General Assembly Committee Bill No. 35
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4761
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 35
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 4761
*_____SB00035PH____031617____*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING BEVERAGES WITH ADDED SUGARS, SWEETENERS AND ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS, AND OBESITY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2017) Not later than October 1, 2017, the Department of Public Health shall raise public awareness regarding the link between obesity and beverages with added sugars, sweeteners and artificial sweeteners by posting a link on its Internet web site to the information located on the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Internet web site concerning healthy weight and reducing caloric intake by making different beverage choices.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2017 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2017
New section
PH Joint Favorable
PH
Joint Favorable