HB0757 - Tennessee - Public Health, Titles, Short

Companion Bill SB0878. Public Health - Enacts the "Tennessee Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program." - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *HB0757 / SB0878Increase State Expenditures - $1,473,300 Recurring $363,100 One-Time Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - $363,300* Increase Local Govt. Revenues - $363,300 Bill Summary for *HB0757 / SB0878 This bill creates an environmental contaminant biomonitoring program to collect data on the presence of chemicals in Tennesseans' bodies and to assess the effects of chemicals on health. The department of health will establish the program, working in collaboration with the department of environment and conservation. The program will utilize scientifically based statewide surveys, analyzing appropriate human biological specimens from volunteer participants selected [...]

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