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MI SB0395

Bill

Status

Introduced

8/20/2019

Primary Sponsor

Kimberly LaSata

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Origin

Senate

100th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to add new definitions and clarify existing terminology related to water supplies, including bottled drinking water, capacity assessment, community supply, contaminants, and vulnerable population facilities.

  • Requires vulnerable population facilities (adult foster care facilities, child care centers, colleges/universities, hospitals, and nursing homes) to test drinking water for lead contamination within 1 year of enactment and at least once every 3 years thereafter.

  • Mandates comprehensive lead sampling at all drinking water taps and sources in buildings where children or residents are present, using first-draw samples after at least 6 hours of stagnation.

  • Requires facilities to immediately shut down any water source testing above 12 mg/L of lead and notify the Department of Environmental Quality, facility staff, parents, guardians, and other users.

  • Exempts buildings constructed after January 4, 2014, that are certified as lead-free and allows exemptions for buildings verified as lead-free by licensed plumbers or professional engineers.

Legislative Description

Water; quality; program for testing and removing lead in drinking water used by vulnerable population centers; provide for. Amends sec. 2 of 1976 PA 399 (MCL 325.1002) & adds sec. 7a.

Water: quality

Last Action

Referred To Committee On Environmental Quality

8/20/2019

Committee Referrals

Environmental Quality8/20/2019

Full Bill Text

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