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7	6		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6653
8	7		January Session, 2021
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12	11		Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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15	14		Introduced by:
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20	20		AN ACT CONCERNING HE ALTHY HOMES.
21	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	22		Assembly convened:
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24	24		Section 1. Section 8-446 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
25	25		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021): 2
26	26		(a) There is established an account to be known as the "Healthy 3
27	27		Homes Fund" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the 4
28	28		General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to 5
29	29		be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended 6
30	30		by the Department of Housing for the purposes of: 7
31	31		(1) Funding of not more than one million dollars, from remittances 8
32	32		transferred pursuant to section 38a-331 for the period beginning January 9
33	33		1, 2019, and ending December 31, 2019, shall be remitted to the 10
34	34		Department of Economic and Community Development to be used for 11
35	35		grants-in-aid to homeowners with homes located in the immediate 12
36	36		vicinity of the West River in the Westville section of New Haven and 13
37	37		Woodbridge for structurally damaged homes due to subsidence and to 14
38	38		homeowners with homes abutting the Yale Golf Course in the Westville 15 Raised Bill No. 6653
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45	44		section of New Haven for damage to such homes from water infiltration 16
46	45		or structural damage due to subsidence; and 17
47	46		(2) Funding a program, and any related administrative expense, to 18
48	47		reduce health and safety hazards in residential dwellings in 19
49	48		Connecticut, including, but not limited to, lead, radon and other 20
50	49		contaminants or conditions, through removal, remediation, abatement 21
51	50		and other appropriate methods. For purposes of this subdivision, 22
52	51		"administrative expense" means any administrative or other cost or 23
53	52		expense incurred by the Department of Housing in carrying out the 24
54	53		provisions of this [section] subdivision, including, but not limited to, the 25
55	54		hiring of necessary employees and entering into necessary contracts; 26
56	55		and 27
57	56		(3) Funding the pilot program established pursuant to section 2 of 28
58	57		this act. 29
59	58		(b) The Department of Housing shall notify the Department of Public 30
60	59		Health not later than thirty days after the deposit of remittances in the 31
61	60		Healthy Homes Fund pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of 32
62	61		section 38a-331. Not later than thirty days after the deposit of 33
63	62		remittances pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of section 38a-34
64	63		331, the Department of Public Health shall notify each municipal health 35
65	64		department in the state annually regarding funds available pursuant to 36
66	65		the Healthy Homes Fund established pursuant to subsection (a) of this 37
67	66		section. 38
68	67		(c) Not later than January 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, the 39
69	68		Commissioner of Housing shall report to the joint standing committees 40
70	69		of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 41
71	70		housing, planning and development and appropriations and the 42
72	71		budgets of state agencies, in accordance with section 11-4a, regarding 43
73	72		the status of the Healthy Homes Fund established pursuant to this 44
74	73		section and all moneys deposited into and expended by the Department 45
75	74		of Housing pursuant to said account. Any such report may be submitted 46
76	75		electronically. 47 Raised Bill No. 6653
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83	81		Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) On or before January 1, 48
84	82		2022, the Department of Housing shall establish a pilot program to 49
85	83		annually provide not less than five hundred residential dwellings with 50
86	84		(1) energy efficiency retrofits, including, but not limited to, retrofitting 51
87	85		of existing heating, ventilation or air conditioning systems, and (2) 52
88	86		residential improvements that reduce health and safety hazards found 53
89	87		in such residential dwellings, including, but not limited to, lead, radon 54
90	88		and other contaminants, through removal, remediation and abatement 55
91	89		of such health and safety hazards. The energy efficiency retrofits shall 56
92	90		be consistent with the guidelines set forth in the Conservation and Load 57
93	91		Management Plan submitted by the electric distribution companies, as 58
94	92		defined in section 16-1 of the general statutes, in coordination with the 59
95	93		gas companies, as defined in said section, to the Energy Conservation 60
96	94		Management Board pursuant to section 16-245m of the general statutes. 61
97	95		The pilot program shall be funded in accordance with the provisions of 62
98	96		subsection (c) of this section and terminate on December 31, 2031. 63
99	97		(b) The Commissioner of Housing may contract with nonprofit 64
100	98		organizations to employ in-home environmental assessors to perform 65
101	99		energy efficiency retrofits and residential improvements that reduce 66
102	100		health and safety hazards pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. In 67
103	101		order to qualify for employment as an in-home environmental assessor, 68
104	102		a person shall (1) for energy efficient retrofits, (A) be certified to perform 69
105	103		energy efficiency retrofits by a nationally recognized certifying 70
106	104		organization, or (B) have earned a certificate in energy efficiency 71
107	105		retrofits, in-home environmental assessments or a related field from an 72
108	106		accredited institution of higher education, or (2) for residential 73
109	107		improvements that reduce health and safety hazards, (A) be certified to 74
110	108		remove, remediate or abate health and safety hazards by a nationally 75
111	109		recognized certifying organization, or (B) have earned a certificate in the 76
112	110		removal, remediation or abatement of health and safety hazards or a 77
113	111		related field from an accredited institution of higher education. 78
114	112		(c) In accordance with the provisions of section 8-446 of the general 79
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	114	+	Commissioner of Housing shall expend five hundred thousand dollars 81 Raised Bill No. 6653
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123	120		annually for the purposes of the pilot program established pursuant to 82
124	121		this section and any related administrative expense. For purposes of this 83
125	122		subsection, "administrative expense" means any administrative or other 84
126	123		cost or expense incurred by the Department of Housing in carrying out 85
127	124		the provisions of this section, including, but not limited to, the hiring of 86
128	125		necessary employees and entering into necessary contracts. 87
129	126		(d) Not later than January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter until 88
130	127		December 31, 2031, the Commissioner of Housing shall report, in 89
131	128		accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 90
132	129		to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 91
133	130		cognizance of matters relating to housing, energy and technology, 92
134	131		planning and development and the budgets of state agencies regarding 93
135	132		the status of the pilot program established pursuant to subsection (a) of 94
136	133		this section and all moneys expended by the Department of Housing for 95
137	134		the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section. 96
138	135		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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141	138		Section 1 October 1, 2021 8-446
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	141	+	Statement of Purpose:
	142	+	To establish a pilot program to annually provide not less than five
	143	+	hundred residential dwellings with (1) energy efficiency retrofits, and
	144	+	(2) residential improvements that reduce health and safety hazards
	145	+	found in such residential dwellings.
	146	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	147	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	148	+	underlined.]