HB 11-1212 Summary

• Amends Colorado's performance-based budgeting process to include lean government principles as a method for improving state government efficiency and effectiveness.

• Defines "lean government principles" as continuous process improvement that eliminates non-value-added processes, increases efficiency, and measures outcomes through strategies such as process mapping, rapid improvements, employee involvement, and workforce training.

• Adds lean government principles to the legislative declaration on performance-based budgeting, emphasizing their potential to produce important and beneficial results.

• Requires strategic plans to include a report on the application of lean government principles when applied, and identifies barriers to implementation such as existing contracts, workforce limitations, and procurement requirements.

• Defines key terms including "process map or value stream map" and "value" to support the application of lean government principles in departmental operations.