General Assembly Committee Bill No. 14
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1042
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Referred to Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
Introduced by:
(INS)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 14
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 1042
*_____SB00014PH____051111____*
Referred to Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT CONCERNING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY HEALTH CARE FOR UNINSURED CHILDREN.
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 study the establishment of additional programs to provide health care to uninsured children in this state. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, an examination of programs in other states that provide health care or health insurance coverage for uninsured children.
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate;
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives;
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate;
(7) The Commissioners of Education, Social Services and Public Health and the Insurance Commissioner, or the commissioners' designees; and
(8) The Child Advocate.
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the General Assembly.
(d) 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.
(e) 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 no later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health shall serve as administrative staff of the task force.
(g) Not later than January 1, 2012, the task force shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health 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 January 1, 2012, whichever is later.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
INS Joint Favorable
PH Joint Favorable
INS
Joint Favorable
PH
Joint Favorable