Sen. Thomas Cullerton
Filed: 2/28/2018
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 272
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 272 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State | ||||||
| 5 | Facility Water Management Plan Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||
| 7 | "Department" means the Department of Public Health. | ||||||
| 8 | "Facility" means a Veterans Home as defined under Section | ||||||
| 9 | 1.5 of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act, a correctional | ||||||
| 10 | institution or facility as defined under Section 3-1-2 of the | ||||||
| 11 | Unified Code of Corrections, a developmental disability | ||||||
| 12 | facility as defined under Section 1-107 of the Mental Health | ||||||
| 13 | and Developmental Disabilities Code, a mental health facility | ||||||
| 14 | as defined under Section 1-114 of the Mental Health and | ||||||
| 15 | Developmental Disabilities Code, or a State-operated mental | ||||||
| 16 | health facility as defined under Section 1-114.1 of the Mental | ||||||
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| 1 | Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. | ||||||
| 2 | Section 10. Water management plan required. | ||||||
| 3 | (a) Every facility must develop a water management plan | ||||||
| 4 | that includes: | ||||||
| 5 | (1) the establishment of a water management team; | ||||||
| 6 | (2) a complete breakdown of the potable water system at | ||||||
| 7 | the facility and the elements of the water system; | ||||||
| 8 | (3) identification of potential issues and risks to the | ||||||
| 9 | potable water system; | ||||||
| 10 | (4) potential remedies and controls for the issues and | ||||||
| 11 | risks faced by the potable water system; and | ||||||
| 12 | (5) how detected problems with the potable water system | ||||||
| 13 | will be communicated to occupants, employees, and the | ||||||
| 14 | Department.
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| 15 | Each facility shall develop a plan under this Section by | ||||||
| 16 | January 1, 2019. | ||||||
| 17 | (b) Each facility shall review its water management plan | ||||||
| 18 | annually for effectiveness. A facility shall also review its | ||||||
| 19 | water management plan at any time when one or more of the | ||||||
| 20 | following occurs: | ||||||
| 21 | (1) Legionella is detected at the facility; | ||||||
| 22 | (2) any construction, modification, or repair | ||||||
| 23 | activities that may affect a potable water system at the | ||||||
| 24 | facility is completed; or | ||||||
| 25 | (3) any other condition specified by the Department by | ||||||
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| 1 | rule occurs. | ||||||
| 2 | Section 15. Legionella sampling; management plan required. | ||||||
| 3 | Each facility shall conduct a Legionella culture sampling and | ||||||
| 4 | develop a management plan for the facility's potable water | ||||||
| 5 | systems by January 1, 2019. The plan developed under this | ||||||
| 6 | Section shall include: | ||||||
| 7 | (1) provisions requiring Legionella culture sampling | ||||||
| 8 | annually and at 90-day intervals when Legionella is, or may | ||||||
| 9 | be, associated with the facility; | ||||||
| 10 | (2) provisions requiring actions in response to | ||||||
| 11 | Legionella culture analysis results, including responsive | ||||||
| 12 | actions, remediation, potential issues, and potential | ||||||
| 13 | remedies; and | ||||||
| 14 | (3) any other provisions specified by the Department by | ||||||
| 15 | rule.
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| 16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 17 | becoming law.".
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