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| 4 | 4 | | LCO No. 3345 1 of 2 |
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| 6 | 6 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5482 |
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| 7 | 7 | | February Session, 2022 |
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| 8 | 8 | | LCO No. 3345 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH |
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| 14 | 14 | | Introduced by: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (PH) |
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| 20 | 20 | | AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S |
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| 21 | 21 | | RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING LEGIONELLA MITIGATION. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 23 | 23 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Beginning on October 1, 2022, 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | and on the first day of each calendar quarter thereafter, each water 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | company, as defined in section 25-32a of the general statutes, that 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | supplies drinking water to one thousand or more persons and a hospital 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | licensed under chapter 368v of the general statutes or a nursing home, 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | as defined in section 19a-490 of the general statutes, shall sample such 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | company's water system for coliform, residual disinfectant, pH, 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | turbidity and temperature at sites in the company's water distribution 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | system that are representative of the water entering such hospital or 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | nursing home. The results of such sample shall be reported to the 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Department of Public Health in accordance with the provisions of 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | section 19-13-B102 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies. 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2022) A water company, as defined 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | in section 25-32a of the general statutes, that adds chlorine or chloramine 14 |
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| 39 | 39 | | to its drinking water or purchases chlorinated drinking water, shall 15 Raised Bill No. 5482 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LCO No. 3345 2 of 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | maintain the residual disinfectant concentration in such water at a 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | minimum of 0.1 parts per million throughout such company's water 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | distribution system. 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 49 | 49 | | sections: |
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| 51 | 51 | | Section 1 from passage New section |
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| 52 | 52 | | Sec. 2 October 1, 2022 New section |
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| 54 | 54 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 55 | 55 | | To require (1) each water company that supplies drinking water to one |
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| 56 | 56 | | thousand or more persons and a hospital or nursing home to sample its |
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| 57 | 57 | | water system quality, and (2) each water company that adds chlorine or |
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| 58 | 58 | | chloramine to its drinking water or purchases chlorinated drinking |
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| 59 | 59 | | water to maintain the residual disinfectant concentration in such water |
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| 60 | 60 | | at a minimum of 0.1 parts per million. |
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| 61 | 61 | | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except |
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| 62 | 62 | | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not |
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| 63 | 63 | | underlined.] |
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