New York A 10681: Relates to preventing lead exposure in school drinking water through risk-based certified point-of-use filtration

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A10681 Summary:

BILL NOA10681 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSantabarbara

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1110, Pub Health L

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Directs school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to implement certified point-of-use lead removal filtration devices when an elevated risk for lead exposure is identified; allows for the discontinuance of use of such filtration devices once certain requirements are met.

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03/20/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10681

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 20, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to preventing lead
 exposure in school drinking water through risk-based certified point-
 of-use filtration

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 1110 of the public health law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 3 7. (a) Every school district and board of cooperative educational
 4 services shall implement certified point-of-use lead-removal filtration
 5 in any school building or drinking water fixture or other potable water
 6 outlet used for consumption that is identified as presenting an elevated
 7 risk for lead exposure based on one or more of the following:
 8 (i) plumbing systems or fixtures installed prior to modern lead-free
 9 standards;
 10 (ii) documented lead action-level exceedances in prior testing cycles;
 11 (iii) the presence or suspected presence of lead service lines or
 12 lead-containing fixtures;
 13 (iv) corrosion or variability indicated by testing results; and/or
 14 (v) buildings undergoing phased plumbing replacement or remediation.
 15 (b) Any point-of-use lead-removal filtration device implemented by a
 16 school district or board of cooperative educational services pursuant to
 17 this subdivision shall meet NSF/ANSI Standard 53, or any successor stan-
 18 dard, for lead removal.
 19 (c) Any school district or board of cooperative educational services
 20 implementing a certified point-of-use lead-removal filtration device
 21 pursuant to this subdivision shall:
 22 (i) implement a written maintenance and replacement schedule for such
 23 point-of-use lead-removal filtration device;
 24 (ii) maintain maintenance logs for such point-of-use lead-removal
 25 filtration device;
 26 (iii) conduct periodic verification sampling as directed by the
 27 department; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15233-01-6

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 1 (iv) provide public notice to parents, guardians and staff of the use
 2 of such point-of-use lead-removal filtration device.
 3 (d) A school district or board of cooperative educational services
 4 required to implement a point-of-use lead-removal filtration device
 5 pursuant to this subdivision may discontinue the use of such filtration
 6 device upon demonstrating to the department and the state education
 7 department that:
 8 (i) lead service lines have been removed or replaced;
 9 (ii) drinking water fixtures are certified lead-free; and
 10 (iii) two consecutive testing cycles show no action-level exceedances.
 11 (e) The department and the state education department shall jointly
 12 issue guidance to school districts and boards of cooperative educational
 13 services establishing approved point-of-use lead-removal filtration
 14 devices, maintenance procedures, documentation standards and verifica-
 15 tion testing protocols.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 17 the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however, that
 18 the department of health and the department of education are authorized
 19 and directed to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the
 20 implementation of this act on or before such date.

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