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House Bill No. 5506

Public Act No. 22-118 346 of 739

individual appointed by the House ranking member of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary, (9) the Chief Public Defender, or the Chief Public Defender's designee, and (10) the Chief State's Attorney, or the Chief State's Attorney's designee. Any member of the working group appointed under subdivisions (1) to (8), inclusive, of this subsection may be a member of the General Assembly. (c) All appointments to the working group shall be made not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. The appointing authority shall provide a copy of such appointment to the administrator of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary not later than seven days after the date of the appointment. (d) The chairperson of the working group shall schedule the first meeting of the working group, which shall be held not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section. (e) On or before January 15, 2023, the working group shall report its recommendations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary. The working group shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 15, 2023, whichever is later. Sec. 217. Section 19a-754a of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): (a) There is established an Office of Health Strategy, which shall be within the Department of Public Health for administrative purposes only. The department head of said office shall be the executive director of the Office of Health Strategy, who shall be appointed by the Governor