HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1144        FILED ON: 1/14/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2043

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

David M. Rogers and Patricia D. Jehlen

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to establish a division of indoor environments within the Department of Public Health.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/14/2015

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/20/2015

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

10/11/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

10/11/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1144        FILED ON: 1/14/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2043

By Representative Rogers of Cambridge and Senator Jehlen, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2043) of David M. Rogers, Patricia D. Jehlen and others for legislation to establish a division of indoor environments within the Department of Public Health.  Public Health.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2067 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act to establish a division of indoor environments within the Department of Public Health.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after Section 224 the following section:- 

Section 225.     (a) Notwithstanding any general law, special law or regulation to the contrary, there shall be within the Department of Public Health a Division of Indoor Environments within the Center for Environmental Health. The Commissioner of the Department of Public Health shall appoint the Director of the Division of Indoor Environments. 

(b) The Division of Indoor Environments shall administer and enforce any existing laws and regulations relating to indoor air quality.