Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Educate the Public and Department Clients about How To Protect One's Family from Bisphenol A
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0667
Committee: Health and Human Services
Sponsors: BURSTEIN, GRATWICK, DEVIN, DUNPHY, GATTINE, HAMANN, MASTRACCIO, SANBORN, WARD, WELSH

Legislative Document 
No. 667 
H.P. 448 
House of Representatives, March 3, 2015 
Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services 
To Educate the Public and Department Clients about How To 
Protect One's Family from Bisphenol A 
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. 
ROBERT B. HUNT 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative BURSTEIN of Lincolnville. 
Cosponsored by Senator GRATWICK of Penobscot and 
Representatives: DEVIN of Newcastle, DUNPHY of Old Town, GATTINE of Westbrook, 
HAMANN of South Portland, MASTRACCIO of Sanford, SANBORN of Gorham, WARD of 
Dedham, WELSH of Rockport. 
Sec. 1.  Department of Health and Human Services to update its website 
for accuracy and consistency with the latest scientific information on the 
major source of exposure to BPA.  Resolved:  That the Department of Health and 
Human Services shall update the page on its publicly accessible website entitled "How to 
Protect Your Family from BPA (Bisphenol A)" for the Special Supplemental Nutrition 
Program for Women, Infants and Children of the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to 
reflect the latest scientific findings on canned food as the major source of exposure to 
bisphenol A, referred to in this resolve as "BPA," to accurately indicate the regulatory 
status in this State of other products that once contained BPA, including reusable food 
and beverage containers, infant formula cans and baby food jars, and to further identify 
actions that program participants can take to prevent exposure to BPA; and be it further 
Sec. 2.  Department of Health and Human Services to prepare 
educational outreach materials on how to protect one's family from BPA.  
Resolved:  That the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for 
Disease Control and Prevention's division of environmental health shall prepare 
educational outreach materials on how to protect one's family from BPA that include 
information on the chemical's hazards, major sources of exposure and most susceptible 
and most exposed populations.  The educational outreach materials must also include 
actions the public can take to prevent exposure to BPA, including alternatives to the 
consumption of canned foods and jarred foods that contain BPA; and be it further 
Sec. 3.  Department of Health and Human Services to educate the public 
and program participants about how to protect one's family from BPA.  
Resolved:  That the Department of Health and Human Services shall develop a plan to 
educate the public about how to protect one's family from BPA, with an emphasis on 
reaching the populations who are most susceptible and who are most exposed to BPA.  
The plan must include an evaluation of the feasibility of providing educational 
information directly to participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for 
Women, Infants and Children of the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966 about 
alternatives to the consumption of canned foods and jarred foods that contain BPA.  The 
plan must identify potential sources of funding to implement this educational outreach 
program; and be it further 
Sec. 4.  Report.  Resolved:  That, no later than January 1, 2016, the Commissioner 
of Health and Human Services shall submit a report on the department's progress in 
carrying out the purposes of this resolve to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and 
Human Services. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve directs the Department of Health and Human Services to update the 
information it provides on the page on its publicly accessible website entitled "How to 
Protect Your Family from BPA (Bisphenol A)" to reflect the latest scientific findings and 
to develop educational outreach materials and a plan to educate members of the public at 
greatest risk from bisphenol A, including participants in the Special Supplemental 
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children of the federal Child Nutrition Act of 
1966.