Two dozen state agencies will no longer exist in name if state lawmakers adopt Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget, according to documents provided to the Associated Press by the Democratic governor’s administration that indicate a potential $10 million savings toward the state’s $3.4 billion deficit.
Here’s the breakdown:
| 27 Restructured Agencies | |||||||||||
| 1 | Bd of Educ & Services for the Blind | Split between CSDE and DSS | |||||||||
| 2 | Board of Accountancy | Merged into DCP | |||||||||
| 3 | Board of Firearms Permit Examiners | Merged into DPS | |||||||||
| 4 | Charter Oak State College | Merged into Board of Regents | |||||||||
| 5 | Comm on Fire Prevention & Control | Merged into Department of Emergency Responder Training | |||||||||
| 6 | Comm on the Deaf & Hearing Impaired | Merged into DSS | |||||||||
| 7 | Commission on Culture and Tourism | Merged into DECD | |||||||||
| 8 | Connecticut State University | Merged into Board of Regents | |||||||||
| 9 | Contracting Standards Board | Merged into Office of Governmental Accountability | |||||||||
| 10 | Council on Environmental Quality | Merged into Department of Energy and Environmental Protection | |||||||||
| 11 | Department of Information Technology | Merged into DAS line agencies, some function to OPM | |||||||||
| 12 | Department of Public Utility Control | Merged into Department of Energy and Environmental Protection | |||||||||
| 13 | Department of Public Works | Split between DAS and Department of Construction Services | |||||||||
| 14 | Division of Special Revenue | Merged into DCP | |||||||||
| 15 | Elections Enforcement Commission | Merged into Office of Governmental Accountability | |||||||||
| 16 | Emergency Mgmt/Homeland Security | Merged into DPS | |||||||||
| 17 | Freedom of Information Commission | Merged into Office of Governmental Accountability | |||||||||
| 18 | Judicial Review Council | Merged into Office of Governmental Accountability | |||||||||
| 19 | Judicial Selection Commission | Merged into DAS | |||||||||
| 20 | Office of Consumer Counsel | Merged into DCP | |||||||||
| 21 | Office of State Ethics | Merged into Office of Governmental Accountability | |||||||||
| 22 | Office of the Healthcare Advocate | Merged into DCP | |||||||||
| 23 | Office of Workforce Competitiveness | Merged into DECD | |||||||||
| 24 | Police Standards & Training Council | Merged into Department of Emergency Responder Training | |||||||||
| 25 | Regional Community-Technical Colleges | Merged into Board of Regents | |||||||||
| 26 | Regional Vocational-Technical School System | Merged into CSDE. Schools to go to Districts/RESCs | |||||||||
| 27 | State Department on Aging | Delayed establishment for 2 years | |||||||||
| 3 New Agencies | |||||||||||
| 1 | Department of Construction Services | Includes components from DPW and DPS (construction inspection) | |||||||||
| 2 | Department of Emergency Responder Training | Includes POST-C and CFP&C | |||||||||
| 3 | Office of Governmental Accountability | Includes FOIC, EEC, JRC, OSE, CSB | |||||||||
| 54 Existing or Renamed Agencies | |||||||||||
| 1 | African-American Affairs Commission | 28 | Dept Mental Health & Addiction Svs | ||||||||
| 2 | Agricultural Experiment Station | 29 | Dept of Economic and Community Development | ||||||||
| 3 | Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission | 30 | Division of Criminal Justice | ||||||||
| 4 | Attorney General | 31 | Governor’s Office | ||||||||
| 5 | Auditors of Public Accounts | 32 | Insurance Department | ||||||||
| 6 | Board of Regents for Higher Education | 33 | Judicial Department | ||||||||
| 7 | Child Protection Commission | 34 | Latino & Puerto Rican Affairs Comm | ||||||||
| 8 | Comm-Human Rights & Opportunities | 35 | Legislative Management | ||||||||
| 9 | Commission on Aging | 36 | Lieutenant Governor’s Office | ||||||||
| 10 | Commission on Children | 37 | Military Department | ||||||||
| 11 | Department of Administrative Services | 38 | Office of Policy and Management | ||||||||
| 12 | Department of Agriculture | 39 | Office of Protection and Advocacy | ||||||||
| 13 | Department of Banking | 40 | Office of the Chief Medical Examiner | ||||||||
| 14 | Department of Children and Families | 41 | Office of the Child Advocate | ||||||||
| 15 | Department of Consumer Protection | 42 | Office of Victim Advocate | ||||||||
| 16 | Department of Correction | 43 | Permanent Commission on the Status of Women | ||||||||
| 17 | Department of Developmental Services | 44 | Psychiatric Security Review Board | ||||||||
| 18 | Department of Education | 45 | Public Defender Services Commission | ||||||||
| 19 | Department of Energy and Environmental Protection | 46 | Secretary of the State | ||||||||
| 20 | Department of Labor | 47 | Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund | ||||||||
| 21 | Department of Motor Vehicles | 48 | State Comptroller | ||||||||
| 22 | Department of Public Health | 49 | State Library | ||||||||
| 23 | Department of Public Safety | 50 | State Treasurer | ||||||||
| 24 | Department of Revenue Services | 51 | Teachers’ Retirement Board | ||||||||
| 25 | Department of Social Services | 52 | Univ of Connecticut Health Center | ||||||||
| 26 | Department of Transportation | 53 | University of Connecticut | ||||||||
| 27 | Department of Veterans Affairs | 54 | Workers’ Compensation Commission | ||||||||
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