General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5728
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2029
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. CONROY, 105th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5728
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 2029
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. CONROY, 105th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF BREAST CANCER RATES IN THE STATE AND POTENTIAL CAUSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 368a of the general statutes be amended to require the Department of Public Health to study the high rate of breast cancer in Connecticut, and particularly the lower Naugatuck valley area, to identify potential causes and environmental risk factors.
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Department of Public Health to study possible causes for breast cancer incidents in the state and identify environmental risks that may be removed.