§ 4-67 — Secretary may require reports. Examination of agencies. Annual report to Governor. Medical records of state employees.

The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may require reports from any department, agency or institution, supported in whole or in part by the state, upon any matter of property or finance at any time and under such regulations as he may prescribe and shall require special reports upon the request of the Governor. The information contained in such special reports shall be submitted by him to the Governor. Said secretary, or any agent of the Office of Policy and Management designated by him for such purpose, may enter any property of any department, board, institution or agency of the state and may examine any of its property and any of its books, papers, plans and records, investigate its service, the effectiveness of its policies, management, internal organization and operating procedure and the character, amount, quality and cost of the service rendered; may recommend to any such department, institution or agency, and assist it to effect, improvements in organization, management, methods and procedure and report his findings and recommendations to the Governor. Each officer and employee of any such department, institution, board or other agency shall assist said secretary or his agent in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. Said secretary shall submit an annual report to the Governor, as provided by section 4-60, which shall include such information concerning the operations of the office and the financial condition and operations of the state as he deems advisable and also any recommendations for changes in the organization or activities of the office. This section shall not apply to the medical records of state employees unless the employee gives his consent or unless the information sought is necessary to assure adjudication of any responsibility on the part of the state or unless medical interpretations of preemployment and other examinations are requested by the Commissioner of Administrative Services.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 222; 1955, S. 73d; 1957, P.A. 658, S. 1; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 14; P.A. 73-677, S. 8; 73-679, S. 7, 43; P.A. 75-519, S. 5, 12; 75-537, S. 20, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 24, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 6, 136.) History: P.A. 73-677 changed remaining reference to personnel director to commissioner of personnel and administration; P.A. 73-679 changed director of the budget to managing director, planning and budgeting division; P.A. 75-519 changed commissioner of personnel and administration to personnel commissioner; P.A. 75-537 changed planning and budgeting division to budget and management division; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 changed references to commissioner and department of finance and control to refer to office of policy and management and its secretary and replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services.