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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2787 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2427 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Judith A. Garcia and Samantha Montaño |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to improve indoor air quality for highly-impacted communities. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Judith A. Garcia11th Suffolk1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2787 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2427 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Garcia of Chelsea and Montaño of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 19 | 19 | | House, No. 2427) of Judith A. Garcia for an investigation by a task force relative to improving |
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| 20 | 20 | | indoor air quality for certain highly-impacted communities. Public Health. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act to improve indoor air quality for highly-impacted communities. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. There shall be a task force created to develop a statutory and regulatory |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2framework to identify, monitor, and remediate indoor air pollution and indoor mold |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3contamination in schools, long term care facilities, correctional facilities, early childhood |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4education facilities, public housing, and privately-owned residential buildings. The task force |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5shall also identify and make recommendations for funding sources for implementation of its |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6recommendations. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 Said task force shall be comprised of the commissioner of public health or a designee, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8who shall serve as chair, the commissioner of environmental protection or a designee; the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9secretary of housing and livable communities or a designee; the attorney general or a designee; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10and 7 additional members to be appointed by the Governor: a representative of a community- |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11based environmental justice organization; an academic expert on environmental health; a |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12representative of the Massachusetts Association of Health Boards; an individual with experience 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13in community clinical health care; an individual with experience in the state’s shelter housing |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14system; an individual with experience in long-term senior care; and an individual with |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15experience in public school administration. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16 Said task force shall convene its first meeting within 30 days of the passage of this Act. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17Said task force shall submit a final report with its recommendations to the House and Senate |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18Committees on Public Health, the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means, the |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19executive office of health and human services, the executive office of energy and environmental |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20affairs, the Attorney General, and the state Environmental Justice Council within one year of the |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21passage of this Act. Not less than 30 days prior to the release of said final report, the task force |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22shall release draft recommendations for public review and comment. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24of public health, in consultation with the department of environmental protection, shall |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25promulgate regulations for conducting indoor air quality assessments monitoring exposure to |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26ultrafine particulate matter and black carbon particulate matter concentrations present in the |
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| 55 | 55 | | 27indoor air of existing and proposed buildings, based on the best available science about the |
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| 56 | 56 | | 28health risks associated with ultrafine particulate matter and black carbon. The regulations shall |
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| 57 | 57 | | 29include, but not be limited to, establishing standard procedures and public reporting mechanisms |
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| 58 | 58 | | 30for conducting air dispersion modeling, managing air pollution, monitoring ultrafine particulate |
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| 59 | 59 | | 31matter, and estimating exposure. |
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| 60 | 60 | | 32 Said regulations shall be promulgated no later than December 31, 2026. |
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