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IA D 1514 2017
Radon Testing in Schools
Status: Pending - Carryover - Filed as Draft
Date of Last Action:* 1/6/2017
Author: Office of Senator Herman Quirmbach
Topics: Children's Environmental Health, Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Air Quality – Radon, EH Management
Summary: Requires radon testing in public schools, includes applicability provisions.
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KENTUCKY
BILL TEXT LOOKUP: KY S 96 2017
Radon Testing In Child Care Centers
Status: Failed - Adjourned - Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Date of Last Action:* 1/5/2017
Author: Adams J (R)
Topics: Children's Environmental Health, Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Air Quality – Radon, EH Management
Summary: Requires licensed child-care centers to be tested for Radon at least once every five years as part of their initial licensure and license renewal, requires the most current report to be posted in a public place within the child-care center.
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MAINE
BILL TEXT LOOKUP: ME H 988 2017
Children and Lung Cancer Radon Testing in Schools
Status: Pending - Carryover - SENATE
Date of Last Action:* 6/16/2017
Author: Warren (D) Additional Authors: Farnsworth (D);Millett (D);Pierce (R)
Topics: Children's Environmental Health, Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Air Quality – Radon, EH Management
Summary: Requires school administrative units to test schools for radon every 5 years. If radon levels are above a certain level, the school administrative unit must take action to mitigate the affected areas. The school administrative unit must notify parents, faculty and staff of test results and must report test results to the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services. The Department of Health and Human Services must report these results every 5 years to the Legislature.
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MASSACHUSETTS
BILL TEXT LOOKUP: MA H 1215 2017
Child Care Facility Radon Testing
Status: Pending - Joint Committee on Public Health
Date of Last Action:* 1/23/2017
Author: Rogers D (D)
Topics: Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Air Quality – Radon, EH Management
Summary: Provides that the Department of Public Health be directed to promulgate regulations requiring that certain child care programs undergo routine radon testing.
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MA S 1243 2017
Radon Testing
Status: Pending - Joint Committee on Public Health
Date of Last Action:* 2/22/2017
Author: Moore M (D)
Topics: Children's Environmental Health, Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Air Quality – Radon, EH Management
Summary: Relates to radon testing.
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NEW YORK
BILL TEXT LOOKUP: NY S 2865 2017
Radon Testing in Public and Private Schools
Status: Pending - Senate Education Committee
Date of Last Action:* 1/18/2017
Author: Parker (D) Additional Authors: Parker (D)
Topics: Children's Environmental Health, Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Air Quality – Radon, EH Management
Associated Bills: NY A 4687 - Same as
Summary: Provides for radon testing in public and private schools.
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NY A 4314 2017
Testing Requirement on the Radon Level of Gas
Status: Pending - Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee
Date of Last Action:* 2/2/2017
Author: Quart (D) Additional Authors: Colton (D);Englebright (D);Glick (D);Gottfried (D);Quart (D)
Topics: Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Air Quality – Radon, EH Management
Summary: Amends the Environmental Conservation Law, requires testing the radon level of gas produced, sold, purchased, acquired, stored or injected and prohibits gas with a radon content greater than a specified pCi/l from entering the distribution system.
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NY A 4687 2017
Radon Testing in Public and Private Schools
Status: Pending - Assembly Education Committee
Date of Last Action:* 2/3/2017
Author: O'Donnell (D) Additional Authors: Galef (D);Glick (D);Gottfried (D);Perry (D);Lifton (D);O'Donnell (D);Lupardo (D);Rosenthal (D)
Topics: Children's Environmental Health, Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Air Quality – Radon, EH Management
Associated Bills: NY S 2865 - Same as
Summary: Provides for radon testing in public and private schools.
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NY A 5515 2017
Radon Testing
Status: Pending - Assembly Mental Health Committee
Date of Last Action:* 6/13/2017
Author: Weprin D (D) Additional Authors: Lentol (D);Butler (R);Weprin D (D);Lupinacci (R);McDonald J (D);Sepulveda (D)
Topics: Children's Environmental Health, Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Air Quality – Radon, EH Management
Associated Bills: NY S 5753 - Same as
Summary: Requires annual radon testing of facilities, department facilities, hospitals, schools, community residences, supervised living facilities, supportive living facilities and residential care centers for adults, requires results from radon testing to be posted online.
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NY S 5753 2017
Annual Radon Testing
Status: Pending - Assembly Mental Health Committee
Date of Last Action:* 5/25/2017
Author: Lanza (R) Additional Authors: Boyle (R);Lanza (R);Avella (D);Gallivan (R);Alcantara (D);Bailey (D)
Topics: Children's Environmental Health, Indoor Air Quality – Radon, EH Management
Associated Bills: NY A 5515 - Same as
Summary: Amends the Mental Hygiene Law, requires annual radon testing of facilities, department facilities, hospitals, schools, community residences, supervised living facilities, supportive living facilities and residential care centers for adults.
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NY A 6575 2017
Testing for Radon and Disclosure of Test Results
Status: Pending - Assembly Judiciary Committee
Date of Last Action:* 3/9/2017
Author: O'Donnell (D) Additional Authors: Crouch (R);O'Donnell (D)
Topics: Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Air Quality – Radon, EH Management, Food Safety
Summary: Amends the Real Property Law, requires testing for radon and disclosure of test results before the sale of real property.
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PENNSYLVANIA
BILL TEXT LOOKUP: PA H 1141 2017
Radon Tests
Status: Pending - House Education Committee
Date of Last Action:* 4/12/2017
Author: Briggs (D)
Topics: Children's Environmental Health, Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Air Quality – Radon, EH Management
Summary: Amends the Public School Code of 1949, relates to school districts, requires radon reports, relates to grounds and buildings, requires radon tests.
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TENNESSEE
BILL TEXT LOOKUP: TN S 412 2017
Licensed Child Care Agencies
Status: Pending - Carryover - Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Date of Last Action:* 2/6/2017
Author: Tracy (R)
Topics: Children's Environmental Health, Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Air Quality – Radon, EH Management
Associated Bills: TN H 627 - Same as
Summary: Relates to Day Care, requires licensed child care agencies to test for radon once every five years, agencies must provide proof of radon testing prior to application for initial or renewal licensure.
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TN H 627 2017
Radon Testing of Licensed Child Care Agencies
Status: Pending - Carryover - House Health Committee
Date of Last Action:* 2/7/2017
Author: Kumar (R)
Topics: Children's Environmental Health, Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Air Quality – Radon, EH Management
Associated Bills: TN S 412 - Same as
Summary: Relates to Day Care, requires licensed child care agencies to test for radon once every five years, agencies must provide proof of radon testing prior to application for initial or renewal licensure.
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