Bill Text: CT SB00035 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Beverages With Added Sugars, Sweeteners And Artificial Sweeteners, And Obesity.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-26 - House Calendar Number 586 [SB00035 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00035-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 35
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 4761
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING BEVERAGES WITH ADDED SUGARS, SWEETENERS AND ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS, AND OBESITY.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2017) Not later than October 1, 2017, the Department of Public Health shall raise public awareness regarding the link between obesity and beverages with added sugars, sweeteners and artificial sweeteners by posting a link on its Internet web site to the information located on the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Internet web site concerning healthy weight and reducing caloric intake by making different beverage choices.

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

PH

Joint Favorable