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Legislature Hears Task Force Bill to Find State Agency Efficiencies; Governor's Office Seeks Minor Makeup Changes
Summary
House Bill 1442 would create a joint task force to review agency budgets, administrative rules and regulatory burdens with a six-year sunset. Supporters emphasized savings and oversight; the State Board of Pharmacy flagged duplication with an existing bill covering licensing boards.
Representative Nathan Toman told the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee that House Bill 1442 would establish a task force to perform a deep review of state agency budgets, regulatory burdens and administrative rules and to recommend efficiencies for the next legislative session.
Toman described the task force as a working group intended to meet monthly and to dig into program delivery, duplication and opportunities to consolidate services and trim spending. He said the task force would produce reports and could submit legislation to the legislature at the next session.
Key design features discussed at the hearing included a six-year sunset and staffing arrangements. Toman said the panel was converted from a larger interim committee to a joint task force and that legislative…
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