New York S 7777: Relates to school potable water testing, and standards and requirements to install filtered water stations and faucets

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S07777 Summary:

BILL NOS07777A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08287-A

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BASKIN, BYNOE, CLEARE, COMRIE, GONZALEZ, MYRIE, ROLISON, RYAN C, SALAZAR,
 SCARCELLA-SPANTON, STAVISKY, SUTTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1110, add §1111, Pub Health L; amd §3602, Ed L

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Relates to school potable water testing, and standards and requirements to install filtered water stations and faucets.

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BILL NOS07777A

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05/06/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

03/19/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

03/19/2026PRINT NUMBER 7777A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7777--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, ADDABBO, BASKIN, BYNOE, CLEARE, COMRIE,
 GONZALEZ, ROLISON, C. RYAN, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
 sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and education law, in relation to
 school potable water testing, and standards and requirements to
 install filtered water stations and faucets

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1110 of the public health law, as
 2 amended by chapter 130 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 2. Where a finding of lead contamination is made, the affected school
 5 district shall: (a) [continue first-drawn tap water testing pursuant to
 6 regulations promulgated pursuant to this section] within sixty days of
 7 the date on which a finding of lead contamination is made, install
 8 filtered bottle-filling stations or filtered faucets, as the case may
 9 be, pursuant to section eleven of the public health law; (b) continue
 10 first-drawn tap water testing pursuant to regulations promulgated pursu-
 11 ant to this section; (c) provide school occupants with an adequate
 12 supply of safe, free to the school occupants, potable water for drinking
 13 as required by rules and regulations of the department until filtered
 14 bottle-filling stations or filtered faucets, as the case may be, have
 15 been installed pursuant to subparagraph (a) of this paragraph and future
 16 tests indicate lead levels pursuant to regulations promulgated pursuant
 17 to this section; and [(c)] (d) provide parents or persons in parental
 18 relation to a child attending said school with written notification of
 19 test results.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11846-02-6

 S. 7777--A 2

 1 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 1111 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 1111. School water management plans. 1. As used in this section, the
 4 following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Drinking fountain" shall mean a plumbing fixture that is
 6 connected to the potable water distribution system and drainage system
 7 that allows a user to obtain a drink directly from a stream of flowing
 8 water without the use of any accessory.
 9 (b) "Filtered bottle-filling station" or "station" shall mean an appa-
 10 ratus that meets each of the following criteria:
 11 (i) is connected to customer site piping;
 12 (ii) filters water and is certified to meet NSF/ANSI standard 53 for
 13 lead reduction and NSF/ANSI standard 42 for particulate removal;
 14 (iii) the flow rate through the station is paired to the specified
 15 flow rate of the filter cartridge;
 16 (iv) has a light or other device to indicate filter cartridge replace-
 17 ment status;
 18 (v) is designed to fill drinking bottles or other containers for
 19 personal water consumption; and
 20 (vi) includes a drinking fountain.
 21 (c) "Filtered faucet" shall mean a faucet that at the point of use
 22 includes a filter that is certified to meet NSF/ANSI standard 53 for
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