Bill Text: CT HB06487 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Lactation Consultants.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-05 - File Number 725 [HB06487 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06487-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 6487
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 5542
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING LACTATION CONSULTANTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2017) (a) As used in this section, "lactation consultant" means a person who holds and maintains current certification in good standing as an international board certified lactation consultant with the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners.

(b) On or before January 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Public Health shall obtain from the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners a listing of all state residents maintained on said board's registry of international board certified lactation consultants. The commissioner shall post such listing on its Internet web site.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2017	New section

PH

Joint Favorable