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MN HF1850
Bill
Status
3/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jimmy Gordon
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AI Summary
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Removes the state's authority to require fluoridation of municipal water supplies, eliminating the previous mandate that required all municipal water supplies to be fluoridated by January 1, 1970
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Makes fluoridation voluntary by giving local jurisdictions (persons, firms, corporations, or municipalities) control over whether to fluoridate their public water supply
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Prohibits adding fluoride to water supplies that already contain naturally occurring fluoride within the parameters established by the commissioner of health
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Requires the commissioner of health to continue promulgating rules for water supplies that opt to fluoridate, including fluoride content parameters, control methods, testing methods, and recordkeeping requirements
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Explicitly prohibits the commissioner of health from requiring fluoridation of public water supplies
Legislative Description
Fluoridation of municipal water supplies provisions modified.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Health Finance and Policy
3/3/2025