HB 1601-S - DIGEST
(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 3RD SUB)

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

Requires the advisory council to: (1) Review and comment on existing laws, rules, regulations, and standards to ensure that they adequately protect the health of children from environmental hazards;

(2) Review existing laws, rules, regulations, and standards of other states that relate to the protection of the health of children from environmental hazards;

(3) Review current research on environmental toxins and exposures, children's environmental health, and other research relevant to the protection of the health of children from environmental hazards;

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

(5) 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.