Sec. 19a-125. Adolescent Health Council. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 19a-125. Adolescent Health Council. There is established a State-Wide Adolescent Health Council. The council shall consist of the following members: The Commissioners of Public Health, Children and Families, Education, Higher Education and Social Services or their designees; the chairpersons of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and human services; a representative of the Commission on Children; a representative of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women; a representative of a school-based health center and a media specialist to be appointed by the Governor; a representative of the United Way of Connecticut and the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of Connecticut to be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; a representative of the Mental Health Association and the Connecticut Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics to be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; a representative of the Connecticut Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers to be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; a representative of the Connecticut Association of Human Services and the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities to be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; a representative of the Connecticut Association of Family Practitioners and the Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Center to be appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives; and a representative of the Connecticut Youth Service Association and the Connecticut Primary Care Association to be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives. The chairperson and the vice-chairperson of the council shall be elected by the full membership of the council from among its membership. The council shall meet at regular intervals as determined by the chairperson. The members of the council shall serve without compensation. The council shall consult with and advise the Commissioners of Public Health, Social Services, Education and Children and Families concerning the coordination of service delivery to and health needs of teens. The council shall examine issues, including but not limited to, contributing factors of high risk behaviors, how multiple problems interrelate and strategies for prevention. The council shall make recommendations on facilitating federal, state and community action to address teen pregnancy, mental health, violence, substance abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, acquired immune deficiency syndrome and such other areas as the council determines are relevant to adolescent health needs. The council shall submit a report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, human services and education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a on or before June 30, 1994.

      (P.A. 92-107; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 29, 39; 93-411, S. 1, 19; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

      History: P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-411 added chairpersons of public health committee and human services committee to council membership, added commissioners of education and children and youth services [sic] to list for advice and consultation and extended the reporting deadline from January 31, 1994, to June 30, 1994, effective July 2, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.