Bill > S997

Introduced Session

This bill, which is designated the "New Jersey Public Water Supply Fluoridation Act," would require the fluoridation of water supplied by public community water systems. The bill would require the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Health, to adopt rules and regulations relating to the fluoridation of public community water systems. The rules and regulations would be required to include: (1) the means by which fluoride is controlled; (2) the methods of testing the fluoride content; and (3) the records to be kept relating to fluoridation. Under the bill, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Health, would enforce the fluoridation rules and regulations. In so doing, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection would require the fluoridation of water in all public community water systems within 12 months of the bill's effective date. However, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection could not require the fluoridation of water in any public community water system in which the water supply in the state of nature contains sufficient fluorides to conform to the fluoridation rules and regulations.

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Linda Greenstein (D)*,  Joe Vitale (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee (on 01/30/2020)

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