2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-7g. Childhood Immunization Advisory Council.

      Sec. 19a-7g. Childhood Immunization Advisory Council. There is established a Childhood Immunization Advisory Council consisting of the Commissioners of Public Health, Education and Social Services or their designees; a representative of the Commission on Children; a representative of the American Academy of Pediatrics, to be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; a representative of the Association of Primary Health Care Providers, to be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; a representative of the Legal Aid Society, to be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; and a public member who is a parent of a child who is eligible for Medicaid or uninsured, 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 and shall serve for a term of one year. The council shall meet at least twice a year. Council members shall serve without compensation. The council shall advise the Department of Public Health on the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the universal childhood immunization program established pursuant to section 19a-7f.

      (P.A. 91-327, S. 2, 8; P.A. 93-262, S. 56, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

      History: P.A. 93-262 replaced commissioners of income maintenance and human resources with commissioner of social services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, 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.