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Assembly Bill A11112A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to reporting of drinking water lead testing in schools

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2025-A11112 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9539
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1110, Pub Health L

2025-A11112 - Summary

Requires the department of health, in consultation with the commissioner of education, to create and issue a five-year plan with proposals to best mitigate the persistence of lead in schools.

2025-A11112 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11112
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 24, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KASSAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to requiring the
   department of health  to  utilize  a  more  transparent  and  accurate
   reporting  system for cases of lead in school water, and to create and
   issue a five-year  plan  with  its  proposals  to  best  mitigate  the
   persistence of lead in school water across the state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 1110 of the public health law,  as
 amended  by chapter 130 of the laws of 2022, is amended and a new subdi-
 vision 7 is added to read as follows:
   5. Each school district and board of cooperative educational  services
 conducting  testing pursuant to subdivision one of this section and each
 school district classified as a public water system under parts 141  and
 142  of title 40 of the code of federal regulations, as such regulations
 may, from time to time, be amended, shall make a copy of the results  of
 all such testing, including laboratory reports, and any lead remediation
 plans available to the public on its website and any additional means as
 chosen by such district. A copy of the results of all testing shall also
 be immediately transmitted to the department and state education depart-
 ment  in a format to be determined by the commissioner and to the county
 department of health in the local jurisdiction of the  school  building.
 The  commissioner  of  education,  in conjunction with the commissioner,
 shall publish a report triennially based on the findings  from  the  tap
 water  testing  conducted  according  to the provisions of this section.
 Such report shall be sent to the commissioner, the governor, the  tempo-
 rary  president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly and shall
 be made available on the department's and state  education  department's
 websites.    THE REPORTING SYSTEM UTILIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT SHALL TRACK
 AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC RECORDS OF  ORIGINAL  TESTING  RESULTS  OF  FIXTURES
 TESTING  ABOVE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION LEVEL OF LEAD IN DRINKING WATER (5
 PPB), AS WELL AS ANY PROGRESS MADE  TOWARDS  REMEDIATION  AFTER  INITIAL
 TESTING ACROSS EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

2025-A11112A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9539
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1110, Pub Health L

2025-A11112A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of health, in consultation with the commissioner of education, to create and issue a five-year plan with proposals to best mitigate the persistence of lead in schools.

2025-A11112A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 11112--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 24, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KASSAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
   department  of  health  to  create and issue a five-year plan with its
   proposals to best mitigate the persistence of  lead  in  school  water
   across the state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1110 of the public health law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION,
 SHALL  CREATE  AND ISSUE A FIVE-YEAR PLAN WITH ITS PROPOSALS TO MITIGATE
 THE PRESENCE OF LEAD IN SCHOOL WATER ACROSS THE STATE,  INCLUDING  SPEC-
 IFICATION  OF ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO LEAD TESTING ACCURACY, IMPROVEMENTS TO
 VERIFYING THAT REMEDIATION HAS OCCURRED BEFORE AN OUTLET IS RETURNED  TO
 SERVICE,  AND  THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF  STANDARDIZED CRITERIA AND REPORTING
 REQUIREMENTS TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN OUTLETS THAT  HAVE  BEEN  REMEDIATED
 THROUGH REPAIR, REPLACEMENT, OR OTHER CORRECTIVE ACTION AND OUTLETS THAT
 HAVE  BEEN  DEEMED  REMEDIATED  SOLELY  BY BEING TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE OR
 OTHERWISE RENDERED INOPERABLE. THE PLAN SHALL ALSO SPECIFY  ANY  FUNDING
 OR  TECHNICAL  ASSISTANCE  THE  DEPARTMENT  INTENDS TO PROVIDE TO SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS TO TEST AND REMOVE LEAD  FROM  SCHOOL
 WATER UNDER THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15304-02-6

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