Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1407
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 16-20-1-31.4.
Synopsis: Testing of drinking water. Requires a local health
department to provide a free water quality test kit, upon request and
subject to certain limits, to an individual residing within the local
health department's jurisdiction. Provides that the water quality test kits
must have the capacity to detect arsenic, fluoride, lead, mercury, and
nitrate.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Hostettler
January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1407
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
health.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 16-20-1-31.4 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
2 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 31.4. (a) A local health
4 department shall provide a water quality test kit to an individual
5 who:
6 (1) resides within the jurisdiction of the local health
7 department; and
8 (2) submits a request form prescribed by the local health
9 department.
10 (b) A local health department shall issue a water quality test kit
11 to an individual who meets the requirements under this section not
12 later than ten (10) days after the request is submitted to the local
13 health department and at no cost to the individual.
14 (c) A water quality test kit provided under this section must
15 have the capacity to detect arsenic, fluoride, lead, mercury, and
16 nitrate.
17 (d) An individual may be provided a maximum of three (3)
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1 water quality test kits per calendar year under this section.
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