2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-121e. AIDS: Task force.
Sec. 19a-121e. AIDS: Task force. There is established a task force to work with
the Department of Public Health in the planning of programs for persons suffering from
AIDS and their families. The task force shall be comprised of the following members:
A local health director and a representative from an AIDS advocacy organization, a
person from a list of persons provided by the Commissioner of Public Health, all to be
appointed by the Governor, a health care provider to be appointed by the president pro
tempore of the Senate, a person who is human immunodeficiency virus sero positive to
be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, a licensed nurse to be
appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, a physician who treats victims of AIDS
to be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, an educator to be appointed by the
majority leader of the House of Representatives, a second local health director to be
appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives and any other persons
deemed appropriate by the Commissioner of Public Health. The task force shall act as
an advisory board to the Commissioner of Public Health for the duration of his term or
for four years, whichever is later. The task force shall prepare an annual report of its
findings and recommendations, in conjunction with the Department of Public Health,
and deliver such report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having
cognizance of matters relating to public health on or before January 1, 1988, and annually
thereafter.
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services and executive director of the Connecticut alcohol and drug abuse commission with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, respectively, effective July 1, 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.
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