Bill Text: IL HB4688 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Water Supply Regulation Act. Provides that the owners or official custodians of public water supplies shall comply with the recommendations on optimal fluoridation for community water levels as proposed and adopted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-07-08 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0529 [HB4688 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB4688-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 099-0529
HB4688 Enrolled LRB099 15961 MGM 40278 b
AN ACT concerning the environment.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Water Supply Regulation Act is
amended by changing Section 7a as follows:
(415 ILCS 40/7a) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 121g1)
Sec. 7a. In order to protect the dental health of all
citizens, especially children, the owners or official
custodians of public water supplies shall be in compliance with
the Department shall promulgate rules to provide for the
addition of fluoride to public water supplies by the owners or
official custodians thereof. Such rules shall incorporate the
recommendations on optimal fluoridation for community water
levels as proposed and adopted by the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the rules and regulations adopted by the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the Pollution
Control Board.
(Source: P.A. 97-43, eff. 6-28-11.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.