1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public health; establishing a bisphenol-A and phthalates committee; 
1.3 	requiring a study and report;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes, chapter 325.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [325.172] BISPHENOL-A IN PRODUCTS FOR CHILDREN.
1.7 		Subd. 1.Bisphenol-A and phthalates committee. The commissioner of health 
1.8 	shall create a committee under the direction of the environmental health division of 
1.9 	the Department of Health to study the scientific literature and make recommendations 
1.10 	to the legislature on the health impact of bisphenol-A and phthalates on children in 
1.11 	products intended for use by young children, including, but not limited to, toys, pacifiers, 
1.12 	baby bottles, and teethers, and report back by January 2, 2008. The committee shall 
1.13 	also identify least harmful alternatives. Of the seven committee members at least one 
1.14 	shall be a representative of the Department of Health, one shall be a representative of 
1.15 	environmental health sciences research, one shall be a representative of the Minnesota 
1.16 	Nurses Association, one shall be a representative of environmental health consumer 
1.17 	advocates, one shall be a member of a children's product manufacturer's association, and 
1.18 	one shall be a representative of other health sciences.
1.19 		Subd. 2.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
1.20 	the meanings given them:
1.21 	(a) "Toy" means all products designed or intended by the manufacturer to be used by 
1.22 	children when they play.
2.1 	(b) "Child care article" means all products designed or intended by the manufacturer 
2.2 	to facilitate sleep, relaxation, or the feeding of children or to help children with sucking or 
2.3 	teething.