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Connecticut lawmakers press House Bill 5322 to formalize endometriosis working group
Summary
State Rep. Jillian Gilchrist said House Bill 5322 would establish a legislatively housed working group on endometriosis; sponsors are seeking substitute language, a legislative commission home and a dedicated budget line for a biorepository while avoiding an across‑the‑board 20% cut.
State Rep. Jillian Gilchrist, chair of the Connecticut Endometriosis Working Group, told members at the group’s March meeting that House Bill 5322 — “an act concerning a working group regarding endometriosis” — remains under consideration in the legislature and that substitute language has been shared with committee counsel.
The bill, Gilchrist said, would formally establish the working group and the sponsors are recommending that it be housed at the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity rather than within Human Services or a standing health committee. She also said…
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