Bill Text: CT SB00914 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Task Force To Study The Health Effects Of The Use Of Pesticides.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-24 - Referred by Senate to Committee on Education [SB00914 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00914-Comm_Sub.html
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AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF THE USE OF PESTICIDES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to examine information concerning medically accepted principles regarding the health effects of the use of pesticides, including any age dependent effects. Such examination shall include, but not be limited to: (1) The review of peer-reviewed studies, journals, articles, digests and similar literature concerning possible pesticide-based origins for human diseases and chronic ailments, including, but not limited to, asthma, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, cancer, diabetes and neurodegenerative conditions; (2) the development of a readily understandable model and written explanation of the typical chemical and geological processes that occur when pesticides are applied on school grounds, municipal parks and residential properties in Connecticut; and (3) the acquisition of reliable and up-to-date information concerning the median frequency of pesticide applications at schools in Connecticut, the customary methods employed for such applications, the type of pesticides used in such applications and the general reasons for such applications.
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
(1) The Deputy Commissioner of Environmental Quality at the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection;
(2) The director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, or the director's designee;
(3) One appointed by the president of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering;
(4) One appointed by the director of the Center for Integrative Geosciences at The University of Connecticut;
(5) One appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health, who shall have considerable experience and expertise in the field of epidemiology;
(6) One appointed by the director of the Connecticut Controlled Substances and Toxicology Laboratory, who shall have considerable experience and expertise in the field of chemical toxics; and
(7) One appointed by the president of the Connecticut State Medical Society, who shall have considerable experience and expertise in the field of endocrinology.
(c) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority, as applicable.
(d) The members of the task force 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 and legal staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment shall serve as administrative and legal staff of the task force.
(f) Not later than February 1, 2014, the task force shall submit a report on its examination to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment, planning and development, children and education, 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, 2014, whichever is later.
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