Bill Text: MI HB4743 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Veterans; veterans' homes; testing of water for lead at veterans' facilities established under the Michigan veterans' facility authority act; require. Amends 2016 PA 560 (MCL 36.101 - 36.112) by adding sec. 6a.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-21 - Referred To Committee On Ways And Means, With Substitute (h-1) [HB4743 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-HB4743-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4743

 

 

June 20, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Tate, Howell, Jones, Sowerby, Tyrone Carter, Stone and Garza and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation.

 

     A bill to amend 2016 PA 560, entitled

 

"Michigan veterans' facility authority act,"

 

(MCL 36.101 to 36.112) by adding section 6a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 6a. (1) The authority shall conduct sampling, analysis,

 

and remediation of lead contamination in drinking water taps and

 

other sources of drinking water used for human consumption at a

 

veterans' facility. The authority shall conduct the sampling and

 

analysis required under this section within 1 year after the

 

opening date of a veterans' facility and at least once every 3

 

years after that date.

 

     (2) The sampling and analysis conducted under this section

 

must comply with all of the following:

 

     (a) Sampling must be conducted at all buildings where

 

residents, staff, and other users of the veterans' facility are

 

present.

 

     (b) A sample must be taken at each drinking water tap and any

 

other source of drinking water used for human consumption in each

 

of the buildings described in subdivision (a).

 

     (c) Testing protocols must include a first-draw sample that is

 

taken after at least 6 hours of stagnation in a 250 ml bottle.

 

     (3) The analysis of samples collected under this section must

 

be conducted by a laboratory certified by the department of

 

environmental quality or the United States Environmental Protection

 

Agency for the testing of contaminants listed in the state drinking

 

water standards as that term is defined in the safe drinking water

 

act, 1976 PA 399, MCL 325.1001 to 325.1023.

 

     (4) The authority shall make available the results of the

 

sampling and analysis conducted under this section in the

 

administrative office of the veterans' facility where the sampling

 

and analysis was conducted and provide a report of those results to

 

the Michigan veterans affairs agency. The Michigan veterans affairs

 

agency shall make the information received under this subsection

 

available on the agency's website.

 

     (5) If the sampling and analysis conducted under this section

 

shows evidence of lead in the sampled drinking water at a level

 

higher than 12 mg/L, the authority shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) Immediately take out of service the drinking water tap or

 

other source of drinking water used for human consumption from

 

which the sample was taken.

 

     (b) Provide direct notification to the Michigan veterans

affairs agency and, in a manner approved by the Michigan veterans

 

affairs agency, to the residents, staff, and other users of the

 

veterans' facility where the sampling and analysis was conducted.

 

     (6) The sampling and analysis requirement provided in this

 

section does not apply if a licensed plumber or a licensed

 

professional engineer determines that a veterans' facility building

 

is lead free. The determination described in this subsection must

 

be documented in a signed statement by the person making the

 

determination.