The authority would replace a year-old task force that a Council study says has been ineffective.
The four-year-old task force had photographs of identity theft suspects on file, and Mr. Ryan was able to connect one of them to false identification used in the King and Foxx cases.
On the more controversial question of beginning mammography for women between 40 and 49 years old, the task force again said that the decision should be made case by case by a woman and her doctor.
The old-style task force is now drawing up maps, and the business-as-usual crowd is trying to figure out how to get around the veto threat.
Continued testing of men 75 and older, the task force concluded, was far more likely to result in significant harm, including unnecessary treatment that could cause pain, incontinence and impotence, among other risks.
By a unanimous vote, the Board of Legislators has agreed to increase the number of members of the three-year-old Domestic Violence Task Force to 19, with the six additional members appointed by County Executive Andrew J. Spano.
"If people are making those statements, they need to back them up". Sheppard later added that claims such as those made by her colleagues do nothing but undermine the already shaky reputation of the 4-year-old, 14-member task force, which is a subcommittee of the county's Commission for Women.
For people older than 70, the task force says it does not have enough information.
Anticipating similar criticism, the Czech Republic's year-old anti-fake-news task force has decided against taking down websites.
Because narrowing of the carotid artery, a risk factor for stroke, affects only about 1percentt of people older than 65, the task force estimates that 4,348 people would need to be screened with both ultrasound and a follow-up magnetic resonance imaging test to prevent one stroke.
