Bill Text: NJ A5069 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires DOH to inspect reports of mold infestation in health care facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee [A5069 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A5069-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER
District 22 (Somerset and Union)
SYNOPSIS
Requires DOH to inspect reports of mold infestation in health care facilities.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning mold inspection and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. As used in this act:
"Department" means the Department of Health.
"Mold" means any form of multicellular fungi that lives on plant or animal matter and in indoor environments. Types of mold include, but are not limited to, Cladosporium, Penicillium, Alternaria, Aspergillus, Fusarium, Trichoderma, Memnoniella, Mucor and Stachybotrys Chartarum, often found in water-damaged building materials.
2. a. Within six months after the effective date of this act, the Department of Health shall establish procedures for the department to inspect any reports made to the department of mold infestation with buildings or homes that are subject to the jurisdiction of the department pursuant to Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
b. Within six months after the effective date of this act, the Department of Health shall establish guidelines for preventing or removing mold from buildings or homes that are subject to the jurisdiction of the department pursuant to Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
3. The Department of Health shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as are necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Department of Health (department) to inspect reports of mold infestation in health care facilities.
Under the bill, within six months after the bill's effective date, the department is to establish procedures for the department to inspect any reports made to the department of mold infestation with buildings or homes that are subject to the jurisdiction of the department pursuant to Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
The bill additionally provides that, within six months after the bill's effective date, the department is to establish guidelines for preventing or removing mold from buildings or homes that are subject to the jurisdiction of the department pursuant to Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
The bill defines "mold" to mean any form of multicellular fungi that lives on plant or animal matter and in indoor environments. Types of mold include, but are not limited to, Cladosporium, Penicillium, Alternaria, Aspergillus, Fusarium, Trichoderma, Memnoniella, Mucor and Stachybotrys Chartarum, often found in water-damaged building materials.
