H 2523

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2959  FILED ON: 1/16/2025
 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2523
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  PRESENTED BY:
  David M. Rogers
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
        Court assembled:
        The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
  An Act promoting radon testing.
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  PETITION OF:
NAME:  DISTRICT/ADDRESS:  DATE ADDED:
David M. Rogers  24th Middlesex  1/16/2025
Patrick Joseph Kearney  4th Plymouth  1/22/2025
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  HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2959  FILED ON: 1/16/2025
     HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2523
    By Representative Rogers of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2523) of
    David M. Rogers and Patrick Joseph Kearney that the Department of Public Health be directed to
    promulgate regulations requiring that certain child care programs undergo routine radon testing.
    Public Health.
  [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
  SEE HOUSE, NO. 2260 OF 2023-2024.]
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
  (2025-2026)
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    An Act promoting radon testing.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
    of the same, as follows:
1  Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the
2   department of public health shall promulgate regulations to require that, subject to appropriation,
3   all child care programs, as licensed or authorized by the department of early education and care,
4   and public schools undergo routine radon testing. Testing schedules, documentation of testing,
5   standards for acceptable radon levels and plans for mitigation of unacceptable levels of radon
6   shall be determined, and made public, by the department of public health within 1 year of the
7   enactment of this bill.
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