Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00974 Compare Versions

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7	6		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 974
8	7		January Session, 2019
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12		-	Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL
13		-	ESTATE
	11	+	Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
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16	14		Introduced by:
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21	20		AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY METHODS OF
22	21		DEVELOPING, EXPANDIN G AND IMPROVING THE INSURANCE
23	22		INDUSTRY WORKFORCE I N THIS STATE.
24	23		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
25	24		Assembly convened:
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27	26		Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
28	27		to study and develop strategies to develop, expand and improve the 2
29	28		insurance industry workforce in this state. Such study shall include, 3
30	29		but need not be limited to, the possible implementation of a pilot 4
31	30		program to encourage the insurance industry to implement income-5
32	31		sharing agreements to fund a debt-free workforce pipeline. 6
33	32		(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 7
34	33		(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 8
35	34		(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 9
36	35		(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 10
37	36		Representatives; 11 Raised Bill No. 974
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44	42		(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 12
45	43		(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 13
46	44		Representatives; 14
47	45		(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 15
48	46		(7) The Insurance Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee; 16
49	47		(8) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, 17
50	48		or the commissioner's designee; 18
51		-	(9) The president of The University of Connecticut, or the 19
52		-	~~president's~~ designee; 20
	49	+	(9) The president of the University of Connecticut, or the president's 19
	50	+	designee; 20
53	51		(10) The president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education, or 21
54	52		the president's designee; 22
55	53		(11) Two persons appointed by the Governor; 23
56	54		(12) One appointed by the Office of Higher Education, who is a 24
57	55		representative of the private colleges and universities in this state; and 25
58	56		(13) The executive director of the Connecticut Higher Education 26
59	57		Supplemental Loan Authority, or the executive director's designee. 27
60	58		(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 28
61	59		(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 29
62	60		of the General Assembly. 30
63	61		(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 31
64	62		thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 32
65	63		filled by the appointing authority. 33
66	64		(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 34
67	65		pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force 35
68	66		from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall 36
69		-	schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 37 Raised Bill No. 974
	67	+	schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 37
	68	+	later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 38 Raised Bill No. 974
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77	74		(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 39
78	75		General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance 40
79	76		shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 41
80	77		(g) Not later than January 1, 2020, the task force shall submit a 42
81	78		report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 43
82	79		committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 44
83	80		relating to insurance, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-45
84	81		4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date 46
85	82		that it submits such report or January 1, 2020, whichever is later. 47
86	83		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
87	84		sections:
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89	86		Section 1 from passage New section
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	88	+	Statement of Purpose:
	89	+	To establish a task force on the insurance industry workforce in this
	90	+	state.
	91	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	92	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	93	+	not underlined.]
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