Public Health Committee

The Public Health Committee is one of the joint standing committees of the Connecticut General Assembly. It has cognizance of all programs and matters relating to the Department of Public Health; the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Department of Developmental Services; the Office of Health Care Access; and all other matters relating to health, including emergency medical services, all licensing boards within the Department of Public Health, nursing homes, pure food and drugs, and controlled substances, including the treatment of substance abuse.

Calendar

Calendar

  Committee Membership   

 Print List

 Print List

District Position Name  Website Party
S13 Co-Chair Daugherty Abrams, Mary http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/abrams D
136 Co-Chair Steinberg, Jonathan http://www.housedems.ct.gov/Steinberg D
S03 Vice Chair Anwar, Saud http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/anwar D
S09 Vice Chair Lesser, Matthew L. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/lesser D
120 Vice Chair Young, Philip L. http://www.housedems.ct.gov/young D
S18 Ranking Member Somers, Heather S. http://www.ctsenaterepublicans.com/home-Somers R
022 Ranking Member Petit, William A. http://www.cthousegop.com/Petit/ R
058 Member Arnone, Tom http://www.housedems.ct.gov/arnone D
078 Member Betts, Whit http://www.cthousegop.com/Betts/ R
115 Member Borer, Dorinda http://www.housedems.ct.gov/Borer D
086 Member Candelora, Vincent J. http://www.cthousegop.com/Candelora/ R
032 Member Carpino, Christie M. http://www.cthousegop.com/Carpino/ R
102 Member Comey, Robin E. http://housedems.ct.gov/comey D
065 Member Cook, Michelle L. http://www.housedems.ct.gov/Cook D
021 Member Demicco, Mike http://www.housedems.ct.gov/Demicco D
010 Member Genga, Henry J. http://www.housedems.ct.gov/Genga D
127 Member Hennessy, John "Jack" F. http://www.housedems.ct.gov/Hennessy D
119 Member Kennedy, Kathy http://www.cthousegop.com/kennedy/ R
105 Member Klarides-Ditria, Nicole http://www.cthousegop.com/Klarides-Ditria/ R
038 Member McCarty, Kathleen M. http://www.cthousegop.com/McCarty/ R
146 Member Michel, David http://www.housedems.ct.gov/michel D
139 Member Ryan, Kevin http://www.housedems.ct.gov/Ryan D
098 Member Scanlon, Sean http://www.housedems.ct.gov/Scanlon D
026 Member Tercyak, Peter A. http://www.housedems.ct.gov/Tercyak D
089 Member Zupkus, Lezlye http://www.cthousegop.com/Zupkus/ R

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