Sec. 31-402. Occupational Health Clinics Advisory Committee. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 31-402. Occupational Health Clinics Advisory Committee. There is hereby established an Occupational Health Clinics Advisory Committee. Said committee shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than September 15, 1990, and annually thereafter, their recommendations as to: (1) Methods for the coordination of activities among occupational health clinics, auxiliary occupational health clinics, the state and any other entities; (2) methods and the nature of disclosure of research and data collection results and related educational information; (3) the appropriate methods of funding, including sources of funding for, occupational health clinics and related state activities, particularly regarding surveillance, and (4) delineation of new goals in occupational disease detection and prevention. The advisory committee shall consist of fifteen persons as follows: The chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters concerning occupational health and safety or their designees, two persons appointed by the Governor, one person appointed by the chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission, one person appointed by the Labor Commissioner, one person appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health, one person appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate to represent the insurance industry, one person appointed by the majority leader of the Senate to represent the business community, one person appointed by the minority leader of the Senate to represent the labor community, one person appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives to represent the medical community, one person appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives to represent the labor community and one person appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives to represent the business community.

      (P.A. 90-226, S. 7, 10; P.A. 91-339, S. 43, 55; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

      History: P.A. 91-339 changed "board of compensation commissioners" to "workers' compensation commission"; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; (Revisor's note: The phrase "commissioner of labor" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "labor commissioner" in conformance with Sec. 31-1); 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.