PRINTER'S NO. 1578
No. 1233 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY O'PAKE, HUGHES, KASUNIC, SCHWARTZ, WAGNER, MELLOW,
STAPLETON, BODACK, BELAN, COSTA, KITCHEN, TARTAGLIONE,
LAVALLE, WOZNIAK, MUSTO AND BOSCOLA, DECEMBER 8, 1999
REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, DECEMBER 8, 1999
AN ACT
1 Establishing a Tobacco Settlement Advisory Committee; describing
2 its powers and duties; and imposing duties upon the
3 Department of Health.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Short title.
7 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Tobacco
8 Settlement Advisory Committee Act.
9 Section 2. Definitions.
10 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
11 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
12 context clearly indicates otherwise:
13 "Committee." The Tobacco Settlement Advisory Committee
14 created by this act.
15 "Department." The Department of Health of the Commonwealth.
16 "Tobacco litigation master settlement agreement." The master
17 settlement agreement relating to tobacco litigation which was
18 entered into in 1998 on behalf of the Commonwealth and leading
1 manufacturers of tobacco products in the United States.
2 Section 3. Establishment.
3 A Tobacco Settlement Advisory Committee is hereby established
4 to advise the General Assembly concerning use of and to monitor
5 expenditure of money received pursuant to the tobacco litigation
6 master settlement agreement.
7 Section 4. Membership.
8 The committee shall be comprised of the following 15 members:
9 (1) One member appointed for a four-year term by each of
10 the following legislative leaders:
11 (i) The President pro tempore of the Senate.
12 (ii) The Minority Leader of the Senate.
13 (iii) The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
14 (iv) The Minority Leader of the House of
15 Representatives.
16 (2) Nine members, each serving a two-year term,
17 appointed by the Governor as follows:
18 (i) Two from the cancer research community.
19 (ii) Two from the field of public health.
20 (iii) Two health care providers.
21 (iv) Two representatives on behalf of health care
22 consumers.
23 (v) One member of the general public.
24 (3) The Physician General and the Secretary of Health,
25 or their designees, each of whom shall serve as ex officio
26 members.
27 Section 5. Operation.
28 The chairperson of the commission shall be elected by a
29 majority vote of the members, and eight members shall constitute
30 a quorum.
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1 Section 6. Compensation and expenses.
2 Members of the committee shall serve without compensation but
3 shall be reimbursed by the department for reasonable and
4 necessary expenditures.
5 Section 7. Staff.
6 The department shall provide staff and ancillary services for
7 the committee.
8 Section 8. Annual report.
9 The committee shall file a report with the General Assembly
10 no later than October 1 of each year, beginning October 1, 2001,
11 containing the following:
12 (1) Advice of committee concerning use of moneys
13 received pursuant to the tobacco litigation master settlement
14 agreement.
15 (2) Recommendations of the committee concerning the most
16 effective use of the moneys for the health and welfare of the
17 citizens of the Commonwealth.
18 Section 9. Effective date.
19 This act shall take effect immediately.
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