1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; requiring the Department of Health to provide oversight for 
1.3 	methamphetamine lab cleanup;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes, chapter 145.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [145.941] METHAMPHETAMINE LAB CLEANUP.
1.7 	(a) The commissioner of health shall ensure that cleanup of illegal methamphetamine 
1.8 	labs meets health-based cleanup standards developed by the Department of Health in 
1.9 	consultation with the Pollution Control Agency. By July 1, 2007, the commissioner of 
1.10 	health shall adopt rules to regulate the cleanup of illegal methamphetamine labs.
1.11 	(b) The commissioner of health shall provide statewide oversight of the cleanup 
1.12 	of illegal methamphetamine labs. Hazardous material contractors and other cleanup 
1.13 	contractors that undertake the cleanup of illegal methamphetamine labs must notify the 
1.14 	Department of Health before they begin cleanup of an illegal methamphetamine lab and 
1.15 	when the cleanup is completed. The Department of Health shall inspect each cleanup site 
1.16 	to ensure that health-based cleanup standards have been met.