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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6730
January Session, 2023
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE TOBACCO AND HEALTH
TRUST FUND.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 4-28f of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 2
(a) There is created a Tobacco and Health Trust Fund which shall be 3
a separate nonlapsing fund. The purpose of the trust fund shall be to 4
create a continuing significant source of funds to [(1)] support and 5
encourage development of programs to reduce tobacco [abuse] and 6
nicotine use through prevention, education and cessation programs [, 7
(2) support and encourage development of programs to reduce 8
substance abuse, and (3) develop and implement programs to meet the 9
unmet physical and mental health needs in the state] that use 10
evidence-based best practices regarding (1) state and community 11
interventions, (2) communication methods to disseminate health 12
information to a wide audience, (3) cessation interventions, (4) 13
surveillance and evaluation, and (5) infrastructure, administration and 14
management. The trust fund shall be used to support the reduction in 15
use of all tobacco and nicotine products, including, but not limited to, 16
combustible, noncombustible, electronic and synthetic tobacco and 17
nicotine products. 18 Substitute Bill No. 6730
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(b) The trust fund may accept transfers from the Tobacco Settlement 19
Fund and may apply for and accept gifts, grants, [or] donations, 20
assignments or transfers from public or private sources to enable the 21
trust fund to carry out its objectives. 22
(c) The trust fund shall be administered by a board of trustees, 23
except that the board shall suspend its operations from July 1, 2003, to 24
June 30, 2005, inclusive. The board shall consist of seventeen trustees. 25
The appointment of the initial trustees shall be as follows: (1) The 26
Governor shall appoint four trustees, one of whom shall serve for a 27
term of one year from July 1, 2000, two of whom shall serve for a term 28
of two years from July 1, 2000, and one of whom shall serve for a term 29
of three years from July 1, 2000; (2) the speaker of the House of 30
Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate each shall 31
appoint two trustees, one of whom shall serve for a term of two years 32
from July 1, 2000, and one of whom shall serve for a term of three years 33
from July 1, 2000; (3) the majority leader of the House of 34
Representatives and the majority leader of the Senate each shall 35
appoint two trustees, one of whom shall serve for a term of one year 36
from July 1, 2000, and one of whom shall serve for a term of three years 37
from July 1, 2000; (4) the minority leader of the House of 38
Representatives and the minority leader of the Senate each shall 39
appoint two trustees, one of whom shall serve for a term of one year 40
from July 1, 2000, and one of whom shall serve for a term of two years 41
from July 1, 2000; and (5) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 42
Management, or the secretary's designee, shall serve as an ex-officio 43
voting member. Following the expiration of such initial terms, 44
subsequent trustees shall serve for a term of three years. The trustees 45
shall continue to serve until their successors are appointed or 46
designated. Any vacancy occurring other than by expiration of term 47
shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the 48
balance of the unexpired term. The period of suspension of the board's 49
operations from July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2005, inclusive, shall not be 50
included in the term of any trustee serving on July 1, 2003. The trustees 51
shall serve without compensation except for reimbursement for 52 Substitute Bill No. 6730
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necessary expenses incurred in performing their duties. The board of 53
trustees shall establish rules of procedure for the conduct of its 54
business which shall include, but not be limited to, criteria, processes 55
and procedures to be used in selecting programs to receive money 56
from the trust fund. The trust fund shall be within the Office of Policy 57
and Management for administrative purposes only. The board of 58
trustees shall, not later than January first of each year, submit a report 59
of its activities and accomplishments to the joint standing committees 60
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 61
public health and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, in 62
accordance with section 11-4a. 63
(d) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year 64
thereafter, the board of trustees, by majority vote, shall recommend 65
authorization of disbursement from the trust fund of the amount 66
deposited in the trust fund for the fiscal year pursuant to subsection (c) 67
of section 4-28e, for the purposes described in subsection (a) of this 68
section and section 19a-6d. The board's recommendations shall give 69
[(i)] (A) priority to [programs that address tobacco and substance 70
abuse and serve minors, pregnant women and parents of young 71
children] comprehensive tobacco and nicotine control programs for (i) 72
prevention of initial tobacco and nicotine product use among youth 73
and young adults, (ii) smoking cessation directed at adults and youth, 74
(iii) elimination of exposure to secondhand smoke and aerosol, and (iv) 75
identification and elimination of tobacco and nicotine-related 76
disparities, and [(ii)] (B) consideration to the availability of private 77
matching funds. Recommended disbursements from the trust fund 78
shall be in addition to any resources that would otherwise be 79
appropriated by the state for such purposes and programs. 80
(2) The board of trustees shall submit such recommendations for the 81
authorization of disbursement from the trust fund to the joint standing 82
committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 83
relating to public health and appropriations and the budgets of state 84
agencies. Not later than thirty days after receipt of such 85 Substitute Bill No. 6730
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recommendations, said committees shall advise the board of their 86
approval, modifications, if any, or rejection of the board's 87
recommendations. If said joint standing committees do not concur, the 88
speaker of the House of Representatives, the president pro tempore of 89
the Senate, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, the 90
majority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the House of 91
Representatives and the minority leader of the Senate each shall 92
appoint one member from each of said joint standing committees to 93
serve as a committee on conference. The committee on conference shall 94
submit its report to both committees, which shall vote to accept or 95
reject the report. The report of the committee on conference may not be 96
amended. If a joint standing committee rejects the report of the 97
committee on conference, the board's recommendations shall be 98
deemed approved. If the joint standing committees accept the report of 99
the committee on conference, the joint standing committee having 100
cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of 101
state agencies shall advise the board of said joint standing committees' 102
approval or modifications, if any, of the board's recommended 103
disbursement. If said joint standing committees do not act within thirty 104
days after receipt of the board's recommendations for the 105
authorization of disbursement, such recommendations shall be 106
deemed approved. Disbursement from the trust fund shall be in 107
accordance with the board's recommendations as approved or 108
modified by said joint standing committees. 109
(3) After such recommendations for the authorization of 110
disbursement have been approved or modified pursuant to 111
subdivision (2) of this subsection, any modification in the amount of an 112
authorized disbursement in excess of fifty thousand dollars or ten per 113
cent of the authorized amount, whichever is less, shall be submitted to 114
said joint standing committees and approved, modified or rejected in 115
accordance with the procedure set forth in subdivision (2) of this 116
subsection. Notification of all disbursements from the trust fund made 117
pursuant to this section shall be sent to the joint standing committees 118
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 119 Substitute Bill No. 6730
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public health and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, 120
through the Office of Fiscal Analysis. 121
(4) The board of trustees shall submit a biennial report to the joint 122
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 123
matters relating to public health and appropriations and the budgets of 124
state agencies, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. Such 125
report shall include, but need not be limited to, an accounting of the 126
unexpended amount in the trust fund, if any, all disbursements and 127
other expenditures from the trust fund and an evaluation of the 128
performance and impact of each program receiving funds from the 129
trust fund. Such report shall also include the measurable outcome and 130
evaluation criteria and application process used to select programs to 131
receive such funds. 132
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2023 4-28f
PH Joint Favorable Subst.