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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Health

Cosgrove (Chairman), Black, Barker, Lewis, Suetterlein

Clerk: Patty Lung
Staff: Thomas Stevens
Date of Meeting: February 20, 2018
Time and Place: 4:00 p.m. - Senate Subcommittee Room 2, 5th Floor

H.B. 192

Patron: Yancey

Rainwater and gray water; regulations. Directs the State Department of Health (the Department) to adopt regulations regarding the use of gray water and rainwater. The regulations shall provide standards for the use of rainwater harvesting systems, which shall include systems that collect rainwater for use by commercial enterprises but do not provide water for human consumption. Such regulations shall not apply to nonpotable water, including graywater and rainwater, that is used by certain specified facilities. The bill also directs the Department to consider recognizing rainwater as an independent source of fresh water.

H.B. 552

Patron: Freitas

Definition of restaurant; exception; bed-and-breakfast operations. Exempts from the definition of "restaurant" and from the requirement for a license as a restaurant any bed-and-breakfast operation that prepares food for and offers food to guests, regardless of the time the food is prepared and offered, so long as (i) the premises of the bed-and-breakfast operation is a home that is owner occupied or owner-agent occupied, (ii) the bed-and-breakfast operation prepares food for and offers food to guests only, (iii) the number of guests served by the bed-and-breakfast operation does not exceed 18, and (iv) guests for whom food is prepared and to whom food is offered are informed in a manner established by the State Board of Health in regulations that the food is prepared in a kitchen that is not licensed as a restaurant and is not subject to regulations governing restaurants.

H.B. 569

Patron: Gooditis

Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; report on suicide prevention activities. Requires the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to report annually by December 1 to the Governor and the General Assembly on the Department's activities related to suicide prevention across the lifespan.

H.B. 675

Patron: Hodges

Onsite treatment works; effluent quality standards and maintenance requirements. Directs the Board of Health to publish a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action for the regulations for alternative onsite sewage systems no later than October 1, 2018, and to work with stakeholders to consider such regulatory amendments related to requirements governing sampling, field sampling procedures, performance requirements, and such other revisions to the regulations as may be deemed necessary by the Board.

H.B. 885

Patron: Orrock

Onsite sewage systems; authority of the Board of Health. Clarifies that the Board of Health shall have supervision and control over the maintenance, inspection, and reuse of conventional onsite sewage systems as well as alternative onsite sewage systems.

H.B. 887

Patron: Orrock

Onsite sewage systems; maintenance. Provides that the adjustment or replacement of sewer lines, conveyance lines, distribution boxes, or header lines is considered maintenance of an onsite sewage system and thus does not require a permit. Under current law, adjustment and replacement of such equipment requires the system owner to obtain a permit.

H.B. 1362

Patron: Austin

Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services; availability of testing services. Requires the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services, or any other laboratory with which the Department of Health has contracted, to provide screening tests for time-critical disorders for newborns and children seven days a week. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019.

H.B. 1534

Patron: Bell, Richard P.

Department of Health; means of protecting the public from cancer caused by radon. Directs the Department of Health to review consumer complaints regarding radon testing and mitigation received since 2013 and the current certification requirements for individuals performing radon testing and mitigation and to determine the benefits of any additional oversight for individuals performing radon testing and mitigation. The Department shall report its findings and any recommendations to the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by December 1, 2018.