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You're right, the rate didn't really drop in CT, it just looks that way because they stopped mandatory lab reporting in 2003. So when they say it went from #1 to #5, it's a way of emphasizing that they're not getting the true numbers (but something tells me the news media didn't report it that way).
There are two bills being proposed - the first is to reinstate mandatory lab reporting, and the second is to establish a task force. It's the same people behind both bills - the people that want the task force understand that it's really not #5. (hope that makes sense?)
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Ah, thank-you, ldfighter!
This is good news!
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I share the concern about who's in control of the task force, although my understanding of what Blumenthal said at the press conference during Q&A (watch video here)...
...is that the second bill does not render the first bill powerless - mandatory reporting, if it becomes law, would be something the department of health would HAVE to comply with regardless of what they recommend as part of a task force.
But I'm not sure, hope that's the case.
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