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1 New Chapter; Perfluorinated Chemicals Testing. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 130-A the following new chapter:
CHAPTER 130-B
PERFLUORINATED CHEMICALS TESTING
130-B:1 Definitions.
I. "Department" means the department of health and human services.
II. "PFAs" means perfluorinated chemicals.
130-B:2 Blood Testing for Perfluorinated Chemicals. The department shall develop and implement a program to provide blood testing for persons exposed to PFAs through private or public water supplies at the reduced analytical laboratory price available to state contract holders. The cost of such blood tests shall be covered by the state if one or more the following:
I. There is reason to believe or laboratory data demonstrating that the person has been exposed to a drinking water supply in excess of the current applicable groundwater or drinking water criteria;
II. The department has previously denied the person's request for blood testing for PFAs because his or her public water supply or private water supply does not exceed the current applicable groundwater or drinking water criteria;
III. The person lives in a town where there has been a suspected release of PFAs into the air or into the groundwater or drinking water; or
IV. The person lives in a municipality where PFAs have been detected in the drinking water supply.
V. If a municipality has been exposed to concentrations of perfluorinated chemicals in an excess of a total of 50 parts per trillion or the current ambient groundwater quality standard found in rule, whichever is lower, in relation to a known or suspected release, the department shall assess and report to the public the prevalence and incidence of indications known or suspected to be associated with exposure to perfluorinated chemicals within that exposed population, including but not limited to: kidney, liver, or testicular cancer, low birth weight, miscarriages, ulcerative colitis, and thyroid disease or cancer.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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1 New Chapter; Perfluorinated Chemicals Testing. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 130-A the following new chapter:
CHAPTER 130-B
PERFLUORINATED CHEMICALS TESTING
130-B:1 Definitions.
I. "Department" means the department of health and human services.
II. "PFAs" means perfluorinated chemicals.
130-B:2 Blood Testing for Perfluorinated Chemicals. The department shall develop and implement a program to provide blood testing for persons exposed to PFAs through private or public water supplies at the reduced analytical laboratory price available to state contract holders. The cost of such blood tests shall be covered by the state if one or more the following:
I. There is reason to believe or laboratory data demonstrating that the person has been exposed to a drinking water supply in excess of the current applicable groundwater or drinking water criteria;
II. The department has previously denied the person's request for blood testing for PFAs because his or her public water supply or private water supply does not exceed the current applicable groundwater or drinking water criteria;
III. The person lives in a town where there has been a suspected release of PFAs into the air or into the groundwater or drinking water; or
IV. The person lives in a municipality where PFAs have been detected in the drinking water supply.
V. If a municipality has been exposed to concentrations of perfluorinated chemicals in an excess of a total of 50 parts per trillion or the current ambient groundwater quality standard found in rule, whichever is lower, in relation to a known or suspected release, the department shall assess and report to the public the prevalence and incidence of indications known or suspected to be associated with exposure to perfluorinated chemicals within that exposed population, including but not limited to: kidney, liver, or testicular cancer, low birth weight, miscarriages, ulcerative colitis, and thyroid disease or cancer.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.