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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7359
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING A LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL,
TRANSGENDER AND QUEE R HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
NETWORK.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a 1
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Health and Human 2
Services Network to make recommendations to the state legislative, 3
executive and judicial branches of government concerning the delivery 4
of health and human services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender 5
and queer persons in the state. 6
(b) The network shall work to build a safer and healthier 7
environment for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer persons 8
by (1) conducting a needs analysis, within available appropriations, (2) 9
collecting additional data on the health and human services needs of 10
such persons as necessary, (3) informing state policy through reports 11
submitted at least biennially, in accordance with the provisions of 12
section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of 13
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public 14
health, human services, appropriations and the budgets of state 15
agencies, other legislative committees as necessary, the Governor and 16
the Chief Court Administrator, (4) assisting the Department of Public 17
Health to develop requests for proposals for grants awarded pursuant 18
to section 2 of this act, and (5) building organizational member 19
capacity, leadership and advocacy across the geographic and social 20 Substitute Bill No. 7359
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spectrum of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer 21
community. 22
(c) The network shall include, but need not be limited to, the 23
following members, or their designees: 24
(1) The president of Connecticut Latinas/os Achieving Rights and 25
Opportunities (CLARO); 26
(2) The executive director of the Safe Harbor Project; 27
(3) The executive director of the New Haven Pride Center; 28
(4) The executive director of True Colors, Inc.; 29
(5) The executive director of the Triangle Community Center in 30
Norwalk; 31
(6) The executive director of AIDS Connecticut; 32
(7) The executive director of the Connecticut chapter of the Gay, 33
Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN); 34
(8) The executive director of the Rainbow Center at The University 35
of Connecticut; 36
(9) The executive director of the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health 37
Collective; 38
(10) The executive director of the Connecticut Transadvocacy 39
Coalition; 40
(11) The president of OutCT in New London; 41
(12) The executive director of the Queer Unity Empowerment 42
Support Team; 43
(13) The executive director of the Commission on Women, Children 44
and Seniors; 45 Substitute Bill No. 7359
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(14) The executive director of the Commission on Equity and 46
Opportunity; 47
(15) A lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer physician, 48
licensed pursuant to chapter 370 of the general statutes, appointed by 49
the speaker of the House of Representatives; 50
(16) An LGBT Veteran Care coordinator assigned to a health care 51
facility in the state administered by the United States Department of 52
Veterans Affairs, appointed by the president pro tempore of the 53
Senate; and 54
(17) A member of the LGBT Aging Advocacy coalition, appointed 55
by the Governor. 56
(d) Members shall serve at the will of the speaker of the House of 57
Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate, who may 58
each appoint additional members and set term limits for each member. 59
Appointments to the network shall be made not later than sixty days 60
after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be filled by 61
the speaker of the House of Representatives, acting in consultation 62
with the president pro tempore of the Senate. 63
(e) The administrative staff of the Commission on Women, Children 64
and Seniors shall provide administrative support to the network. 65
Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) The sum of two hundred fifty 66
thousand dollars is appropriated to the Department of Public Health 67
from the General Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, to (1) 68
assist the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Health and 69
Human Services Network established pursuant to section 1 of this act 70
to conduct a needs analysis concerning health and human services for 71
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer persons, and (2) fund 72
grants awarded by the Department of Public Health to organizations 73
that assist in the mission of the network. The Department of Public 74
Health shall award such grants based on requests for proposals 75
developed in consultation with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, 76 Substitute Bill No. 7359
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Transgender and Queer Health and Human Services Network. 77
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 from passage New section
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APP Joint Favorable