Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: SF2063

Requiring the commissioner of health in cooperation with the commissioners of
agriculture and the pollution control agency (PCA) to determine a health risk
standard for human exposure to arsenic, establish a central information source
on arsenic soil and water contamination in residential areas, ensure access to
medical testing for arsenical pesticide exposure and soil testing to households
within a certain distance of the CMC heartland lite yard superfund site and
evaluate the cumulative health impact burdens of environmental toxins in
residential communities impacted by the superfund site; requiring the
commissioner of human services to ensure the testing for arsenic is covered
under medical assistance (MA)
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