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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5053
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4852
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO INCREASE
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNI TIES FOR PERSONS REC OVERING
FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE .
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 1
to investigate strategies to increase employment opportunities for 2
persons recovering from substance abuse. 3
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 4
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 5
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 6
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 7
Representatives; 8
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 9
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 10
Representatives; 11
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(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; and 12
(7) Two persons appointed by the Governor. 13
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 14
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 15
of the General Assembly. 16
(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 17
thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 18
filled by the appointing authority. 19
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 20
pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force 21
from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall 22
schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 23
later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 24
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 25
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor shall 26
serve as administrative staff of the task force. 27
(g) Not later than January 1, 2020, the task force shall submit a 28
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 29
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 30
relating to labor, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of 31
the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 32
submits such report or January 1, 2020, whichever is later. 33
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To increase employment opportunities for persons recovering from
substance abuse.
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[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. CARPINO, 32nd Dist.; REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.
H.B. 5053