Bill Text: CT SB00183 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Creating A Childhood Immunization Task Force.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-05 - File Number 741 [SB00183 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00183-Comm_Sub.html
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January Session, 2011 |
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AN ACT CREATING A CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION TASK FORCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a childhood immunization task force. Said task force shall: (1) Develop a plan to (A) maintain access to high-quality immunizations for children in the state, (B) determine how to respond to recommendations by the National Centers for Disease Control for new childhood immunizations not currently provided by the state immunization program administered by the Department of Public Health, (C) implement a program permitting health care providers who administer vaccines to children under the federal Vaccines for Children program to select, and the Department of Public Health to provide, vaccines licensed by the federal Food and Drug Administration, and (D) determine how best to cover the cost of immunizations for children in the state, and (2) consider whether the state should continue universal immunization for children in the state.
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
(1) Two representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, one each appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate;
(2) Two representatives of the insurance industry, one each appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives and the majority leader of the Senate;
(3) Two representatives of the American Academy of Pediatrics, one each appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives and the minority leader of the Senate;
(4) The chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health;
(5) The chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services;
(6) The chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies;
(7) The chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance;
(8) The Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee;
(9) The Commissioner of Insurance, or the commissioner's designee;
(10) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee;
(11) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee; and
(12) An employee of the Department of Public Health, appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health, responsible for immunizations.
(c) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy of an appointed membership shall be filled by the appointing authority.
(d) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force, from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.
(e) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and the staff of the Office of Legislative Research shall serve as administrative staff of the task force.
(f) Not later than February 1, 2012, the task force shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations, including recommendations for legislation, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, human services, appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and insurance, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or February 1, 2012, whichever is later.
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