HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4467

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, February 16, 2022.

The committee on Public Health, to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2390) of David M. Rogers, David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf and Lindsay N. Sabadosa that the Department of Public Health be directed to promulgate regulations requiring that certain child care programs undergo routine radon testing, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4467) ought to pass.

For the committee,

MARJORIE C. DECKER.

        FILED ON: 1/31/2022

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4467

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act promoting radon testing.

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

Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the department of public health, in consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education and the department of early education and care, shall promulgate regulations to require that, subject to appropriation, all child care programs, as licensed or authorized by the department of early education and care, and public schools undergo routine radon testing. Testing schedules, documentation of testing, standards for acceptable radon levels and plans for mitigation of unacceptable levels of radon shall be determined, and made public, by the department of public health within 1 year of the enactment of this bill.