1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to health; requiring a risk evaluation for 
  1.3             certain safe drinking water standards; proposing 
  1.4             coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [144.3805] [HEALTH STANDARDS.] 
  1.7      Subdivision 1.  [CRITERIA.] When establishing or revising 
  1.8   safe drinking water standards, the commissioner of health must 
  1.9   determine: 
  1.10     (1) whether the standards take into account any health 
  1.11  risks to male and female infants, male and female children, and 
  1.12  male and female adults, to protect the health of each group with 
  1.13  a margin of safety; and 
  1.14     (2) whether the standards adequately protect health with a 
  1.15  margin of safety by taking into consideration each of the 
  1.16  following specific risks: 
  1.17     (i) adverse reproductive outcomes; 
  1.18     (ii) respiratory disease; 
  1.19     (iii) immunologic suppression; 
  1.20     (iv) cancer; 
  1.21     (v) neurological development; 
  1.22     (vi) endocrinal (hormonal) functioning; 
  1.23     (vii) general infant and child development; and 
  1.24     (viii) any other important health outcomes identified by 
  1.25  the commissioner. 
  2.1      Subd. 2.  [NECESSARY RISK STANDARD.] If the commissioner of 
  2.2   health determines that an existing or proposed standard under 
  2.3   the commissioner's authority does not satisfy the requirements 
  2.4   of subdivision 1, the commissioner must establish a risk 
  2.5   standard that satisfies the requirements. 
  2.6      Subd. 3.  [MINIMIZATION OF RISK.] If the commissioner under 
  2.7   subdivision 2 is unable to determine whether a standard 
  2.8   satisfies the requirements of subdivision 1, the commissioner 
  2.9   must identify methods to minimize or prevent exposure to the 
  2.10  human population. 
  2.11     Subd. 4.  [REPORT REQUIRED.] The commissioner must report 
  2.12  to the house health and human services committee and the senate 
  2.13  health and family security committee regarding risk standards 
  2.14  under subdivision 2 or identified methods under subdivision 3 
  2.15  that have been issued to meet the requirements of law.  The 
  2.16  report is a biennial requirement beginning January 15, 2002.