Connecticut 2019 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05683 Chaptered / Bill

Filed 06/24/2019

                     
 
 
Substitute House Bill No. 5683 
 
Special Act No. 19-21 
 
 
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A DRY-LAND WATER SAFETY 
INSTRUCTION PILOT PROGRAM. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) For the fiscal years ending June 
30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, there is established, within available 
appropriations, a dry-land water safety instruction pilot program. The 
pilot program shall be administered by the Commission on Women, 
Children and Seniors, and shall provide dry-land water safety 
instruction to children in not more than fifteen municipalities in the 
state. Municipalities shall be chosen for participation in the pilot 
program based on the lack of availability of public school swimming 
facilities and water safety education programs in such municipalities, 
and priority shall be given to municipalities with high concentrations 
of minority populations that lack such facilities and programs.  
(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Commission on Women, 
Children and Seniors shall report, in accordance with the provisions of 
section 11-4a of the general statutes, on the implementation of the pilot 
program to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 
having cognizance of matters relating to children. Such report shall 
evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program and include 
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implementation of the pilot program.