Full Text of SB0550 99th General Assembly
SB0550sam002 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Heather A. Steans Filed: 5/20/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 550
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 550 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 5.9 as follows: | 6 | | (225 ILCS 10/5.9 new) | 7 | | Sec. 5.9. Lead testing of water in licensed day care | 8 | | centers, licensed day care homes, and licensed group day care | 9 | | homes. | 10 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section: | 11 | | "First draw-tap sample" means one liter of water that has | 12 | | stood motionless in the plumbing system of the sampling site | 13 | | for at least 6 hours. | 14 | | "Source of potable water" means the point at which | 15 | | non-bottled water exits any tap, faucet, drinking fountain, or | 16 | | similar point of use likely to be ingested by children or used |
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| 1 | | for food preparation. | 2 | | (b) Effective January 1, 2017, licensed day care centers, | 3 | | licensed day care homes, and licensed group day care homes | 4 | | shall have all sources of potable water at the facility tested | 5 | | for lead at least once every 3 years. All samples tested | 6 | | pursuant to this section must be first-draw tap samples. | 7 | | (c) Effective January 1, 2017, as part of an initial | 8 | | application or application for renewal of a license for day | 9 | | care centers, day care homes, and group day care homes, the | 10 | | Department shall require proof that all sources of potable | 11 | | water at the facility have been tested for lead within the last | 12 | | 3 years. | 13 | | (d) The results of the most recent test of each source of | 14 | | potable water at the facility shall be posted in the facility | 15 | | next to the license issued by the Department. Copies of the | 16 | | results shall be provided to parents or guardians upon request. | 17 | | The results shall be compiled into a single document and shall | 18 | | include, at a minimum, the date, source of potable water and | 19 | | lead concentration of each sample test result. Any test result | 20 | | of 15 parts per billion (15 micrograms per liter) or greater | 21 | | shall be highlighted. | 22 | | (e) Included with the tests results referenced in | 23 | | subsection (d) shall be the following statement: | 24 | | "Every parent or guardian is notified that this facility | 25 | | has performed tests for lead from this facility's potable water | 26 | | sources. Elevated levels of lead in drinking water can cause |
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| 1 | | serious health problems, especially for young children. | 2 | | Specific risks include damage to brain and kidneys, and | 3 | | interference with production of red blood cells that carry | 4 | | oxygen to all parts of the body. Scientists have linked the | 5 | | effects of lead on the brain with lowered IQ in children. Lead | 6 | | is stored in bones and it can be released later in life. There | 7 | | is no safe level of lead in drinking water or safe level of | 8 | | lead to ingest. However, State and Federal Safe Drinking Water | 9 | | Standards establish 15 parts per billion (15 micrograms per | 10 | | liter) of lead in drinking water as the lead action level." | 11 | | (f) Licensed day care centers, licensed day care homes, and | 12 | | licensed group day care homes shall promptly submit the results | 13 | | of all tests for lead in the sources of potable water at their | 14 | | facilities to the Department and the Illinois Environmental | 15 | | Protection Agency. | 16 | | Section 10. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | 17 | | adding Section 17.11 as follows: | 18 | | (415 ILCS 5/17.11 new) | 19 | | Sec. 17.11. Lead in drinking water prevention. | 20 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section: | 21 | | "Child care facility" has the meaning ascribed to it in | 22 | | Section 2 of the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. | 23 | | "Governmental entity" means a State agency, a county, a | 24 | | municipality, a township, a public educational institution, a |
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| 1 | | special district, or any political subdivision thereof. | 2 | | "Potentially affected residence" means both (1) a | 3 | | residences within 300 feet of any portion of a water main or | 4 | | water service line owned by a community water supply on which | 5 | | repair or replacement work is done, and (2) the residence or | 6 | | residences serviced by the lead service line or water meter | 7 | | that is repaired or replaced. | 8 | | "School" means any school district or public, private, or | 9 | | nonpublic day or residential educational institution, | 10 | | including charter schools, that provides elementary or | 11 | | secondary education for grade 12 or under. | 12 | | (b) The owner or operator of a community water supply shall | 13 | | sample for lead at all potable water sources likely to be | 14 | | consumed by children or used for food preparation in all | 15 | | schools in its distribution system at least once during every 3 | 16 | | year sampling period. The first 3 year school sampling period | 17 | | begins January 1, 2017. The owner or operator of a community | 18 | | water supply shall submit the sample results to the Agency and | 19 | | school or child care facility within 2 business days of receipt | 20 | | of the results by the community water supply. The Agency shall | 21 | | publish all sample results on its website within 14 days of | 22 | | receipt by the Agency. If any sample exceeds the lead action | 23 | | level of 15 parts per billion (15 micrograms per liter) the | 24 | | school shall promptly notify the parents or legal guardians of | 25 | | all potentially affected students of the location of the | 26 | | exceedance and direct them to the United States Environmental |
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| 1 | | Protection Agency's website for information about lead in | 2 | | drinking water. | 3 | | (c) Within 180 days of the effective date of this | 4 | | amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the owner or | 5 | | operator of a community water supply shall develop and submit | 6 | | to the Agency a plan to compile a comprehensive inventory of | 7 | | all lead service lines within the community water supply | 8 | | distribution system including privately owned lead service | 9 | | lines. At a minimum, the plan shall: | 10 | | (1) include a procedure for determining whether any | 11 | | water service lines exposed as a result of construction or | 12 | | excavation by the community water supply or any other | 13 | | public utility are made of lead; and | 14 | | (2) include a procedure by which the owner or operator | 15 | | of the community water supply will update the information | 16 | | in its lead service line inventory on at least an annual | 17 | | basis. | 18 | | The owner or operator of a community water supply shall | 19 | | implement the lead service line inventory development plan in | 20 | | accordance with its terms. | 21 | | (d) On or before April 15 of each year, the owner or | 22 | | operator of a community water supply shall submit to the Agency | 23 | | an inventory of all known lead service lines within its | 24 | | community water supply distribution system including privately | 25 | | owned lead service lines current through at least the end of | 26 | | the previous calendar year. The lead service line inventory |
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| 1 | | shall separately identify the lead service lines that were | 2 | | added to the inventory after the previous year's submission. | 3 | | The lead service line inventory shall also include a summary | 4 | | that provides: | 5 | | (1) the total number of service lines within the | 6 | | community water supply distribution system; | 7 | | (2) the percentage of service lines that are known to | 8 | | contain lead; | 9 | | (3) the percentage of service lines that are known to | 10 | | be of a material other than lead; | 11 | | (4) the percentage of service lines added to the | 12 | | inventory after the previous submission of the annual lead | 13 | | line inventory; and | 14 | | (5) the location of lead service lines within the | 15 | | community water supply distribution system and their | 16 | | lengths, if known. | 17 | | (e) On or before June 30 of each year, the Agency shall | 18 | | publish on its website each community water supply's annual | 19 | | lead service line inventory, including the information listed | 20 | | in paragraphs (1) through (5) in subsection (d). | 21 | | (f) Prior to January 1, 2018, each governmental entity in | 22 | | the State shall compile a comprehensive inventory of the lead | 23 | | service lines servicing the structures of which it is the | 24 | | owner. The governmental entity shall submit that inventory to | 25 | | the Agency and each community water supply of whose | 26 | | distribution system any of its lead service lines are a part. |
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| 1 | | The owner or operator of a community water supply shall | 2 | | incorporate information concerning government building lead | 3 | | service line inventories submitted to it by any governmental | 4 | | entities into its lead service line inventory as soon as | 5 | | practicable after it receives such information. | 6 | | (g) The owner or operator of a community water supply shall | 7 | | promptly notify the owners and occupants of a residence where | 8 | | any individual tap sample exceeds 15 parts per billion (15 | 9 | | micrograms per liter). The notification shall include: | 10 | | (1) appropriate consumer education materials informing | 11 | | the owners and occupants of the health hazards associated | 12 | | with the ingestion of lead and actions that may be taken to | 13 | | reduce or eliminate lead levels in drinking water; and | 14 | | (2) contact information for one or more individuals at | 15 | | the local or state health department who will be able to | 16 | | provide additional information concerning the health | 17 | | hazards of elevated lead levels in drinking water. | 18 | | (h) The owner or operator of a community water supply | 19 | | shall, 14 days prior to beginning planned work to repair or | 20 | | replace any water mains, lead service lines or water meters, | 21 | | notify the owners and occupants of all potentially affected | 22 | | residences of the planned work. The notification shall include: | 23 | | (1) a warning that the work may result in sediment, | 24 | | possibly containing lead, in the residence's water supply; | 25 | | and | 26 | | (2) information concerning best practices for |
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| 1 | | preventing the consumption of any lead in drinking water, | 2 | | including a recommendation to flush water lines during and | 3 | | after the completion of the repair or replacement work and | 4 | | to clean faucet aerator screens. ".
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