This bill mandates the Department of Education (DOE) and the Department of Children and Families (DCF) to create online reporting systems for schools and child care centers to electronically submit lead testing results for drinking water. Schools and child care centers that are required by law to test for lead must submit or resubmit their results within 90 days of the establishment of these online systems. The DOE and DCF are also tasked with compiling these results and making them publicly accessible on their websites in an easily-searchable format.
Additionally, the bill requires both departments to prepare a report within two years of the act's effective date, detailing the extent of lead contamination in drinking water at schools and child care centers, the need for remediation assistance, and recommendations for state support in addressing lead issues. This initiative is based on recommendations from the Joint Legislative Task Force on Drinking Water Infrastructures, which released its final report in January 2018.