This bill mandates that schools and child care centers conduct lead testing of their drinking water every two years and install certified filters to reduce lead levels at all drinking water outlets. The legislation outlines specific procedures for lead sampling, including conducting a plumbing survey, adhering to strict sampling protocols, and ensuring that analysis is performed by a certified laboratory. If lead concentrations exceed five parts per billion, the institutions must notify parents, staff, and relevant state departments, while also providing information on health effects and remedial actions taken.

Additionally, the bill requires that point-of-use water filters, certified to meet NSF/ANSI standards 42 and 53, be installed at drinking fountains and faucets regularly used for drinking or food preparation. Schools and child care centers must also ensure that replacement cartridges for these filters are installed according to the manufacturer's recommendations. This legislation updates existing regulations by increasing the frequency of testing from every three years to every two years and lowering the action threshold for lead concentration from 15 parts per billion to five parts per billion, thereby extending similar testing requirements to child care centers.