HOUSE BILL No. 5554

April 13, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Kosowski and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 399, entitled

 

"Safe drinking water act,"

 

(MCL 325.1001 to 325.1023) by adding section 7a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7a. (1) In addition to the sampling and analysis of water

 

conducted under section 7, at least once every year, a supplier of

 

water that provides water to a hospital in this state shall collect

 

water samples from the hospital and have those samples analyzed in

 

the manner provided in section 7 for the presence of lead and all

 

other contaminants for which there is a state drinking water

 

standard. The results of that analysis shall be provided to the

 

department and to the hospital.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "hospital" means that term as

 


defined in section 20106 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368,

 

MCL 333.20106.