to section 31-418.
(b) All moneys recovered, procured or received for the state by the authority of the Comptroller shall be paid to the Treasurer, who shall file a duplicate receipt therefor with the Comptroller. The Comptroller may require reports from any department, agency or institution as aforesaid upon any matter of property or finance at any time and under such regulations as the Comptroller prescribes and shall require special reports upon request of the Governor, and the information contained in such special reports shall be transmitted by him to the Governor. All records, books and papers in any public office shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by the Comptroller. The Comptroller may draw his order on the Treasurer for a petty cash fund for any budgeted agency. Expenditures from such petty cash funds shall be subject to such procedures as the Comptroller establishes. In accordance with established procedures, the Comptroller may enter into such contractual agreements as may be necessary for the discharge of his duties. As used in this section, “adjust” means to determine the amount equitably due in respect to each item of each claim or demand.
(1949 Rev., S. 187; 1971, P.A. 495; P.A. 78-302, S. 1, 11; P.A. 82-77; 82-472, S. 151, 183; P.A. 85-426, S. 1, 2; P.A. 14-122, S. 64; P.A. 22-118, S. 115.)
History: 1971 act required comptroller to prepare and issue accounting and payroll manuals; P.A. 78-302 gave comptroller power to require reports at his discretion and special reports upon governor's request and to establish petty cash funds; P.A. 82-77 authorized comptroller to enter into contractual agreements; P.A. 82-472 made technical change substituting “comptroller” for “controller”; P.A. 85-426 deleted former Subdiv. (4) requiring comptroller to furnish blank forms necessary to be used in presenting claims or demands for liquidation and renumbered remaining Subdivs.; P.A. 14-122 made technical changes; P.A. 22-118 designated existing provisions as Subsecs. (a) and (b) and amended Subsec. (a) to add Subdiv. (7) requiring comptroller to administer the Connecticut Retirement Security Program, effective July 1, 2022.
Mandamus lies to compel the drawing of an order for a claim fixed by law. 61 C. 554. Cited. 129 C. 277. Orders for withdrawal of funds from unemployment compensation benefit account must be registered in office of Comptroller. 133 C. 132. Section of bill prescribing mode of keeping books by Comptroller held unconstitutional and void. 152 C. 431.
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Sec. 3-112a. Substitution of securities for retainages on state contracts and subcontracts. (a) Under any contract made or awarded by the state, or by any public department or official thereof, or under any subcontract made directly thereunder with the contractor, the contractor and any subcontractor may, from time to time, withdraw the whole or any portion of the amount retained for payments to the contractor or subcontractors, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of the contract or subcontracts, upon depositing with the Comptroller (1) United States Treasury bonds, United States Treasury notes, United States Treasury certificates of indebtedness or United States Treasury bills, or (2) bonds or notes of the state of Connecticut or (3) bonds of any political subdivision in the state of Connecticut. No amount shall be withdrawn in excess of the market value of the securities at the time of deposit or of the par value of such securities, whichever is lower.
(b) The Comptroller shall, on a regular basis, collect all interest or income on the obligations so deposited and shall pay the same, when and as collected, to the contractor and the subcontractors who deposited the obligations. If the deposit is in the form of coupon bonds, the Comptroller shall deliver each coupon as it matures to the contractor and the subcontractors.
(c) Any amount deducted by the state, or by any public department or official thereof, pursuant to the terms of the contract, and subcontracts made directly thereunder with the contractor, from the retainages due the contractor and said subcontractors, shall be deducted, first from that portion of the retainages for which no security has been substituted, then from the proceeds of any deposited security. In the latter case, the contractor and the subcontractors shall be entitled to receive interest, coupons or income only from those securities which remain after such amount has been deducted.
(February, 1965, P.A. 437; 1971, P.A. 824.)
History: 1971 act included subcontracts and subcontractors under provisions of section.
Cited. 29 CS 418.
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Sec. 3-113. Deputy Comptroller. The Comptroller shall appoint a deputy, who shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties and shall perform all the duties of the Comptroller in case of his sickness or absence and such other duties as may be prescribed.
(1949 Rev., S. 188.)
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Sec. 3-113a. Assistant comptrollers. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Comptroller may appoint such assistant comptrollers as necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the Comptroller. Such assistant comptrollers shall be in the unclassified service and may be removed by the Comptroller.
(P.A. 07-213, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 07-213 effective July 10, 2007.
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Sec. 3-114. Accounting for receipts. The Comptroller shall be notified of the payment of all moneys into the Treasury and shall establish an accounting procedure applicable to all receipts at the source of their collection.
(1949 Rev., S. 189.)
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Sec. 3-114a. Recording of revenue received after end of fiscal year. Section 3-114a is repealed.
(February, 1965, P.A. 418, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 363, S. 3.)
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Sec. 3-114b. Recording of estimated sales and use tax to be received after close of fiscal year. At the close of each fiscal year the Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue of such year, the amount of sales and use taxes to be received for the calendar quarter ending at the close of such fiscal year as estimated by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
(1967, P.A. 363, S. 4; P.A. 73-679, S. 6, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 16, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 78-302, S. 2, 11.)
History: P.A. 73-679 substituted managing director, planning and budgeting division, department of finance and control or his designee for managing director of the budget; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and omitted reference to designee; P.A. 77-614 replaced budget director with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 78-302 replaced education, welfare and public health taxes with sales and use taxes.
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Sec. 3-114c. Recording of cigarette tax revenue received at end of fiscal year. At the end of each fiscal year, the Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue for such fiscal year the amount of tax revenue received by the Commissioner of Revenue Services under the provisions of chapter 214 as payment for the sale of Connecticut cigarette tax stamps or heat-applied decals sold by said commissioner as provided under section 12-298 prior to the end of such fiscal year, provided payment for such stamps or decals is received by said commissioner not later than five business days after the last day of July immediately following the end of such fiscal year.
(P.A. 76-114, S. 3, 21; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 96-221, S. 1, 25; P.A. 05-145, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced tax commissioner with commissioner of revenue services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 96-221 authorized accrual of tax payments postmarked by July thirty-first and made provision for accrual if July thirty-first is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, effective June 4, 1996; (Revisor's note: In 1999 the words “or 12-299” in the phrase “as provided under section 12-298 or 12-299” were deleted editorially by the Revisors since Sec. 12-299 was repealed by public act 98-262); P.A. 05-145 changed date of receipt of payment to not later than five business days after the last day of July, effective June 24, 2005.
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Sec. 3-114d. Recording of alcoholic beverage tax revenue received at end of fiscal year. At the end of each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1976, the Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue for such fiscal year the amount of tax imposed under the provisions of chapter 220 on all sales of alcoholic beverages occurring in such fiscal year, provided payment of such tax is received by the Commissioner of Revenue Services not later than five business days after the last day of July immediately following the end of such fiscal year.
(P.A. 76-114, S. 4, 21; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 96-221, S. 2, 25; P.A. 05-145, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced tax commissioner with commissioner of revenue services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 96-221 authorized accrual of tax payments postmarked by July thirty-first and made provision for accrual if July thirty-first is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, effective June 4, 1996; P.A. 05-145 changed date of receipt of payment to not later than five business days after the last day of July, effective June 24, 2005.
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Sec. 3-114e. Recording of motor vehicle fuels tax revenue and motor carrier road tax revenue received at end of fiscal year. At the end of each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1987, the Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue for such fiscal year the amount of tax imposed under the provisions of chapters 221 and 222 on all fuel sold or used prior to the end of such fiscal year and which tax is received by the Commissioner of Revenue Services not later than five business days after the last day of July immediately following the end of such fiscal year.
(P.A. 76-114, S. 7, 21; P.A. 85-613, S. 83, 154; P.A. 87-49, S. 1, 2; P.A. 96-221, S. 3, 25; P.A. 05-145, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 85-613 made technical change, deleting reference to taxes levied under Sec. 12-466, that section having been repealed; P.A. 87-49 provided that the date of receipt shall be determined by the date of the postmark of the letter; P.A. 96-221 authorized accrual of tax payments postmarked by July thirty-first and made provision for accrual if July thirty-first is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, effective June 4, 1996; P.A. 05-145 changed date of receipt of payment to not later than five business days after the last day of July, effective June 24, 2005.
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Sec. 3-114f. Recording of utility company tax revenue and petroleum products gross earnings tax revenue received at end of fiscal year. At the end of each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1996, the Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue for such fiscal year the amount of tax imposed under the provisions of chapters 212 and 227 on gross earnings in such fiscal year and which tax is received by the Commissioner of Revenue Services not later than five business days after the last day of July immediately following the end of such fiscal year.
(P.A. 76-114, S. 16, 21; P.A. 86-17, S. 1, 3; P.A. 96-221, S. 4, 25; P.A. 05-145, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 86-17 provided that date of receipt shall be determined by the date of the postmark of the letter, beginning with FY 1985-86; P.A. 96-221 authorized accrual of tax payments postmarked by July thirty-first and made provision for accrual if July thirty-first is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, effective June 4, 1996; P.A. 05-145 changed date of receipt of payment to not later than five business days after the last day of July, effective June 24, 2005.
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Sec. 3-114g. Recording of corporation business tax and affected business entity tax revenue received at end of fiscal year. At the end of each fiscal year, commencing with the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1990, the Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue for such fiscal year the amount of revenue related to the tax imposed under chapter 208 and section 12-699 for such fiscal year which is received by the Commissioner of Revenue Services not later than five business days after the last day of July immediately following the end of such fiscal year.
(P.A. 90-148, S. 6, 34; P.A. 96-221, S. 5, 25; P.A. 99-173, S. 56, 65; P.A. 03-2, S. 37; P.A. 05-145, S. 5; P.A. 18-49, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 96-221 authorized accrual of tax payments postmarked by August fifteenth and made provision for accrual if August fifteenth is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, effective June 4, 1996; P.A. 99-173 changed the accrual date from “the fifteenth day of August” to “the last day of July”, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 03-2 changed the accrual date from “the last day of July” to “the fifteenth day of August”, effective February 28, 2003; P.A. 05-145 changed date of receipt of payment to not later than five business days after the fifteenth day of August, effective June 24, 2005; P.A. 18-49 changed the accrual date from “August fifteenth” to “last day of July”, added reference to tax imposed under Sec. 12-699 and made a technical change, effective May 31, 2018.
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Sec. 3-114h. Recording of income tax revenue received at end of fiscal year. At the end of each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1992, the Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue for such fiscal year the amount of tax that is required to be paid to the Commissioner of Revenue Services under chapter 229 and that is received by the Commissioner of Revenue Services not later than five business days after the last day of July immediately following the end of such fiscal year.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 94, 168; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-5, S. 25, 37; P.A. 96-221, S. 6, 25; P.A. 03-2, S. 38; P.A. 05-145, S. 6.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-5 made a technical change; P.A. 96-221 authorized accrual of tax payments postmarked by July thirty-first and made provision for accrual if July thirty-first is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, effective June 4, 1996; P.A. 03-2 replaced “deducted and withheld from employee wages and to be paid over” with “paid” and provided for accrual of all revenue received under chapter 229, effective February 28, 2003; P.A. 05-145 changed date of receipt of payment to not later than five business days after the last day of July, effective June 24, 2005.
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Sec. 3-114i. Recording of hospital taxes received each year by letter postmarked in July. At the close of each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1994, the Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue for such fiscal year the amount of tax imposed under the provisions of chapter 211a which is received by the Commissioner of Revenue Services or is delivered by United States mail to said commissioner in an envelope bearing a United States post office cancellation mark no later than (1) the last day of July immediately following the end of such fiscal year, or (2) if such last day of July is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, as defined in section 12-39a, the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
(P.A. 94-9, S. 35, 41; P.A. 96-221, S. 7, 25.)
History: P.A. 94-9 effective April 1, 1994; P.A. 96-221 authorized accrual of tax payments postmarked by July thirty-first and made provision for accrual if July thirty-first is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, effective June 4, 1996.
See Sec. 1-2a re construction of references to “United States mail”, “postmark” or “registered or certified mail”.
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Sec. 3-114j. Recording of payments from Indian tribes received each year in July. At the end of each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1995, the Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue for such fiscal year the amount of any payments which are received by the Treasurer from any Indian tribe, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding, or are delivered by United States mail to the Treasurer in an envelope bearing a United States post office cancellation mark no later than (1) the last day of July immediately following the end of such fiscal year, or (2) if such last day of July is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, as defined in section 12-39a, the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 77, 85; P.A. 95-160, S. 64, 69; P.A. 96-221, S. 8, 25.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4 effective June 9, 1994; P.A. 95-160 revised effective date of May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4 but without affecting this section; P.A. 96-221 authorized accrual of tax payments postmarked by July thirty-first and made provision for accrual if July thirty-first is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, effective June 4, 1996.
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Sec. 3-114k. Recording of revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995. Section 3-114k is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(P.A. 95-160, S. 52, 69; P.A. 96-139, S. 12, 13; P.A. 02-103, S. 26; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
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Sec. 3-114l. Recording of payments from the Energy Conservation and Load Management Funds. At the end of each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2003, the Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue for such fiscal year the amount of any payments from the Energy Conservation and Load Management Funds which are deposited into the General Fund pursuant to section 20 of public act 03-2* no later than (1) the last day of July immediately following the end of such fiscal year, or (2) if such last day of July is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, as defined in section 12-39a, the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
(P.A. 03-2, S. 21.)
*Note: Section 20 of public act 03-2 was repealed effective August 20, 2003, by section 248 of public act 03-6 of the June 30 special session.
History: P.A. 03-2 effective February 28, 2003.
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Sec. 3-114m. Recording of real estate conveyance tax revenue received at end of fiscal year. At the end of each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2003, the Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue for such fiscal year the amount of tax that is required to be paid to the Commissioner of Revenue Services under section 12-494 and that is received by the Commissioner of Revenue Services not later than five business days after the last day of July immediately following the end of such fiscal year.
(P.A. 03-2, S. 39; P.A. 05-145, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 03-2 effective February 28, 2003; P.A. 05-145 changed date of receipt of payment to not later than five business days after the last day of July, effective June 24, 2005.
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Sec. 3-114n. Recording of revenue from gross earnings tax on cable and satellite television systems received at end of fiscal year. At the end of each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, the Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue for such fiscal year the amount of tax imposed under the provisions of chapter 211 on gross earnings in such fiscal year applicable to operating a community antenna television system under chapter 289 or to any person operating a business that provides one-way transmission to subscribers of video programming by satellite and which tax is received by the Commissioner of Revenue Services not later than five business days after the last day of July immediately following the end of such fiscal year.
(P.A. 03-2, S. 55; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1, S. 119; P.A. 05-145, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 03-2 effective February 28, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1 added provision re tax on satellite television businesses, effective August 16, 2003; P.A. 05-145 changed date of receipt of payment to not later than five business days after the last day of July, effective June 24, 2005.
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Sec. 3-114o. Recording of revenue from deposit initiator special account balances paid to the state. At the end of each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2009, the Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue for such fiscal year the amount of outstanding balances required to be paid to the state under section 22a-245a and that is received by the state not later than five business days after the last day of July immediately following the end of such fiscal year.
(P.A. 09-1, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 09-1 effective April 1, 2009.
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Sec. 3-114p. Recording of hospitals tax revenue received at end of fiscal year. At the close of each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, the Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue for such fiscal year the amount of tax imposed under the provisions of section 12-263b that is received by the Commissioner of Revenue Services not later than five business days after the last day of July immediately following the end of such fiscal year.
(P.A. 11-6, S. 149.)
History: P.A. 11-6 effective July 1, 2011, and applicable to calendar quarters commencing on or after that date.
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Sec. 3-114q. (Formerly Sec. 17b-322). Recording of revenue from resident day user fee in nursing homes. At the close of each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2006, the Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue for such fiscal year the amount of tax imposed under the provisions of section 17b-320 that is received by the Commissioner of Revenue Services not later than five business days from the last day of July immediately following the end of such fiscal year.
(P.A. 05-251, S. 80.)
History: P.A. 05-251 effective July 1, 2005; Sec. 17b-322 transferred to Sec. 3-114q in 2013.
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Sec. 3-114r. Recording of revenue from resident day user fee in intermediate care facility. At the close of each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, the Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue for such fiscal year the amount of the user fee imposed under the provisions of section 17b-340a that is received by the Commissioner of Revenue Services not later than five business days after the last day of July immediately following the end of such fiscal year.
(P.A. 11-6, S. 153.)
History: P.A. 11-6 effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 3-114s. Recording of revenue from tax on provision of inpatient hospital services and outpatient hospital services and nursing home and intermediate care facility resident day user fees. At the close of each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, the Comptroller is authorized to record as revenue for each such fiscal year the amount of tax and fee imposed under sections 12-263q to 12-263x, inclusive, that is received by the Commissioner of Revenue Services not later than five business days after the last day of July immediately following the end of such fiscal year.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-4, S. 10.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-4 effective November 21, 2017.
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Sec. 3-115. Preparation of accounting statements; monthly cumulative financial statements; annual report to the Governor. (a)(1) The Comptroller shall prepare all accounting statements relating to the financial condition of the state as a whole, the condition and operation of state funds, appropriations, reserves and costs of operations and shall furnish such statements when they are required for administrative purposes.
(2) The Comptroller shall issue cumulative monthly financial statements concerning the state's General Fund which shall include (A) a statement of revenues and expenditures to the end of the last-completed month, together with the statement of estimated revenue by source to the end of the fiscal year and the statement of appropriation requirements of the state's General Fund to the end of the fiscal year furnished pursuant to section 4-66 and itemized as far as practicable for each budgeted agency, including estimates of lapsing appropriations, unallocated lapsing balances and unallocated appropriation requirements, and (B) an analysis of the statements furnished by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to the Comptroller pursuant to subdivision (4) of section 4-66. The Comptroller shall provide the cumulative monthly financial statements, in the same form and in the same categories as appears in the budget act enacted by the General Assembly, on or before the first day of the following month. The Comptroller shall submit a copy of the monthly trial balance and monthly analysis of expenditure run to the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis.
(b) On or before September thirtieth, annually, the Comptroller shall submit a report, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, to the Governor which shall include (1) a statement of all appropriations and expenditures of the public funds during the fiscal year next preceding itemized by each appropriation account of each budgeted agency; (2) a statement of the revenues of the state classified as far as practicable as to budgeted agencies, sources and funds during such year; (3) a statement setting forth the total tax receipts of the state during such year; (4) a balance sheet setting forth, as of the close of such year, the financial condition of the state as to its funds; and such other information as will, in the Comptroller's opinion, be of interest to the public or as will convey to the General Assembly and the Governor the essential facts as to the financial condition and operations of the state government. The annual report of the Comptroller shall be published and made available to the public on or before the thirty-first day of December.
(1949 Rev., S. 190; 1959, P.A. 132, S. 15; 1967, P.A. 363, S. 5; 1971, P.A. 435, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 147, S. 1; P.A. 74-313, S. 2, 3; P.A. 75-62, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-302, S. 3, 11; P.A. 82-465, S. 1, 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 1, 30; P.A. 99-3; P.A. 11-48, S. 44; P.A. 15-244, S. 166; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 713, 729; P.A. 18-26, S. 29.)
History: 1959 act required inclusion in annual report to governor of statement of total tax receipts; 1967 act changed report deadline from September fifteenth to August fifteenth and included appropriations and encumbrances against preceding year's appropriations; 1971 act changed report deadline to September first; 1972 act deleted provision requiring inclusion of encumbrances against preceding appropriations; P.A. 74-313 added provision concerning cumulative monthly financial statements; P.A. 75-62 changed date of issuance from twenty-fifth of each month to first of following month; P.A. 78-302 deleted reference to transportation fund, called for itemization of appropriations information by agency in monthly statements and annual report and required availability of annual report to public by December first each year; P.A. 82-465 required comptroller to submit copy of monthly trial balance and monthly analysis of expenditure run to office of fiscal analysis; P.A. 91-14 required the comptroller to include, in the cumulative monthly financial statements, the statement of estimated revenue and the statement of appropriation requirements to the end of the fiscal year “furnished pursuant to section 4-66” rather than an “analysis” of such statements; (Revisor's note: In 1993 the word “before” was inserted editorially by the Revisors in the last sentence before the words “the first day of December”); P.A. 99-3 changed publication date of annual report from December first to December thirty-first; P.A. 11-48 changed report deadline to September 30th, required report to be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 15-244 inserted Subdiv. (5) re annual report statement certifying threshold level for deposits to Budget Reserve Fund under Sec. 4-30a(a)(5) for current fiscal year and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2019; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 designated existing provisions re Comptroller to prepare accounting statements and issue cumulative monthly financial statements as Subsec. (a) and amended same to add provision re analysis of statements furnished by secretary pursuant to Sec. 4-66, designated existing provisions re Comptroller to submit report as Subsec. (b), and made technical and conforming changes, effective November 1, 2017, and applicable to cumulative monthly financial statements issued on or after December 1, 2017, and repealed P.A. 15-244, S. 166, effective July 1, 2019, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 18-26 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(2).
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Sec. 3-115a. Providing for budgetary and financial reporting needs of the executive branch. The Comptroller, in carrying out accounting processes and financial reporting that meet constitutional needs, shall provide for the budgetary and financial reporting needs of the executive branch as may be necessary through the CORE-CT system.
(P.A. 92-135, S. 5; P.A. 04-87, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 04-87 deleted former Subsec. (a) re definitions, deleted Subsec. (b) designator and replaced reference to CAS, BOSS, SAAAS, ABS and APS systems with reference to the CORE-CT system.
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Sec. 3-115b. Generally accepted accounting principles. (a) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, the Comptroller, in the Comptroller's sole discretion, may initiate a process intended to result in the implementation of the use of generally accepted accounting principles, as prescribed by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, with respect to the preparation and maintenance of the annual financial statements of the state pursuant to section 3-115.
(b) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall initiate a process intended to result in the implementation of generally accepted accounting principles, as prescribed by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, with respect to the preparation of the biennial budget of the state.
(c) The Comptroller shall establish an opening combined balance sheet for each appropriated fund as of July 1, 2013, on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles. The accumulated deficit in the General Fund on June 30, 2013, as determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles and identified in the comprehensive annual financial report of the state as the unassigned negative balance of the General Fund on said date, reduced by any funds deposited in the General Fund from other resources for the purpose of reducing the negative unassigned balance of the fund, shall be amortized in each fiscal year of each biennial budget, commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and for the succeeding twelve fiscal years. The Comptroller shall, to the extent necessary to report the fiscal position of the state in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, reconcile the unassigned balance in the General Fund at the end of each fiscal year to the unassigned balance in the General Fund on June 30, 2013, the portion already amortized and any unassigned balance created after June 30, 2013. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall annually publish a recommended amortization schedule to fully reduce such negative unassigned balance by June 30, 2028.
(d) The unreserved negative balance in the General Fund reported in the comprehensive annual financial report issued by the Comptroller for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, reduced by (1) the negative unassigned balance in the General Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and (2) any funds from other resources deposited in the General Fund for the purpose of reducing the negative unassigned balance of the fund shall be amortized in each fiscal year of each biennial budget, commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and for the succeeding ten fiscal years. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall annually publish a recommended amortization schedule to fully reduce such negative unassigned balance by June 30, 2028.
(P.A. 93-402, S. 1–3; P.A. 95-178, S. 1, 2; P.A. 97-305, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 5, 51; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1, S. 58; P.A. 05-251, S. 92; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 95; P.A. 08-111, S. 1; P.A. 11-48, S. 45; P.A. 13-184, S. 92; 13-247, S. 235; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 10; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 184; P.A. 17-51, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 95-178 amended Subsec. (a) to postpone use of generally accepted accounting principles with respect to preparation of annual financial statements and budget from fiscal year commencing July 1, 1995, to fiscal year commencing July 1, 1997, and amended Subsec. (c) to postpone establishment of balance sheet on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles from July 1, 1995, to July 1, 1997, and to postpone commencement date for amortization of deferred charges from fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, to fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-305 amended Subsec. (a) to postpone use of generally accepted accounting principles with respect to preparation of annual financial statements and budget from fiscal year commencing July 1, 1997, to fiscal year commencing July 1, 1999, and amended Subsec. (c) to postpone establishment of balance sheet on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles from July 1, 1997, to July 1, 1999, and to postpone commencement date for amortization of deferred charges from fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, to fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, effective July 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 amended Subsec. (a) to postpone use of generally accepted accounting principles with respect to preparation of annual financial statements and budget from fiscal year commencing July 1, 1999, to fiscal year commencing July 1, 2003, and amended Subsec. (c) to postpone establishment of balance sheet on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles from July 1, 1999, to July 1, 2003, and to postpone commencement date for amortization of deferred charges from fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, to fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, effective July 1, 1999; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting “July 1, 2005” for “July 1, 2003”, amended Subsec. (b) by substituting “February 1, 2005” for “February 1, 1994”, and amended Subsec. (c) by substituting “July 1, 2005” for “July 1, 2003”, “June 30, 2005” for “June 30, 2003”, and “June 30, 2007” for “June 30, 2005”, effective August 16, 2003; P.A. 05-251 postponed date of implementation from July 1, 2005, to July 1, 2007, and adjusted corresponding dates accordingly, effective June 30, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 postponed date of implementation from July 1, 2007, to July 1, 2009, and adjusted corresponding dates accordingly, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 08-111 divided existing Subsec. (a) into new Subsecs. (a) and (b), amended new Subsec. (a) to permit Comptroller to initiate process intended to result in implementation of use of generally accepted accounting principles and make incremental changes in preparation of annual state financial statements consistent with such principles, amended new Subsec. (b) to permit Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to initiate process intended to result in implementation of use of generally accepted accounting principles, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as new Subsec. (c) and amended same to permit Comptroller and secretary to prepare annual conversion plans, to be submitted by date prescribed for transmission of budget document, deleted former Subsec. (c) re preparation of combined balance sheet for appropriated funds on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles and made technical changes throughout, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by changing date Comptroller may initiate process from fiscal year commencing July 1, 2008, to fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and by deleting reference to incremental changes consistent with generally accepted accounting principles, amended Subsec. (b) to require Secretary of Office of Policy and Management to initiate process intended to result in implementation of generally accepted accounting principles beginning in fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and by changing “annual” to “biennial” re budget of the state, and amended Subsec. (c) by replacing former provisions re conversion plans with provisions re combined balance sheet, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-184 amended Subsec. (c) to delay beginning date of incremental payments from fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, to fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and change term of payments from 14 years to 12 years, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (c) to make a technical change, to replace provision re adjustments set up as a deferred charge with provision re determination of accumulated deficit in General Fund, to extend commencement date of incremental payments from June 30, 2014, to June 30, 2016, and change term of payments from 14 years to 12 years, and to add provision re Comptroller reconciliation of unassigned balance and report of fiscal position of state, effective June 19, 2013; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 added Subsec. (d) re unreserved negative balance in General Fund, effective December 29, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (d) by substituting “2018” for “2017” re amortization commencement and “eleven” for “ten” re succeeding fiscal years, effective June 2, 2016; P.A. 17-51 amended Subsecs. (c) and (d) to delete provisions re negative unassigned balance to be amortized in equal increments and to add provisions requiring Secretary of Office of Policy and Management to publish recommended amortization schedule re negative unassigned balance, effective June 13, 2017.
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Sec. 3-115c. Report to the Governor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995. Section 3-115c is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(P.A. 95-160, S. 53, 69; P.A. 96-139, S. 12, 13; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
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Sec. 3-115d. CORE-CT policy board. Section 3-115d is repealed, effective June 23, 2015.
(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 107; P.A. 15-123, S. 7.)
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Sec. 3-115e. CORE-CT biennial reports. The State Comptroller shall report, not later than October 1, 2015, and every two years thereafter, to the Governor and the General Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on the CORE-CT system. Such reports shall include, but not be limited to, the status of the system, the total cost to date and projected costs for the next three fiscal years, other required software, the date and costs of future upgrades, the level of cooperation from vendors and state agencies and any other issues surrounding the CORE-CT system.
(P.A. 05-287, S. 7; P.A. 15-123, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 05-287 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 15-123 changed report to Governor and General Assembly from annually to biennially and in accordance with Sec. 11-4a and deleted references to implementation of CORE-CT system and anticipated completion date, effective June 23, 2015.
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Sec. 3-116. Transferred to Chapter 298b, Sec. 16a-118.
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Secs. 3-116a and 3-116b. Transferred to Chapter 57, Secs. 4a-7 and 4a-6, respectively.
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Sec. 3-117. Claims against the state. Process for constituent units of the state system of higher education. Recoupment by the state system of higher education. Recoupment by the state of agency expenses for basic telephone, toll telephone, teletypewriter or computer exchange services. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, upon the settlement of any claim against the state, the Comptroller shall draw an order on the Treasurer for its payment; but each such claim shall be submitted directly to the agency which ordered or received the articles or service for which such claim was made. The agency shall certify that such articles or services have been received or performed or, if not yet received or performed, are covered (1) by contracts properly drawn and executed, or (2) under procedures adopted by the Comptroller. Each claim against the state shall be supported by vouchers or receipts for the payment of any money exceeding twenty-five dollars at any one time, and an accurate account, showing the items of such claim, and a detailed account of expenses, when expenses constitute a portion of it, specifying the day when and purpose for which they were incurred. The original vouchers or receipts shall be filed in the Comptroller's office or retained by such agency in accordance with such procedures as the Comptroller may prescribe.
(b) The board of trustees of a constituent unit of the state system of higher education may authorize the chief executive officer of the unit or in the case of the Connecticut State University System, the chief executive officer of a state university requesting such authority, with the approval of the Comptroller and in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Comptroller, to certify to the Comptroller that the articles or services for which claims against the constituent unit or institution are made have been properly received or performed or, if not yet received or performed, are covered (1) by contracts properly drawn and executed or (2) under procedures approved by such chief executive officer, and that such claims are supported by vouchers or receipts for the payment of any money exceeding twenty-five dollars at one time, and by an accurate account, showing the items of such claims, and a detailed account of expenses, when expenses constitute a portion of them, specifying the day when and purpose for which they were incurred; and the original vouchers or receipts shall be filed at the constituent unit or institution, as appropriate. Upon receipt of such certification of a claim from the chief executive officer, the Comptroller shall draw an order for its payment pursuant to section 3-25.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall charge the appropriations of any state agency, without certification by such agency, for expenses incurred by such agency for basic telephone service, toll telephone service and teletypewriter or computer exchange service. Not later than thirty days following notification of such charge, such agency shall certify to the Commissioner of Administrative Services that such services were provided to such agency. As used in this subsection, (1) “telecommunications service” means and includes: The transmission of any interactive electromagnetic communications including but not limited to voice, image, data and any other information, by means of but not limited to wire, cable, including fiber optical cable, microwave, radio wave or any combinations of such media, and the resale or leasing of any such service. “Telecommunications service” includes but is not limited to basic telephone service, toll telephone service and teletypewriter or computer exchange service, including but not limited to, residential and business service, directory assistance, two-way cable television service, cellular mobile telephone or telecommunication service, specialized mobile radio and pagers and paging service, including any form of mobile two-way communication. “Telecommunications service” does not include (A) nonvoice services in which computer processing applications are used to act on the information to be transmitted, (B) any services or transactions subject to the sales and use tax under chapter 219, (C) any one-way radio or television broadcasting transmission, (D) any telecommunications service rendered by a company in control of such service when rendered for private use within its organization, or (E) any such service rendered by a company controlling such service when such company and the company for which such service is rendered are affiliated companies as defined in section 33-840 or are eligible to file a combined tax return for purposes of the state corporation business tax under chapter 208. (2) “Basic telephone service” means (A) telephone service allowing a telecommunications transmission station to be connected to points within a designated local calling area or (B) any facility or service provided in connection with a service described in subdivision (1) of this subsection but exclusive of any service which is a toll telephone service, teletypewriter or computer exchange service. (3) “Toll telephone service” means and includes the transmission of any interactive electromagnetic communication to points outside the designated local calling area in which the transmission originated for which there is a toll charge which varies in amount with the distance and elapsed transmission time of each individual communication, or a telecommunication service which entitles the subscriber or user, upon the payment of a periodic charge which is determined as a flat amount or upon the basis of total elapsed transmission time, to the privilege of an unlimited number of telephonic or interactive electromagnetic communications to or from all or a substantial portion of the persons having telephone or radio telephone stations in a specified area which is outside the basic telephone system area in which the station provided with this service is located. (4) “Teletypewriter or computer exchange service” means and includes the access from a teletypewriter, telephone, computer or other data station of which such transmission facility is a part, and the privilege of intercommunications by such station with substantially all persons having teletypewriter, telephone, computer or other data stations constituting a part of the same teletypewriter or computer exchange system, to which the subscriber or user is entitled upon payment of a charge or charges, whether such charge or charges are determined as a flat periodic amount on the basis of distance and elapsed transmission time or some other method.
(1949 Rev., S. 194; 1953, S. 65d; 1971, P.A. 634; P.A. 75-514, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-280, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-302, S. 4, 11; P.A. 91-256, S. 3, 69; 91-407, S. 27, 42; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-8, S. 1, 5; P.A. 93-285, S. 2; P.A. 96-271, S. 149, 254; P.A. 07-217, S. 4; P.A. 08-19, S. 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 76; 11-61, S. 132.)
History: 1971 act added provision for submission of claims to agencies which ordered or received articles of service subject of claim; P.A. 75-514 deleted language requiring signed statement of party presenting claim; P.A. 77-280 increased payments requiring vouchers or receipts from $5 to $25; P.A. 78-302 provided for cases involving articles or services not yet received or performed; P.A. 91-256 made the existing section Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) concerning the constituent units of the state system of higher education; P.A. 91-407 made technical changes in Subsec. (b) to correct internal section references; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-8 added Subsec. (c) to allow the commissioner of administrative services to charge the appropriations of any agency for the expenses incurred re basic telephone, toll telephone, teletypewriter or computer exchange services; P.A. 93-285 amended Subsec. (a) by authorizing agency retention of vouchers and receipts; P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (c) to replace reference to Sec. 33-374a with Sec. 33-840, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 08-19 amended Subsec. (c) to change “Commissioner of Administrative Services” to “Chief Information Officer”, effective April 29, 2008; pursuant to P.A. 11-51 and P.A. 11-61, “Chief Information Officer” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 129 C. 277.
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Sec. 3-117a. Management of state employee unemployment compensation claims. (a) The Comptroller shall manage all claims for unemployment compensation filed by state employees against all state agencies, maintain adequate records of all such claims and assist state agencies with all unemployment compensation claim procedures. The Comptroller shall, in managing unemployment compensation claims of state employees, receive all notices of separation, file objections, represent the state in all administrative, court and appeal proceedings and perform any other functions of an employer provided in chapter 567.
(b) The Comptroller may enter into any contracts and agreements as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 95-212, S. 1, 7.)
History: P.A. 95-212, S. 1 effective June 28, 1995.
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Sec. 3-117b. Determination of amount of labor-management savings realized pursuant to the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition agreement with the state. (a) The Comptroller shall determine the amount of labor-management savings realized by the State of Connecticut for each fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, to June 30, 2027, inclusive, pursuant to the operation of the agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) with all attachments and agreements appended thereto, filed with the General Assembly on July 21, 2017, including any agreement reached through negotiations between the state and SEBAC concerning wages, hours and other conditions of employment and any other agreement between the state and individual collective bargaining units representing state employees to achieve the labor-management savings specified in the state budget act for the biennium commencing on July 1, 2017, and for adjustments or revisions made to said act for the fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2018, and for each successive state budget act thereafter and any even-numbered year adjustments or revisions made thereto, until and including for the biennium commencing July 1, 2025.
(b) Not later than December 1, 2018, and each December first thereafter, until and including December 1, 2027, the Comptroller shall report the amount of labor-management savings realized for the previous fiscal year pursuant to the operation of the agreements described in subsection (a) of this section to the Governor and the General Assembly in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 215.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
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Sec. 3-118. Insurance. Section 3-118 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2183; 1963, P.A. 348, S. 4.)
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Sec. 3-119. Payment of salaries and other payments; statement of officers. Electronic system for personnel data. (a) The Comptroller shall pay all salaries and wages not less than ten calendar days or more than fifteen calendar days after the close of the payroll period in which the services were rendered, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, but shall draw no order in payment for any service of which the payroll officer of the state has official knowledge without the signed statement of the latter that all employees listed on the payroll of each agency have been duly appointed to authorized positions and have rendered the services for which payment is to be made. The Comptroller is authorized to develop, install and operate a comprehensive fully documented electronic system for effective personnel data, for payment of compensation to all state employees and officers and for maintenance of a chronological and permanent record of compensation paid to each employee and officer for the state employees retirement system and other purposes. Such electronic system shall, within available appropriations, facilitate the electronic processing of an income withholding order entered by a state or federal court, including any withholding order transmitted to the Comptroller by means of the electronic income withholding order process implemented by the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement. The Comptroller is authorized to establish an accounting procedure to implement this section.
(b) Salaries of full-time permanent employees who are employed on a less than twelve-month basis shall be prorated and paid biweekly on a twelve-month basis.
(c) The Comptroller shall make payment of all compensation for overtime work as provided in sections 5-245 and 5-246, shift differential bonus and any other incentive or bonus benefits required or permitted by statute or regulations not less than ten calendar days nor more then twenty-five calendar days after the close of the payroll period in which the related services were rendered.
(1949 Rev., S. 195; 1953, S. 66d; 1967, P.A. 363, S. 1; P.A. 73-677, S. 7; P.A. 75-510, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-302, S. 5, 11; P.A. 79-631, S. 18, 111; P.A. 05-288, S. 8; P.A. 17-98, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act changed time for payment of salaries from within two weeks to more than 10 but less than 15 days after end of payroll period and authorized institution of electronic payroll system; P.A. 73-677 deleted provision for payment adjustments delayed because of initiation of electronic system; P.A. 75-510 added Subsec. (b) regarding permanent employees employed on less than 12-month basis; P.A. 78-302 added Subsec. (c) regarding overtime and other special payments and specified calendar days in payment provisions of Subsec. (a); P.A. 79-631 made technical changes; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes in Subsec.(a), effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 17-98 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re electronic system facilitating electronic processing of income withholding order entered by state or federal court, effective July 1, 2017.
Under the merit system, the right to compensation derives from the position and not from the services rendered. 15 CS 336. System adopted by state of paying salaries on biweekly basis held to result in underpayment of public officer on a statutory annual salary. 20 CS 417.
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Sec. 3-119a. Retirement data base system; time and attendance system. (a) The Comptroller shall develop, implement and maintain a comprehensive retirement data base system and shall regularly consult and inform the State Employees Retirement Commission concerning the system.
(b) The Comptroller, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Administrative Services, shall develop, implement and maintain a state-wide time and attendance system. The system shall be integrated with the central payroll system and compatible with the development of the comprehensive retirement data base system.
(P.A. 91-328, S. 3, 5; P.A. 95-212, S. 2, 7.)
History: P.A. 95-212 amended Subsec. (b) by inserting reference to Commissioner of Administrative Services and repealed January 1, 1994, deadline for time and attendance system to be fully operational and repealed Subsec. (c) re quarterly status reports on such system, effective July 1, 1995.
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Sec. 3-119b. Election to decline compensation or benefit by state official. Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, any elected or appointed state official of the executive, legislative or judicial branch may, at such official's sole discretion, elect to decline any compensation or benefit paid by the state that the official is otherwise entitled to receive pursuant to any provision of the general statutes or regulations by notifying the State Comptroller of such election. Such election shall be effective upon the date indicated in such notification.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 144.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective June 26, 2019, and applicable to any notification made on or after January 1, 2019.
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Sec. 3-120. Wages of persons employed about State Capitol and grounds. Section 3-120 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 196; March, 1950, S. 67d; 1967, P.A. 363, S. 8.)
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Sec. 3-121. Comptroller's Service Fund. There shall continue to be a revolving fund known as the “Comptroller's Service Fund”. Said fund shall be allocated by the Comptroller as the financing of interdepartmental and other transactions of his office requires.
(1949 Rev., S. 208; P.A. 73-476, S. 1, 3; P.A. 76-208, S. 1, 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 136, 610; P.A. 78-302, S. 8, 11.)
History: P.A. 73-476 required working capital balance of $400,000 in data processing revolving fund; P.A. 76-208 excluded data processing fund from comptroller's service fund; P.A. 77-614 transferred fund to department of administrative services; P.A. 78-302 transferred fund to comptroller's control once again.
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Sec. 3-121a. GAAP salary reserve account. Section 3-121a is repealed, effective May 4, 2011.
(P.A. 10-173, S. 1; P.A. 11-6, S. 165.)
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Sec. 3-122. Relief payments under bylaws of Police Association of Connecticut. When any person, under the provisions of the constitution and bylaws of the Police Association of Connecticut, is entitled to relief from said association as a police officer injured in the line of duty, or rendered sick by disease contracted while in the line of duty, or as the widow, child or dependent mother of a police officer killed in the line of duty, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, upon the delivery to said commissioner of adequate proof from said association of the right of such person to such relief as aforesaid, process payment for such person or persons entitled to such relief, or their legal representatives, for the amount to which such person or persons may be entitled as relief as aforesaid, provided such orders shall be limited to available appropriations.
(1949 Rev., S. 209; 1967, P.A. 672; 1969, P.A. 475; P.A. 93-80, S. 41, 67; P.A. 98-263, S. 6, 21; P.A. 11-51, S. 138.)
History: 1967 act included sickness contracted in the line of duty as grounds for eligibility for relief; 1969 act required order for relief to be limited to available appropriations and deleted proviso prohibiting changes in allowances or benefits or changes in determinations of those eligible to receive them as of August 3, 1943; P.A. 93-80 deleted provision re relief payments to policemen injured in the line of duty or rendered sick by disease contracted in the line of duty, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 98-263 changed name from Connecticut State Police Association to Police Association of Connecticut and added provision re relief payments to police officers injured in the line of duty or rendered sick by disease contracted in the line of duty, effective July 1, 1998 (Revisor's note: In 1999 the phrase “... police officer killed in the line of his duty, ...” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “... police officer killed in the line of duty, ...” for consistency); P.A. 11-51 changed “Comptroller” to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, authorized commissioner to process payments rather than drawing order upon Treasurer and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 3-123. Relief payments and wage replacement benefits under bylaws of Connecticut State Firefighters Association. (a) Whenever a person, under the provisions of the constitution and bylaws of the Connecticut State Firefighters Association, is entitled to relief from said association, as a firefighter injured in the line of duty, or rendered sick by disease contracted while in the line of duty, or as the widow or child of a firefighter killed in the line of duty, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, upon the delivery to said commissioner of proper proofs from said association of the right of such person to relief as aforesaid, process payment for such person or persons entitled to such relief, or their legal representative, for the amount to which such person or persons are entitled as relief as aforesaid, provided such orders shall be limited to available appropriations.
(b) Whenever a firefighter, under the provisions of the constitution and bylaws of the Connecticut State Firefighters Association, is entitled to wage replacement benefits from said association pursuant to the firefighters cancer relief program established pursuant to section 7-313j, the State Treasurer shall, upon the delivery to the State Treasurer of proper proof from said association of the right of such firefighter to wage replacement benefits as aforesaid, process payment for such firefighter entitled to such wage replacement benefits, or his or her legal representative, for the amount to which such firefighter is entitled as wage replacement benefits as aforesaid, provided such orders shall be limited to available funds contained in the firefighters cancer relief account established pursuant to section 7-313h.
(1949 Rev., S. 210; February, 1965, P.A. 104; P.A. 93-80, S. 42, 67; P.A. 98-263, S. 7, 21; P.A. 11-51, S. 139; P.A. 16-10, S. 8; P.A. 18-126, S. 1.)
History: 1965 act removed proviso that total amount of orders drawn not exceed amount appropriated for any fiscal period; P.A. 93-80 deleted provision re relief payments to firemen injured in the line of duty or rendered sick by disease contracted in the line of duty and added provision limiting comptroller's orders to available appropriations, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 98-263 changed name from Connecticut State Firemen's Association to Connecticut State Firefighters Association and added provision re relief payments to firefighters injured in the line of duty or rendered sick by disease contracted in the line of duty, effective July 1, 1998 (Revisor's note: In 1999 the phrase “... firefighter killed in the line of his duty, ...” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “... firefighter killed in the line of duty, ...” for consistency); P.A. 11-51 changed “Comptroller” to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, authorized commissioner to process payments rather than drawing order upon Treasurer and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 16-10 designated existing provisions re person entitled to relief from Connecticut State Firefighter's Association as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re State Treasurer to process payment of wage replacement benefits, effective February 1, 2017; P.A. 18-126 made a technical change in Subsec. (b).
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Sec. 3-123a. Preretirement counseling of state and municipal employees. The Comptroller shall provide preretirement counseling services to employees of the state and to the members of the Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund and for this purpose shall, subject to the provisions of chapter 67, appoint a retirement counselor.
(1963, P.A. 380.)
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Sec. 3-123b. Payroll deductions for retired and pensioned employees. The Comptroller shall provide the same payroll deduction privileges to retired state employees and other persons receiving salary, pension or similar payments from the state as is provided for state employees.
(1963, P.A. 381; P.A. 97-302, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 97-302 deleted qualifying phrase “under the provisions of title 5” in reference to salaries, pensions or similar payments provided for state employees.
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Sec. 3-123c. Annual appropriation for Loyalty Day parades. Section 3-123c is repealed.
(1971, P.A. 689; June Sp. Sess. 91-14, S. 28, 30.)
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Sec. 3-123d. Unrestricted use grants-in-aid to towns. Section 3-123d is repealed.
(P.A. 76-214, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-185, S. 2, 3.)
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Sec. 3-123e. Disbursement of funds appropriated for regional fire schools, regional emergency dispatch centers or state or county-wide fire radio base networks. Annual report. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall disburse to any regional fire school, regional emergency dispatch center or any state or county-wide fire radio base network, in the form of a grant, such funds as may be appropriated to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for the purposes of such fire school, emergency dispatch center or fire radio base network. Each such grant shall be disbursed in equal quarterly amounts at the beginning of each quarter of the state fiscal year. After the close of each fiscal year, each such fire school, emergency dispatch center or fire radio base network shall submit to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, through the Connecticut State Firemen's Association, an audited report concerning the disbursement of such grant funds.
(P.A. 81-353, S. 3, 5; P.A. 84-129, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 140.)
History: P.A. 84-129 repealed provision requiring comptroller, upon delivery of proofs from Connecticut State Firemen's Association that amounts are due to person or agency for goods or services sold or provided to regional fire school, emergency dispatch center or fire radio base network, to draw order upon treasurer in favor of such person or agency from budgeted account of such school, center or network, substituting provisions re disbursement of appropriated funds and submission of annual reports; P.A. 11-51 changed “Comptroller” to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 3-123f. Capital reserve accounts for the constituent units of the state system of higher education. The State Comptroller shall establish a separate nonlapsing capital reserve account within the General Fund for each constituent unit of the state system of higher education. The proceeds of the sale, pursuant to section 4b-21, of any surplus land or interest in land of any constituent unit of the state system of higher education shall upon deposit in the General Fund be credited to the capital reserve account of the appropriate constituent unit for the purpose of capital projects authorized by the constituent unit.
(P.A. 91-230, S. 14, 17.)
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Sec. 3-123g. Payroll deduction slot. Solicitation of proposals. Vendor Advisory Committee. Report to General Assembly. (a) The Comptroller shall publish in a newspaper, having a substantial circulation in the state, a notice of intent to issue a payroll deduction slot. For the purposes of this section, “payroll deduction slot” means an automatic periodic deduction from a state payroll check. Any person interested in submitting proposals in response to such notice shall submit, within thirty days of such notice, the following information, in writing, to the Comptroller: (1) The name and mailing address of the applicant; (2) a detailed description of the product or service which the applicant intends to market to state employees; (3) the name, address and telephone number of any agent of the applicant from whom interested persons may obtain copies of the application; (4) detailed information on the financial ability of the applicant; (5) detailed information on past performance; and (6) such additional information as the Comptroller deems necessary. For the purposes of this section, “applicant” means any person who requests to establish or renew a payroll deduction slot under this section.
(b) Upon the receipt of such proposals, the Comptroller shall submit any such proposals to the Vendor Advisory Committee for review. The Vendor Advisory Committee shall consist of a designee of the Comptroller, the Labor Commissioner or his designee, the Insurance Commissioner or his designee, and three representatives of labor unions representing state employees appointed by the Comptroller in consultation with the state employee unions. Such representatives of labor unions shall serve five-year terms and shall not serve successive terms. The Vendor Advisory Committee shall review such proposals and make recommendations to the Comptroller whether to approve or disapprove such proposals. Prior to approving any payroll deduction slot under this section, the Comptroller shall consider the following criteria: (1) The benefit to state employees of the product or service; (2) the price or rate of the product or service; (3) the skill, ability and integrity of the applicant to deliver such product or service; (4) the past performance of the applicant; (5) the recommendations of the Vendor Advisory Committee; and (6) any other information which the Comptroller deems necessary. In considering the past performance of the applicant, the Comptroller shall evaluate the skill, ability and integrity of the applicant in terms of the applicant's fulfillment of past contract obligations and his experience or lack of experience in delivering the same or similar products or services.
(c) Any payroll deduction slot approved by the Comptroller shall be in the form of a written agreement, approved by the Attorney General, specifying the terms and conditions for the use of such slot, and shall be for a fixed term, not to exceed five years.
(d) The Comptroller may issue a payroll deduction slot in accordance with the procedures of this section. The Comptroller may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this section.
(e) On July 1, 1997, and every two years thereafter, the Comptroller shall submit to the General Assembly a report on the number and type of products and services offered through payroll deduction slots and the number of state employees who are utilizing such products and services.
(P.A. 96-156, S. 1.)
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Sec. 3-123h. Restrictive grant fund account for payment of costs of flexible spending account programs. Transfer of funds to account. Report on status of programs. (a) The State Comptroller may transfer from the Employers Social Security Tax account the amount or any portion of the amount of actual or projected savings in said account resulting from employee participation in the flexible spending account programs, established in sections 5-264b to 5-264e, inclusive, to a restrictive grant fund account for payment of administrative and program costs of the flexible spending account programs. The total amount transferred for administrative costs pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars per year.
(b) The State Comptroller may transfer from the Employers Social Security Tax account an amount equal to an employee's yearly contribution to the restrictive grant fund account described in subsection (a) of this section, provided such amount is reimbursed to the Employers Social Security Tax account from said restrictive grant fund account not later than eighteen months after such transfer.
(c) On or before April 30, 2016, and annually thereafter, the State Comptroller shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management on the status of the flexible spending account programs. Each such report shall include, but not be limited to: (1) The number of employees enrolled in such programs, (2) the administrative costs of such programs, (3) the amount of forfeitures in such programs, and (4) the effect of the transfers permitted under subsections (a) and (b) of this section on the Employers Social Security Tax account.
(P.A. 10-179, S. 38; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 43; P.A. 15-123, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 10-179 effective July 1, 2010; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 made technical changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 15-123 amended Subsec. (c) to change “March 30, 2012” to “April 30, 2016” re annual report, effective July 1, 2015.
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Sec. 3-123i. Funding for fringe benefit cost differential re The University of Connecticut Health Center employees. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Comptroller shall fund the fringe benefit cost differential between the average rate for fringe benefits for employees of private hospitals in the state and the fringe benefit rate for employees of The University of Connecticut Health Center from the resources appropriated for State Comptroller-Fringe Benefits in an amount not to exceed $13,500,000. For purposes of this section, the “fringe benefit cost differential” means the difference between the state fringe benefit rate calculated on The University of Connecticut Health Center payroll and the average member fringe benefit rate of all Connecticut acute care hospitals as contained in the annual reports submitted to the Health Systems Planning Unit of the Office of Health Strategy pursuant to section 19a-644.
(June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 115; P.A. 18-91, S. 67.)
History: June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 18-91 replaced “Office of Health Care Access” with “Health Systems Planning Unit of the Office of Health Strategy”, effective May 14, 2018.
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Sec. 3-123j. Plan re participation of nonstate public employees in Health Enhancement program. The Comptroller may develop and implement a plan to allow nonstate public employees, as defined in section 3-123aaa, to participate in the Health Enhancement program established in accordance with the provisions of the Revised SEBAC Agreement, approved by the General Assembly on August 22, 2011, for state employees. The Comptroller may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 13-247, S. 77.)
History: P.A. 13-247 effective July 1, 2013.
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Sec. 3-123k. Funding for fringe benefit cost re community college employees. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Comptroller shall fund the fringe benefit costs for employees of the community college system who are supported by resources other than the General Fund in an amount not to exceed $16,200,000 from the resources appropriated for State Comptroller-Fringe Benefits. Nothing in this section shall change the fringe benefit support provided to the community college system for General Fund supported employees from the resources appropriated for State Comptroller-Fringe Benefits.
(P.A. 18-81, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 18-81 effective July 1, 2018.
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Secs. 3-123l to 3-123z. Reserved for future use.
Sec. 3-123aa. Connecticut Homecare Option Program for the Elderly. Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund. Advisory committee. (a) For purposes of sections 3-123aa to 3-123ff, inclusive:
(1) “Depositor” means any person making a deposit, payment, contribution, gift or other deposit to the trust pursuant to a participation agreement.
(2) “Designated beneficiary” means any individual who has been designated as a beneficiary in the participation agreement, and may include any individual who enters into a participation agreement or is subsequently designated as a spouse or the partner to a civil union of the designated beneficiary.
(3) “Eligible home care provider” means (A) a provider licensed in Connecticut to perform home care services, (B) a homemaker or companion service that is registered with the Department of Consumer Protection, (C) licensed transportation services, or (D) a personal care assistant.
(4) “Instrumental activities of daily living” means activities related to independent living necessary to maintain an individual in their home or other noninstitutional setting, and includes, but is not limited to, adult day care, chore services, companion services, meal preparation or home-delivered meals, or transportation or homemaker services.
(5) “Participation agreement” means the agreement between the trust and depositors for participation in a savings plan for a designated beneficiary.
(6) “Qualified home care expenses” means the cost of services performed by an eligible home care provider for the instrumental activities of daily living, and the cost of any other service recommended by a physician and provided by an eligible home care provider.
(7) “Trust” means the Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund.
(b) There is established the Connecticut Homecare Option Program for the Elderly, to allow individuals to plan for the cost of services that will allow them to remain in their homes or in a noninstitutional setting as they age. The Comptroller shall establish the Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund, which shall be comprised of individual savings accounts for those qualified home care expenses not covered by a long-term care insurance policy and for those qualified home care expenses that supplement the coverage provided by a long-term care policy or Medicare. Withdrawals from the fund may be used for qualified home care expenses, upon receipt by the fund of a certification signed by a licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant or a licensed advanced practice registered nurse that the designated beneficiary is in need of services for the instrumental activities of daily living. Upon the death of a designated beneficiary, any available funds in such beneficiary's account shall be an asset of the estate of such beneficiary.
(c) There is established an advisory committee to the Connecticut Homecare Option Program for the Elderly, which shall consist of the State Treasurer, the State Comptroller, the Commissioner of Social Services, the Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services, the director of the long-term care partnership policy program within the Office of Policy and Management, and the cochairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging, human services and finance, revenue and bonding, or their designees. The Governor shall appoint one provider of home care services for the elderly and a physician specializing in geriatric care. The advisory committee shall meet at least annually. The State Comptroller shall convene the meetings of the committee.
(P.A. 07-130, S. 1; P.A. 08-140, S. 2; P.A. 13-97, S. 1; 13-125, S. 23; P.A. 16-39, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 285; P.A. 18-169, S. 11; P.A. 19-157, S. 1; P.A. 21-196, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 08-140 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by adding provision re individual “designated as a beneficiary in the participation agreement”, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 13-97 amended Subsec. (c) to replace reference to select committee on aging with reference to joint standing committee having cognizance of matters relating to aging, effective June 6, 2013; P.A. 13-125 amended Subsec. (c) to replace Commission on Aging representative with Commissioner on Aging as advisory committee member and replace reference to select committee on aging with reference to joint standing committee having cognizance of matters relating to aging, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 16-39 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re certification signed by advanced practice registered nurse; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting reference to Commissioner on Aging, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 18-169 amended Subsec. (c) by adding “the Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services,”, effective June 14, 2018; P.A. 19-157 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services with Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services; P.A. 21-196 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to licensed physician assistant.
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Sec. 3-123bb. Powers of Comptroller re Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund. The Comptroller, on behalf of the trust and for purposes of the trust, may:
(1) Receive and invest moneys in the trust in any instruments, obligations, securities or property in accordance with section 3-123cc;
(2) Procure insurance in connection with the trust's property, assets, activities, or deposits or contributions to the trust;
(3) Establish one or more funds within the trust and maintain separate accounts for each designated beneficiary; and
(4) Take any other actions necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 3-123aa to 3-123ff, inclusive, and incidental to the duties imposed on the Comptroller pursuant to said sections.
(P.A. 07-130, S. 2.)
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Sec. 3-123cc. Investment of amounts on deposit in Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund. The Comptroller shall invest the amounts on deposit in the trust in a manner reasonable and appropriate to achieve the objectives of the trust, exercising the discretion and care of a prudent person in similar circumstances with similar objectives. The Comptroller shall give due consideration to rate of return, risk, term or maturity, diversification of the total portfolio within the trust, liquidity, the projected disbursements and expenditures, and the expected payments, deposits, contributions and gifts to be received. The Comptroller shall not require the trust to invest directly in obligations of the state or any political subdivision of the state or in any investment or other fund administered by the Comptroller. The assets of the trust shall be continuously invested and reinvested in a manner consistent with the objectives of the trust until disbursed for qualified home care expenses, expended on expenses incurred by the operations of the trust, or refunded to the depositor or designated beneficiary on the conditions provided in the participation agreement.
(P.A. 07-130, S. 3.)
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Sec. 3-123dd. Additional powers of Comptroller re Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund. The Comptroller, on behalf of the trust and for purposes of the trust, may:
(1) Establish consistent terms for each participation agreement, bulk deposit, coupon or installment payments, including, but not limited to, (A) the method of payment into the trust by payroll deduction, transfer from bank accounts or otherwise, (B) the termination, withdrawal or transfer of payments under the trust, including transfers to an eligible home care provider, (C) penalties for distributions not used or made in accordance with this section, (D) changing the identity of the designated beneficiary, and (E) any charges or fees in connection with the administration of the trust;
(2) Enter into one or more contractual agreements, including contracts for legal, actuarial, accounting, custodial, advisory, management, administrative, advertising, marketing and consulting services for the trust and pay for such services from the gains and earnings of the trust;
(3) Apply for, accept and expend gifts, grants or donations from public or private sources to enable the trust to carry out its objectives;
(4) Adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the purposes of sections 3-123aa to 3-123ff, inclusive;
(5) Sue and be sued; and
(6) Take any other action necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 3-123aa to 3-123ff, inclusive, and incidental to the duties imposed on the Comptroller pursuant to said sections.
(P.A. 07-130, S. 4.)
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Sec. 3-123ee. Treatment of Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund participation, offering and solicitation under securities laws. Participation in the trust and the offering and solicitation of the trust are exempt from sections 36b-16 and 36b-22. The Comptroller shall obtain written advice of counsel or written advice from the Securities Exchange Commission, or both, that the trust and the offering of participation in the trust are not subject to federal securities laws.
(P.A. 07-130, S. 5.)
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Sec. 3-123ff. Pledge of state re Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund rights and obligations. The state pledges to depositors, designated beneficiaries and with any party who enters into contracts with the trust, pursuant to the provisions of sections 3-123aa to 3-123ff, inclusive, that the state will not limit or alter the rights under said sections vested in the trust or contract with the trust until such obligations are fully met and discharged and such contracts are fully performed on the part of the trust, provided nothing contained in this section shall preclude such limitation or alteration if adequate provision is made by law for the protection of such depositors and designated beneficiaries pursuant to the obligations of the trust or parties who entered into such contracts with the trust. The trust, on behalf of the state, may include this pledge and undertaking for the state in participation agreements and such other obligations or contracts.
(P.A. 07-130, S. 6.)
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Sec. 3-123gg. Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund constitutes an instrumentality of the state. Treatment of amounts on deposit in funds. (a) The Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund shall constitute an instrumentality of the state and shall perform essential governmental functions, as provided in this section and sections 3-123aa to 3-123ff, inclusive. The trust shall receive and hold all payments and deposits or contributions intended for the trust, as well as gifts, bequests, endowments or federal, state or local grants and any other funds from any public or private source and all earnings until disbursed in accordance with section 3-123aa.
(b) The amounts on deposit in the trust as individual savings accounts shall not constitute property of the state and such amounts shall not be construed to be a department, institution or agency of the state. Amounts on deposit in the trust shall not be commingled with state funds and the state shall have no claim to or against, or interest in, such funds. Any contract entered into by or any obligation of the trust shall not constitute a debt or obligation of the state and the state shall have no obligation to any designated beneficiary or any other person on account of the trust and all amounts obligated to be paid from the trust shall be limited to amounts available for such obligation on deposit in the trust. The amounts on deposit in the trust may only be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 3-123aa to 3-123ff, inclusive. The trust shall continue in existence as long as it holds any deposits or has any obligations and until its existence is terminated by law. Upon termination any unclaimed assets shall return to the state.
(c) The Comptroller shall be responsible for the receipt, maintenance, administration, investing and disbursements of amounts from the trust. The trust shall not receive deposits in any form other than cash. No depositor or designated beneficiary may direct the investment of any contributions or amounts held in the trust other than in the specific fund options provided for by the trust.
(P.A. 08-140, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 08-140 effective July 1, 2008.
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Secs. 3-123hh to 3-123zz. Reserved for future use.
Sec. 3-123aaa. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 3-123bbb to 3-123hhh, inclusive:
(1) “Health Care Cost Containment Committee” means the committee established in accordance with the ratified agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition pursuant to subsection (f) of section 5-278.
(2) “Nonprofit employee” means any employee of a nonprofit employer.
(3) “Nonprofit employer” means (A) a nonprofit corporation, organized under 26 USC 501, as amended from time to time, that (i) has a purchase of service contract, as defined in section 4-70b, or (ii) receives fifty per cent or more of its gross annual revenue from grants or funding from the state, the federal government or a municipality or any combination thereof, or (B) an organization that is tax exempt pursuant to 26 USC 501(c)(5), as amended from time to time.
(4) “Nonstate public employee” means any employee or elected officer of a nonstate public employer.
(5) “Nonstate public employer” means a municipality or other political subdivision of the state, including a board of education, quasi-public agency or public library. A municipality and a board of education may be considered separate employers.
(6) “Partnership plan” means a health care benefit plan offered by the Comptroller to (A) nonstate public employers or nonprofit employers pursuant to section 3-123bbb, (B) graduate assistants at The University of Connecticut and The University of Connecticut Health Center, (C) postdoctoral trainees at The University of Connecticut and The University of Connecticut Health Center, (D) graduate fellows at The University of Connecticut and The University of Connecticut Health Center, and (E) graduate students of The University of Connecticut participating in university-funded internships as part of their graduate program.
(7) “State employee plan” means a self-insured group health care benefits plan established under subsection (m) of section 5-259.
(P.A. 11-58, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 416.)
History: P.A. 11-58 effective July 1, 2011; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subdiv. (6) by redefining “partnership plan”, effective July 1, 2015.
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Sec. 3-123bbb. Enrollment procedures and requirements. Comptroller duties. (a)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of title 38a, the Comptroller shall offer to nonstate public employers and nonprofit employers, and their respective retirees, if applicable, coverage under a partnership plan or plans. Such plan or plans may be offered on a fully-insured or risk-pooled basis at the discretion of the Comptroller. Any health insurer, health care center or other entity that contracts with the Comptroller for the purposes of this section and any fully-insured plan offered by the Comptroller under such contract shall be subject to title 38a. Eligible employers shall submit an application to the Comptroller for coverage under any such plan or plans.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2012, the Comptroller shall offer coverage under such plan or plans to nonstate public employers. Beginning January 1, 2013, the Comptroller shall offer coverage under such plan or plans to nonprofit employers.
(b) (1) The Comptroller shall require nonstate public employers and nonprofit employers that elect to obtain coverage under a partnership plan to participate in such plan for not less than two-year intervals. An employer may apply for renewal prior to the expiration of each interval.
(2) The Comptroller shall develop procedures by which:
(A) Such employers may apply to obtain coverage under a partnership plan, including procedures for nonstate public employers that are currently fully insured and procedures for nonstate public employers that are currently self-insured;
(B) Employers receiving coverage for their employees pursuant to a partnership plan may (i) apply for renewal, or (ii) withdraw from such coverage, including, but not limited to, the terms and conditions under which such employers may withdraw prior to the expiration of the interval and the procedure by which any premium payments such employers may be entitled to or premium equivalent payments made in excess of incurred claims shall be refunded to such employer. Any such procedures shall provide that nonstate public employees covered by collective bargaining shall withdraw from such coverage in accordance with chapters 113 and 166; and
(C) The Comptroller may collect payments and fees for unreported claims and expenses.
(c) (1) The initial open enrollment for nonstate public employers shall be for coverage beginning July 1, 2012. Thereafter, open enrollment for nonstate public employers shall be for coverage periods beginning July first.
(2) The initial open enrollment for nonprofit employers shall be for coverage beginning January 1, 2013. Thereafter, open enrollment for nonprofit employers shall be for coverage periods beginning January first and July first.
(d) Nothing in this section or sections 3-123ccc and 3-123ddd shall require the Comptroller to offer coverage to every employer seeking coverage under sections 3-123ccc and 3-123ddd from every partnership plan offered by the Comptroller.
(e) The Comptroller shall create applications for coverage for the purposes of sections 3-123ccc and 3-123ddd and for renewal of a partnership plan. Such applications shall require an employer to disclose whether the employer will offer any other health care benefits plan to the employees who are offered a partnership plan.
(f) No employee shall be enrolled in a partnership plan if such employee is covered through such employee's employer by health insurance plans or insurance arrangements issued to or in accordance with a trust established pursuant to collective bargaining subject to the federal Labor Management Relations Act.
(g) (1) The Comptroller shall take such actions as are necessary to ensure that granting coverage to an employer under sections 3-123ccc and 3-123ddd will not affect the status of the state employee plan as a governmental plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. Such actions may include, but are not limited to, cancelling coverage, with notice, to such employer and discontinuing the acceptance of applications for coverage from nonprofit employers. The Comptroller shall establish the form and time frame for the notice of cancellation to be provided to such employer.
(2) The Comptroller shall resume providing coverage for, or accepting applications for coverage from, nonprofit employers if the Comptroller determines that granting coverage to such employers will not affect the state employee plan's status as a governmental plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
(3) The Comptroller shall make a public announcement of the Comptroller's decision to discontinue or resume coverage or the acceptance of applications for coverage under a partnership plan or plans.
(h) The Comptroller, in consultation with the Health Care Cost Containment Committee, shall:
(1) Develop and implement patient-centered medical homes for the state employee plan and partnership plans offered under this section, in a manner that will reduce the costs of such plans; and
(2) Review claims data of the state employee plan and partnership plans offered under this section, to target high-cost health care providers and medical conditions and monitor costly trends.
(P.A. 11-58, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 11-58 effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 3-123ccc. Applications. Regulations. (a) Nonstate public employers and nonprofit employers may apply for coverage under a partnership plan in accordance with this section.
(1) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, initial and continuing participation in a partnership plan by a nonstate public employer shall be a permissive subject of collective bargaining and shall be subject to binding interest arbitration only if the collective bargaining agent and the employer mutually agree to bargain over such participation.
(2) If a nonstate public employer or a nonprofit employer submits an application for coverage for all of its respective employees, the Comptroller shall accept such application upon the terms and conditions applicable to the partnership plan, for the next open enrollment. The Comptroller shall provide written notification to such employer of such acceptance and the date on which such coverage shall begin, pending acceptance by such employer of the terms and conditions of such plan.
(3) (A) Except as specified in subparagraph (D) of this subdivision, if a nonstate public employer or a nonprofit employer submits an application for coverage for less than all of its respective employees, or indicates in the application the employer will offer other health plans to employees who are offered a partnership plan, the Comptroller shall forward such application to a health care actuary not later than five business days after receiving such application. Not later than sixty days after receiving such application, such actuary shall notify the Comptroller whether, as a result of the employees included in such application or other factors, the application will shift a significant part of such employer's employees' medical risks to the partnership plan. Such actuary shall provide, in writing, to the Comptroller the specific reasons for such actuary's finding, including a summary of all information relied upon in making such a finding.
(B) If the Comptroller determines that, based on such finding, the application will shift a significant part of such employer's employees' medical risks to the partnership plan, the Comptroller shall not provide coverage to such employer and shall provide written notification and the specific reasons for such denial to such employer and the Health Care Cost Containment Committee.
(C) If the Comptroller determines that, based on such finding, the application will not shift a significant part of such employer's employees' medical risks to the partnership plan, the Comptroller shall accept such application for the next open enrollment. The Comptroller shall provide written notification to such employer of such acceptance and the date on which such coverage shall begin, pending acceptance by such employer of the terms and conditions of such plan.
(D) If an employer included less than all of its employees in its application for coverage because of (i) the decision by individual employees to decline coverage from their employer for themselves or their dependents, or (ii) the employer's decision not to offer coverage to temporary, part-time or durational employees, the Comptroller shall not forward such employer's application to a health care actuary.
(b) The Comptroller shall consult with a health care actuary who shall develop:
(1) Actuarial standards to assess the shift in medical risks of an employer's employees to a partnership plan. The Comptroller shall present such standards to the Health Care Cost Containment Committee for its review, evaluation and approval prior to the use of such standards; and
(2) Actuarial standards to determine the administrative fees and fluctuating reserves fees set forth in section 3-123eee and the amount of premiums or premium equivalent payments to cover anticipated claims and claim reserves. The Comptroller shall present such standards to the Health Care Cost Containment Committee for its review, evaluation and approval prior to the use of such standards.
(c) The Comptroller may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to establish the procedures and criteria for any reviews or evaluations performed by the Health Care Cost Containment Committee pursuant to subsection (b) of this section or subsection (c) of section 3-123ddd.
(P.A. 11-58, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 11-58 effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 3-123ddd. Coverage for retirees. (a) Employers whose applications for coverage for their employees under a partnership plan, pursuant to section 3-123ccc, have been accepted may seek such coverage for their retirees in accordance with this section. Premium payments for such coverage shall be remitted by the employer to the Comptroller in accordance with section 3-123eee.
(b) (1) If an employer seeks coverage for all of such employer's retirees in accordance with this section and all of such employer's employees in accordance with section 3-123ccc, the Comptroller shall accept such application upon the terms and conditions applicable to the partnership plan, for the next open enrollment. The Comptroller shall provide written notification to such employer of such acceptance and the date on which such coverage shall begin, pending acceptance by such employer of the terms and conditions of such plan.
(2) Except as specified in subdivision (5) of this subsection, if a nonstate public employer or a nonprofit employer seeks coverage for less than all of its respective retirees, regardless of whether the employer is seeking coverage for all of such employer's active employees, the Comptroller shall forward such application to a health care actuary not later than five business days after receiving such application. Not later than sixty days after receiving such application, such actuary shall notify the Comptroller whether, as a result of the retirees included in such application or other factors, the application will shift a significant part of such employer's retirees' medical risks to the partnership plan. Such actuary shall provide, in writing, to the Comptroller the specific reasons for such actuary's finding, including a summary of all information relied upon in making such a finding.
(3) If the Comptroller determines that, based on such finding, the application will shift a significant part of such employer's retirees' medical risks to the partnership plan, the Comptroller shall not provide coverage to such employer and shall provide written notification and the specific reasons for such denial to such employer and the Health Care Cost Containment Committee.
(4) If the Comptroller determines that, based on such finding, the application will not shift a significant part of such employer's retirees' medical risks to the partnership plan, the Comptroller shall accept such application for the next open enrollment. The Comptroller shall provide written notification to such employer of such acceptance and the date on which such coverage shall begin, pending acceptance by such employer of the terms and conditions of such plan.
(5) If an employer included less than all of its retirees in its application for coverage because of (A) the decision by individual retirees to decline health benefits or health insurance coverage from their employer for themselves or their dependents, or (B) the retiree's enrollment in Medicare, the Comptroller shall not forward such employer's application to a health care actuary.
(c) The Comptroller shall consult with a health care actuary who shall develop actuarial standards to be used to assess the shift in medical risks of an employer's retirees to a partnership plan. The Comptroller shall present such standards to the Health Care Cost Containment Committee for its review, evaluation and approval prior to the use of such standards.
(d) Nothing in sections 3-123aaa to 3-123hhh, inclusive, 19a-654, 19a-725, 19a-755a, 38a-513f or 38a-513g shall diminish any right to retiree health insurance pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or any other provision of the general statutes.
(P.A. 11-58, S. 4; P.A. 13-247, S. 147; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 120.)
History: P.A. 11-58 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (d) by deleting references to Secs. 19a-724 and 19a-724a and inserting reference to Sec. 38a-1091, effective June 19, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “38a-1091” with “19a-755a”, effective October 31, 2017.
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Sec. 3-123eee. Partnership plan premium account. Nonpayment of premium or premium equivalent. (a) There is established an account to be known as the “partnership plan premium account”, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. All premiums paid by employers and their respective employees and retirees for coverage under a partnership plan pursuant to sections 3-123bbb to 3-123ddd, inclusive, shall be deposited into said account. The account shall be administered by the Comptroller for payment of claims and administrative fees to entities providing coverage or services under partnership plans.
(b) The Comptroller may charge each employer participating in a partnership plan an administrative fee calculated on a per member per month basis, in accordance with the actuarial standards developed under subsection (b) of section 3-123ccc and subsection (c) of section 3-123ddd. In addition, the Comptroller may charge a fluctuating reserves fee the Comptroller deems necessary and in accordance with the actuarial standards developed under subsection (b) of section 3-123ccc and subsection (c) of section 3-123ddd to ensure adequate claims reserves.
(c) Each employer shall pay monthly the amount determined by the Comptroller, pursuant to this section, for coverage of its employees or its employees and retirees, as appropriate, under a partnership plan. An employer may require each covered employee to contribute a portion of the cost of such employee's coverage under the plan, subject to any collective bargaining obligation applicable to such employer.
(d) If any payment due by an employer under this section is not submitted to the Comptroller by the tenth day after the date such payment is due, interest to be paid by such employer shall be added, retroactive to the date such payment was due, at the prevailing rate of interest as determined by the Comptroller.
(1) The Comptroller may terminate participation in the partnership plan by a nonprofit employer on the basis of nonpayment of premium or premium equivalent, provided at least ten days' advance notice is given to such employer, which may continue the coverage and avoid the effect of the termination by remitting payment in full at any time prior to the effective date of termination.
(2) (A) If a nonstate public employer fails to make premium payments or premium equivalent payments as required by this section, the Comptroller may direct the State Treasurer, or any other officer of the state who is the custodian of any moneys made available by grant, allocation or appropriation payable to such nonstate public employer, to withhold the payment of such moneys until the amount of the premium or premium equivalent or interest due has been paid to the Comptroller, or until the State Treasurer or such custodial officer determines that arrangements have been made, to the satisfaction of the State Treasurer, for the payment of such premium or premium equivalent and interest. Such moneys shall not be withheld if such withholding will adversely affect the receipt of any federal grant or aid in connection with such moneys.
(B) If no grant, allocation or appropriation is payable to such nonstate public employer or is not withheld, pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, the Comptroller may terminate participation in a partnership plan by a nonstate public employer on the basis of nonpayment of premium or premium equivalent, provided at least ten days' advance notice is given to such employer, which may continue the coverage and avoid the effect of the termination by remitting payment in full at any time prior to the effective date of termination.
(3) The Comptroller may request the Attorney General to bring an action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to recover any premium or premium equivalent, interest costs, paid claim expenses or equitable relief from a terminated employer.
(P.A. 11-58, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 11-58 effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 3-123fff. Nonstate Public Health Care Advisory Committee. Nonprofit Health Care Advisory Committee. (a) There is established a Nonstate Public Health Care Advisory Committee. The committee shall make advisory recommendations to the Health Care Cost Containment Committee concerning health care coverage for nonstate public employees. The advisory committee shall consist of nonstate public employers and employees participating in a partnership plan and shall include the following members appointed by the Comptroller: (1) Three municipal employer representatives, one of whom represents towns with populations of one hundred thousand or more, one of whom represents towns with populations of at least twenty thousand but under one hundred thousand, and one of whom represents towns with populations under twenty thousand; (2) three municipal employee representatives, one of whom represents employees in towns with populations of one hundred thousand or more, one of whom represents employees in towns with populations of at least twenty thousand but under one hundred thousand, and one of whom represents employees in towns with populations under twenty thousand; (3) three board of education employers, one of whom represents towns with populations of one hundred thousand or more, one of whom represents towns with populations of at least twenty thousand but under one hundred thousand, and one of whom represents towns with populations under twenty thousand; and (4) three board of education employee representatives, one of whom represents towns with populations of one hundred thousand or more, one of whom represents towns with populations of at least twenty thousand but under one hundred thousand, and one of whom represents towns with populations under twenty thousand.
(b) There is established a Nonprofit Health Care Advisory Committee. The committee shall make advisory recommendations to the Health Care Cost Containment Committee concerning health care coverage for nonprofit employees. The advisory committee shall consist of nonprofit employers and their respective employees participating in a partnership plan and shall include the following members appointed by the Comptroller: (1) Three nonprofit employer representatives; and (2) three nonprofit employee representatives.
(P.A. 11-58, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 11-58 effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 3-123ggg. Regulations. The Comptroller may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement and administer partnership plans and the provisions of sections 3-123aaa to 3-123fff, inclusive. The Comptroller may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of sections 3-123aaa to 3-123fff, inclusive, while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulation, provided the Comptroller prints notice of intent to adopt regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
(P.A. 11-58, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 11-58 effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 3-123hhh. Health Care Cost Containment Committee and State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition approval. (a) The Comptroller shall not offer coverage under a partnership plan pursuant to sections 3-123bbb to 3-123eee, inclusive, until the Health Care Cost Containment Committee has provided, in writing, its approval of sections 3-123aaa to 3-123fff, inclusive, to the Comptroller and until the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition has provided its written consent to the clerks of both houses of the General Assembly to incorporate the terms of sections 3-123aaa to 3-123fff, inclusive, into its collective bargaining agreement.
(b) Nothing in this section or sections 3-123aaa to 3-123ggg, inclusive, 19a-654, 19a-725, 19a-755a, 38a-513f or 38a-513g shall modify the state employee plan in any way without the written consent of the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
(P.A. 11-58, S. 8; 11-61, S. 141; P.A. 13-247, S. 148; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 121.)
History: P.A. 11-58 effective July 2, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (b) to insert cites to Secs. 19a-654, 19a-724, 19a-724a, 19a-725, 38a-513f and 38a-513g, effective June 21, 2011; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting references to Secs. 19a-724 and 19a-724a and inserting reference to Sec. 38a-1091, effective June 19, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “38a-1091” with “19a-755a”, effective October 31, 2017.
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Secs. 3-123iii to 3-123qqq. Reserved for future use.
Sec. 3-123rrr. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 3-123sss to 3-123vvv, inclusive, and section 3-123xxx:
(1) “Health Care Cost Containment Committee” means the committee established in accordance with the ratified agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition pursuant to subsection (f) of section 5-278.
(2) “Nonstate public employee” means any employee or elected officer of a nonstate public employer.
(3) “Nonstate public employer” means a municipality or other political subdivision of the state, including a board of education, quasi-public agency or public library. A municipality and a board of education may be considered separate employers.
(4) “State employee plan” means the group hospitalization, medical, pharmacy and surgical insurance plan offered to state employees and retirees pursuant to section 5-259.
(5) “Health enhancement program” means the program established in accordance with the provisions of the Revised State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition agreement, approved by the General Assembly on August 22, 2011, for state employees, as may be amended by stipulated agreements.
(6) “Value-based insurance design” means health benefit designs that lower or remove financial barriers to essential, high-value clinical services.
(7) “Health care coverage type” means the type of health care coverage offered by nonstate public employers, including, but not limited to, coverage for a nonstate public employee, nonstate public employee plus spouse and nonstate public employee plus family.
(P.A. 15-93, S. 1; P.A. 16-169, S. 19; P.A. 19-117, S. 377.)
History: P.A. 15-93 effective June 23, 2015; P.A. 16-169 made a technical change in Subdiv. (1), effective June 6, 2016; P.A. 19-117 added Subdiv. (5) defining “health enhancement program”, added Subdiv. (6) defining “value-based insurance design” and added Subdiv. (7) defining “health care coverage type”, effective July 1, 2019.
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Sec. 3-123sss. Enrollment procedures and requirements. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of title 38a, the Comptroller shall offer to nonstate public employers and their nonstate public employees, and their retirees, if applicable, coverage under the state employee plan or another group hospitalization, medical, pharmacy and surgical insurance plan developed by the Comptroller to provide coverage for nonstate public employees and their retirees, if applicable. Such nonstate public employees, or retirees, if applicable, shall be pooled with the state employee plan, provided the Comptroller receives an application from a nonstate public employer and the application is approved in accordance with this section or section 3-123ttt. Premium payments for such coverage shall be remitted by the nonstate public employer to the Comptroller and shall be the same as those paid by the state inclusive of any premiums paid by state employees, except that premium payments shall be adjusted pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection for nonstate public employers enrolled in coverage on and after July 1, 2019, to reflect the cost of health care in the county in which the majority of such nonstate public employer's employees work, differences from the benefits and networks provided to state employees or as otherwise provided in this section or section 3-123uuu. The Comptroller may charge each nonstate public employer participating in the state employee plan an administrative fee calculated on a per member, per month basis.
(2) During the two-year period beginning July 1, 2020, the Comptroller shall phase in the adjustment for premium payments to reflect the cost of health care in the county in which the majority of a nonstate public employer's employees work, as described in subdivision (1) of this subsection. In no year shall the adjustment for premium payments be greater than one-half of the total adjustment.
(b) Any group hospitalization, medical, pharmacy and surgical insurance plan developed by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall (1) include the health enhancement program, (2) be consistent with value-based insurance design principles, and (3) be approved by the Health Care Cost Containment Committee prior to being offered to nonstate public employers. The Comptroller shall, prior to the approval of the Health Care Cost Containment Committee, and offering any such plan, and annually thereafter, (A) cause the premium payments associated with such plan to be reviewed by an independent actuarial firm to determine the adequacy of such premiums relative to experience and total costs, and (B) provide a report concerning such review to the Health Care Cost Containment Committee, the Office of Policy and Management and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.
(c) (1) The Comptroller shall offer participation in such plan for not less than three-year intervals. A nonstate public employer may apply for renewal prior to the expiration of each interval.
(2) The Comptroller shall develop procedures by which nonstate public employers receiving coverage for nonstate public employees pursuant to the state employee plan or a plan developed by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may (A) apply for renewal, or (B) withdraw from such coverage, including, but not limited to, the terms and conditions under which such nonstate public employers may withdraw prior to the expiration of the interval. Any such procedures shall provide that nonstate public employees covered by collective bargaining shall withdraw from such coverage in accordance with chapters 68, 113 and 166.
(d) Nothing in sections 3-123rrr to 3-123vvv, inclusive, shall (1) require the Comptroller to offer coverage to every nonstate public employer seeking coverage under the state employee plan or a plan developed by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, (2) prevent the Comptroller from procuring coverage for nonstate public employees from vendors other than those providing coverage to state employees, or (3) prevent the Comptroller from offering plans other than the plans offered to state employees on July 1, 2019, provided no such plan shall be offered if such plan qualifies as a high deductible health plan, as defined in Section 220(c)(2) or Section 223(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, and is used to establish a medical savings account or an Archer MSA pursuant to said Section 220 or a health savings account pursuant to said Section 223.
(e) The Comptroller shall create applications for coverage under and for renewal of the state employee plan and any other plan developed by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Such applications shall require a nonstate public employer to disclose whether such nonstate public employer shall offer any other health care benefits plan to the nonstate public employees who are offered the state employee plan.
(f) No nonstate public employee shall be enrolled in the state employee plan or a plan developed by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (a) of this section if such nonstate public employee is covered through a nonstate public employer's health insurance plans or insurance arrangements issued to or in accordance with a trust established pursuant to collective bargaining subject to the federal Labor Management Relations Act.
(g) (1) A nonstate public employer may submit an application to the Comptroller to provide coverage under the state employee plan or a plan developed by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for nonstate public employees employed by such nonstate public employer.
(2) If a nonstate public employer submits an application for coverage of all of its nonstate public employees, the Comptroller shall provide such coverage not later than the first day of the third calendar month following such application.
(3) (A) Except as provided in subsection (h) of this section, if a nonstate public employer submits an application for coverage for fewer than all of its nonstate public employees, or indicates in the application that the nonstate public employer shall offer other health plans to nonstate public employees who are offered the state health plan, the Comptroller shall forward such application to the Health Care Cost Containment Committee not later than five business days after receiving such application. Said committee may, not later than thirty days after receiving such application, certify to the Comptroller that the application will shift a significantly disproportional part of a nonstate public employer's medical risks to the state employee plan.
(B) If the Health Care Cost Containment Committee certifies to the Comptroller that the application will shift a significantly disproportional part of a nonstate public employer's medical risks to the state employee plan, the Comptroller shall not provide coverage to such nonstate public employer. If the Health Care Cost Containment Committee does not certify to the Comptroller that the application will shift a significantly disproportional part of a nonstate public employer's medical risks to the state employee plan, the Comptroller shall provide coverage not later than the first day of the third calendar month following the deadline for receiving the certification.
(4) Notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes, initial and continuing participation in the state employee plan or a plan developed by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (a) of this section by a nonstate public employer shall be a mandatory subject of collective bargaining and shall be subject to binding interest arbitration in accordance with the same procedures and standards that apply to any other mandatory subject of bargaining pursuant to chapters 68, 113 and 166.
(h) If a nonstate public employer included fewer than all of its nonstate public employees in its application for coverage because of (1) the decision by individual nonstate public employees to decline such coverage for themselves or their dependents, or (2) the nonstate public employer's decision to not offer coverage to temporary, part-time or durational employees, the Comptroller shall not forward such nonstate public employer's application to the Health Care Cost Containment Committee pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (g) of this section.
(i) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, neither the state employee plan nor any plan developed by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed (1) an unauthorized insurer, or (2) a multiple employer welfare arrangement. Any licensed insurer in this state may conduct business with the state employee plan or any plan developed by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(j) Nothing in this section shall require a nonstate public employer enrolled in the state employee plan to enroll in another plan developed by the Comptroller pursuant to this section.
(P.A. 15-93, S. 2; P.A. 19-117, S. 378.)
History: P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (a) by designating existing provisions re coverage under state employee plan as Subdiv. (1), adding provisions re group hospitalization, medical, pharmacy and surgical plans developed by Comptroller and adjustments to premium payments, and adding Subdiv. (2) re phase in of adjustments for premium payments, added new Subsec. (b) re requirements for group hospitalization, medical, pharmacy and surgical plans developed by Comptroller, redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) to (h) as new Subsecs. (c) to (i), amended redesignated Subsec. (d) by adding Subdiv. (3) re comptroller offering plans other than those offered to state employees on July 1, 2019, added Subsec. (j) re nonstate public employer enrolled in state employee plan enrolling in another plan developed by Comptroller, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2019.
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Sec. 3-123ttt. Coverage for retirees. (a) Any nonstate public employer that is eligible to seek coverage under the state employee plan or a plan developed by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (a) of section 3-123sss for its nonstate public employees may seek such coverage for such nonstate public employer's retirees in accordance with this section. Premium payments for such coverage shall be remitted by the nonstate public employer to the Comptroller and shall be the same as those paid by the state, inclusive of any premiums paid by retired state employees.
(b) (1) If a nonstate public employer seeks coverage for all of its retirees in accordance with this section and all of the nonstate public employees employed by such nonstate public employer in accordance with section 3-123sss, the Comptroller shall accept such application upon the terms and conditions applicable to the state employee plan or plan developed by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (a) of section 3-123sss and shall provide coverage not later than the first day of the third calendar month following such application.
(2) If a nonstate public employer seeks coverage for fewer than all of its retirees, regardless of whether such nonstate public employer is seeking coverage for all of the nonstate public employees employed by such nonstate public employer, the Comptroller shall forward such application to the Health Care Cost Containment Committee not later than five business days after receiving such application. Said committee may, not later than thirty days after receiving such application, certify to the Comptroller that, with respect to such retirees, the application will shift a significantly disproportional part of such nonstate public employer's medical risks to the state employee plan.
(3) If the Health Care Cost Containment Committee certifies to the Comptroller that the application will shift a significantly disproportional part of a nonstate public employer's medical risks to the state employee plan, the Comptroller shall not provide coverage to such nonstate public employer's retirees. If the Health Care Cost Containment Committee does not certify to the Comptroller that the application will shift a significantly disproportional part of a nonstate public employer's medical risks to the state employee plan, the Comptroller shall provide coverage not later than the first day of the third calendar month following the deadline for receiving the certification.
(c) Nothing in sections 3-123rrr to 3-123vvv, inclusive, shall diminish any right to retiree health insurance pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or to any other provision of the general statutes.
(P.A. 15-93, S. 3; P.A. 19-117, S. 379.)
History: P.A. 19-177 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by adding references to plan developed by Comptroller pursuant to Sec. 3-123sss(a), effective July 1, 2019.
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Sec. 3-123uuu. State employee plan premium payment. Nonpayment of premium. (a) Each nonstate public employer shall pay monthly the amount determined by the Comptroller for coverage of its nonstate public employees or its nonstate public employees and retirees, as appropriate, under the state employee plan. A nonstate public employer may require each nonstate public employee to contribute a portion of the cost of his or her coverage under the plan, subject to any collective bargaining obligation applicable to such nonstate public employer.
(b) The Comptroller shall establish accounting procedures to track claims and premium payments paid by nonstate public employers.
(c) If any payment due by a nonstate public employer under this section is not paid after the date such payment is due, interest to be paid by such nonstate public employer shall be added, retroactive to the date such payment was due, at the prevailing rate of interest as determined by the Comptroller.
(d) If a nonstate public employer fails to make premium payments, the Comptroller may direct the State Treasurer, or any other officer of the state who is the custodian of any moneys made available by grant, allocation or appropriation payable to such nonstate public employer at any time subsequent to such failure, to withhold the payment of such moneys until the amount of the premium or interest due has been paid to the Comptroller, or until the State Treasurer or such custodial officer determines that arrangements have been made, to the satisfaction of the State Treasurer, for the payment of such premium and interest. Such moneys shall not be withheld if such withholding will adversely affect the receipt of any federal grant or aid in connection with such moneys.
(P.A. 15-93, S. 4; P.A. 16-169, S. 20; P.A. 19-117, S. 380.)
History: P.A. 16-169 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 6, 2016; P.A. 19-117 deleted former Subsec. (a) re state employee plan premium account, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as new Subsec. (a), added new Subsec. (b) re establishment of accounting procedures to track claims and premium payments and amended Subsec. (c) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 2019.
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Sec. 3-123vvv. State Employees' Bargaining Agent Coalition consent. The Comptroller shall not offer coverage under the state employee plan pursuant to sections 3-123rrr to 3-123uuu, inclusive, until the State Employees' Bargaining Agent Coalition has provided its consent to the clerks of both houses of the General Assembly to incorporate the terms of sections 3-123rrr to 3-123uuu, inclusive, into its collective bargaining agreement.
(P.A. 15-93, S. 5; P.A. 19-117, S. 381.)
History: P.A. 15-93 effective June 23, 2015; P.A. 19-117 added references to Sec. 3-123sss, effective July 1, 2019.
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Sec. 3-123www. Enrollment in partnership plan prohibited. On and after October 1, 2015, no nonstate public employer, as defined in section 3-123rrr, shall enroll any nonstate public employee, as defined in section 3-123rrr, in the partnership plan, as defined in section 3-123aaa. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any nonstate public employer enrolled in the partnership plan to enroll in the state employee plan, as defined in section 3-123rrr.
(P.A. 15-93, S. 6.)
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Sec. 3-123xxx. Annual report by nonstate public employers. Not later than October 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, each nonstate public employer shall submit a report to the Comptroller, Office of Policy and Management and Office of Fiscal Analysis, in a form and manner prescribed by the Comptroller. Such report shall contain (1) the total number of employees covered under a health care plan sponsored by such employer, (2) the coverage type selected by each covered employee, (3) the total premium for each coverage type, inclusive of employee and employer shares and medical and pharmacy coverage, (4) the amount of any contributions by such employer to health savings or health reimbursement accounts, (5) the number of participants in such health care plans, including employee dependents, (6) a summary of benefits and coverage for each health care plan offered by such employer and the number of employees enrolled in each such plan, and (7) information concerning retirement plans and benefits offered or provided by such employer and the total costs to such employer associated with the provision of such plans and benefits in the preceding year.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 382.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective June 26, 2019.
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Sec. 3-123yyy. Annual report re plans developed by Comptroller. Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the Comptroller shall submit a report to the Health Care Cost Containment Committee, Office of Policy and Management and joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, concerning municipal group hospitalization, medical, pharmacy and surgical insurance plans developed by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (a) of section 3-923sss. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, the total number of contracts, members, plan costs and premium payments and other revenues associated with such plans and the corresponding profit loss ratio for the previous calendar year. Such report shall distinguish municipal health care plans from the state employee plan and demonstrate cost neutrality by individual municipal insurance plan and in total across all municipal insurance plans. If the profit loss ratio demonstrates inadequacy in premium payments, such report shall include a plan to ensure the fiscal adequacy of the premium rate structure for such individual municipal insurance plans and the associated benefit design to eliminate any prior year financial loss and prevent financial loss in the upcoming plan year.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 383.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective June 26, 2019.
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