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File
2395
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2395
BY
LARSON
,
SHIPLEY
,
FETT
,
DIEKEN
,
and
HAYES
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
use
of
fluoride-based
additives
in
1
private
and
public
water
supply
systems.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
455B.172,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
The
department
shall
prohibit
the
3
addition
of
hydrofluorosilicic
acid
or
any
other
fluoride-based
4
additive
in
all
public
water
supply
systems.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
455B.172,
subsection
3,
Code
2026,
is
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
3.
a.
Each
county
board
of
health
shall
adopt
standards
for
8
private
water
supplies
and
private
sewage
disposal
facilities.
9
These
standards
shall
be
at
least
as
stringent
but
consistent
10
with
the
standards
adopted
by
the
commission.
If
a
county
11
board
of
health
has
not
adopted
standards
for
private
water
12
supplies
and
private
sewage
disposal
facilities,
the
standards
13
adopted
by
the
commission
shall
be
applied
and
enforced
within
14
the
county
by
the
county
board
of
health.
15
b.
Each
county
board
of
health
shall
prohibit
the
addition
16
of
hydrofluorosilicic
acid
or
any
other
fluoride-based
additive
17
in
a
private
water
supply.
Standards
adopted
pursuant
to
18
paragraph
“a”
of
this
subsection
shall
not
allow
for
an
amount
19
of
hydrofluorosilicic
acid
or
any
other
fluoride-based
compound
20
that
is
higher
than
ambient
background
levels.
21
Sec.
3.
Section
455B.173,
subsection
5,
Code
2026,
is
22
amended
to
read
as
follows:
23
5.
Establish,
modify,
or
repeal
rules
relating
to
24
drinking
water
standards
for
public
water
supply
systems.
25
Such
standards
shall
specify
maximum
contaminant
levels
or
26
treatment
techniques
necessary
to
protect
the
public
health
and
27
welfare.
Standards
adopted
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall
28
not
allow
for
an
amount
of
hydrofluorosilicic
acid
or
another
29
fluoride-based
compound
that
is
higher
than
ambient
background
30
levels.
The
drinking
water
standards
must
assure
compliance
31
with
federal
drinking
water
standards
adopted
pursuant
to
the
32
federal
Safe
Drinking
Water
Act.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
prohibits
the
addition
of
hydrofluorosilicic
acid
2
or
any
other
fluoride-based
additive
into
public
and
private
3
drinking
water
supply
systems.
The
bill
requires
county
boards
4
of
health
to
adopt
standards
for
private
drinking
water
supply
5
systems
that
do
not
allow
for
an
amount
of
hydrofluorosilicic
6
acid
or
any
other
fluoride-based
compound
that
is
higher
7
than
ambient
background
levels.
The
bill
also
requires
the
8
environmental
protection
commission
to
adopt
standards
for
9
public
drinking
water
supply
systems
that
do
not
allow
for
an
10
amount
of
hydrofluorosilicic
acid
or
any
other
fluoride-based
11
compound
that
is
higher
than
ambient
background
levels.
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