Bill Text: PA HB2449 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating to education concerning the organic compound bisphenol A; and imposing duties on the Department of Health.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-11-15 - Re-committed to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Pursuant to Rule 71) [HB2449 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB2449-Amended.html

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CORRECTIVE REPRINT
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3613 PRINTER'S NO. 3872
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2449 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY CURRY, BELFANTI, BROWN, COHEN, GEORGE, GOODMAN, HARKINS, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, MANN, McILVAINE SMITH, M. O'BRIEN, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, THOMAS, WAGNER, YOUNGBLOOD, KULA, BRIGGS, GRUCELA, FRANKEL, RAPP AND MURT, APRIL 22, 2010
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, APRIL 22, 2010
AN ACT
Relating to education concerning the organic compound bisphenol
A; and imposing duties on the Department of Health.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the BPA Education
Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Bisphenol A" or "BPA." An organic compound used in the
manufacturing of plastics with two phenol functional groups
which is prepared by the condensation of acetone with two
equivalents of phenol and catalyzed by an acid, such as
hydrochloric acid or a sulfonated polystyrene resin.
"County department of health." Any single-county department
of health or any joint-county department of health created under
the act of August 24, 1951 (P.L.1304, No.315), known as the
Local Health Administration Law.
"Department." The Department of Health of the Commonwealth.
Section 3. BPA educational program.
(a) Duties of department and county departments of health.--
The following shall apply:
(1) The department and each county department of health,
both jointly and individually, shall conduct a continuing
publicity and education program for the citizens of this
Commonwealth aimed at informing parents of infants or
children three years of age or younger of the toxic risks to
children associated with the use of bisphenol A in
manufactured bottles, cups or other containers designed or
intended to be filled with any liquid, food or beverage
primarily for the consumption from that container by
children.
(2) The department shall be authorized to collaborate
with any public agency or private sector entity to prepare
public education materials or programs designed to inform
parents of the toxic risks to children associated with the
use of bisphenol A in manufactured products.
(b) Dissemination of information.--The following shall
apply:
(1) The department shall provide for the availability of
and arrange for the appropriate distribution of educational
material or dissemination of information through all county
departments of health to educate the public about the toxic
risks to children associated with the use of bisphenol A in
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manufactured products.
(2) County departments of health shall distribute
educational materials and disseminate information explaining
the toxic risks associated with the use of bisphenol A in
manufactured products, and may use all current public
information channels and all relevant federally funded and
State-funded community-based programs for maximum
distribution of information about this act.
Section 4. Regulations.
Each county department of health shall promulgate regulations
within one year of the effective date of this subsection on the
responsibilities of educating the public about the toxic risks
associated with the use of bisphenol A in manufactured products.
Section 5. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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