General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5133
February Session, 2014 LCO No. 429
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Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5133
February Session, 2014
LCO No. 429
*00429_______HSG*
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE LOCATION OF FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE HEALTHY HOMES INITIATIVE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Commissioners of Housing and Energy and Environmental Protection and the Insurance Commissioner, shall, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, submit a report not later than January 2, 2015, to the joint standing committees having cognizance of matters relating to public health, housing, environmental protection and insurance. Such report shall detail (1) the availability and location of state funds that may be used by homeowners to remediate conditions in housing that are hazardous to human health, and (2) recommendations for any legislation required to locate such funding within a single agency for the purpose of better implementing the Healthy Homes Initiative undertaken by the Department of Public Health.
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
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Commissioner of Public Health to submit a report concerning (1) the availability and location of state funds that may be used to remediate hazardous conditions in housing, and (2) recommendations to centralize such funds within one agency.
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