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Board presses DCP, AICPA for clearer peer‑review language as multiple bills move through legislature
Summary
Board members and Department of Consumer Protection staff debated proposed statutory changes to peer‑review oversight and discussed multiple bills including S.B. 611 and parts of S.B. 1357 that would change how peer‑review materials are accessed and how licensure language is phrased.
Members of the Connecticut State Board of Accountancy spent substantial time reviewing legislation and proposed statutory changes they said are out of sync with contemporary peer‑review practice.
Bonnie, speaking for CTCPA and as the administering entity in Connecticut, told the board that the statute governing peer review has not been updated for about 35 years and that the department’s draft language could, as written, “actually make it worse” because it uses outdated terms such as “quality review” and references items that do not reflect current practice. She told members the document had grown from a short paragraph into an eight‑page draft while she and technical reviewers from AICPA made numerous suggestions.
CJ Strand, legislative director for the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), acknowledged shortcomings in the department’s outreach: “I dropped the ball there. That’s on me,” he said, and described the department’s…
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