Bill Text: CT HB05350 | 2016 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 5350 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Department Of Public Health's Recommendations On Fluoridation Of The Public Water Supply.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-05-02 - Signed by the Governor [HB05350 Detail]

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General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5350*
*February Session, 2016*		LCO No. 1376
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON FLUORIDATION OF THE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 19a-38 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2016):

[Wherever the fluoride content of public water supplies serving] A water company, as defined in section 25-32a, that serves twenty thousand or more persons [supplies less than eight-tenths of a milligram per liter of fluoride, the person, firm, corporation or municipality having jurisdiction over the supply] shall add a measured amount of fluoride to the water supply so as to maintain a fluoride content [of between eight-tenths of a milligram per liter and one and two-tenths milligrams per liter] that is not more than one-tenth of a milligram per liter different than the United States Department of Health and Human Services' most recent recommendation for optimal fluoride levels in drinking water to prevent tooth decay.