Amended in Assembly March 17, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 2844


Introduced by Assembly Member Bloom

February 19, 2016


An act to amend Sectionbegin delete 108115end deletebegin insert 116385end insert of the Health and Safety Code, relating to environmental health.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2844, as amended, Bloom. Environmentalbegin delete health.end deletebegin insert health: drinking water.end insert

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The California Safe Drinking Water Act requires a person operating a public water system to obtain and provide an analysis of the water to the State Water Resources Control Board (state board), as provided.

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This bill would require the person to include in the analysis samples from schools, day care facilities, and health care facilities, to the extent those locations are within the public water system. The bill would require the person to report to the state board other information regarding the samples taken. The bill would require the state board to post this information on its Internet Web site, as provided.

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The State Department of Public Health regulates various issues with respect to environmental health, including, but not limited to, the consumer product safety program.

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This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to a provision relating to consumer product safety.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insertSECTION 1.end insert  

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begin insertSection 116385 of the end insertbegin insertHealth and Safety Codeend insertbegin insert is
2amended to read:end insert

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116385.  

begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insertAny person operating a public water system shall
4obtain andbegin delete provide at that person’s expenseend deletebegin insert provide to the state
5board, at the person’s expense,end insert
an analysis of thebegin delete water to the
6department,end delete
begin insert water,end insert in the form, covering those matters, and at
7intervals as thebegin delete department by regulation may prescribe.end deletebegin insert state
8board prescribes by regulation.end insert
The analysis shall be performed
9by a laboratory duly certified by the begin deletedepartment.end deletebegin insert state board.end insert

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10(b) (1) An analysis provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
11include, but need not be limited to, samples from schools, day care
12facilities, and health care facilities, to the extent that these
13locations are within the public water system.

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14(2) This subdivision does not require an increase in the number
15of samples a person collects.

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16(c) (1) The person shall report to the state board the date and
17results of any sampling at a school, day care facility, and health
18care facility, and where relevant, the contents of any notice issued
19to the school or day care facility, students, or parents, and any
20notices to the health care facility, and any followup action taken
21to mitigate contamination.

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22(2) The state board shall post the information contained in
23paragraph (1) to its Internet Web site in a manner that is
24searchable by schools and school districts. The state board’s
25Internet Web site shall also include a link to the public water
26system’s most recent consumer confidence report.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 108115 of the Health and Safety Code
28 is amended to read:

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108115.  

“Department” means the State Department of Public
30Health.

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