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House Bill No. 5506

Public Act No. 22-118 186 of 739

softeners or tanks, shall provide each customer who seeks installation of an automatic water softener or tank with written information concerning the importance of testing such customer's drinking water for the presence of sodium and chloride and the potential consequences of excessive levels of sodium and chloride in such drinking water. Sec. 143. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section: (1) "Eligible applicant" means any person who (A) (i) worked during the entire period of the public health and civil preparedness emergency declared by the Governor on March 10, 2020, or any extension of such declaration, up until the effective date of this section, and (ii) was in a category recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, as of February 20, 2021, to receive a COVID-19 vaccination in phase 1a or 1b of the COVID-19 vaccination program, (B) is not a federal, state or municipal employee, (C) was not employed in a capacity where the employee worked or could have worked from home, and (D) meets the income criteria established in subsection (b) of this section; (2) "Administrator" means an employee of the office of the Comptroller, or a third-party administrator; (3) "Full-time" means any eligible applicant who worked thirty hours or more per week; (4) "Part-time" means any eligible applicant who worked less than thirty hours per week; and (5) "Premium pay" means moneys payable by the Comptroller from the Connecticut Premium Pay program, established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, to recognize and compensate eligible applicants for their service pursuant to this section. (b) (1) There is established the Connecticut Premium Pay program.