House Committee on Health and Human Resources passed two bills, rejected one, and laid over another.
HB 2520 would prohibit the use of tanning devices by a person under the age of 18. Currently, law states that persons 14 to 17 can use a tanning device with parental consent. This law would replace that law and state no one under the age of 18 shall use a tanning device. According to the dermatologist who presented, the use of these devices is directly correlated to the development of skin cancers.
HB 2653 would extend the multistate real-time tracking system to June 30, 2023.
HB 2624 was rejected; it would have eliminated the Board of Sanitation.
HB 2132 was laid over until a future meeting; it would ensure that all able bodied adults without dependents are working, or in a work program, for a minimum of 20 hours per week for continued eligibility for SNAP benefits. Currently, there is a nine county pilot program doing this. The committee voted to lay the bill over until data on the pilot program could be provided.
