SB 5279 - DIGEST

Creates the children's environmental health and protection advisory council.

Provides that the advisory council shall: (1) Meet at least four times a year;

(2) Review and comment on existing laws, rules, regulations, and standards to ensure that they adequately protect the health of children from environmental hazards;

(3) Work collaboratively with state agencies and others without duplicating current work in this area; and

(4) Report to the governor and the legislature by December 1, 2007, and December 1, 2008, with recommendations on changes in regulation that would reduce children's exposure to environmental hazards and recommendations for collaborative approaches to public education.