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CT SB00354
Bill
Status
Passed
5/20/2010
Primary Sponsor
Elizabeth Esty
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AI Summary
- Creates a separate nonlapsing Biomedical Research Trust Fund that can accept transfers from the Tobacco Settlement Fund and gifts or grants from public or private sources
- Authorizes the Commissioner of Public Health to award grants-in-aid from the trust fund to eligible institutions for biomedical research in heart disease, cancer, tobacco-related diseases, Alzheimer's disease, and diabetes
- Limits grants to a maximum of $2 million for fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, then 50% of total trust fund holdings for each subsequent fiscal year
- Defines "eligible institutions" as nonprofit, tax-exempt academic institutions of higher education or hospitals that conduct biomedical research
- Requires the Commissioner of Public Health to develop grant applications by April 1, 2001, with applications accepted from that date forward
Legislative Description
An Act Concerning Biomedical Research Trust Fund Research Grants.
Last Action
Signed by the Governor
5/27/2010
Committee Referrals
Finance, Revenue and Bonding4/16/2010
Public Health4/8/2010
Appropriations2/26/2010
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