The department shall undertake a community health information project under the auspices of the Environmental Health Program in the Bureau of Health. The project shall respond, subject to this subchapter, to requests made by state agencies, municipalities or individuals for information on potential health hazards posed by the use of hazardous chemicals. To meet these requests, the director shall establish a Community Health Information Clearinghouse which shall contain information on the health implications of chemicals in use in the home and the workplace. [1985, c. 494, §2 (NEW).]