Phil Scott
- Republican
- Delegate
- District 63
Primary
Department of Health; waterworks; mandatory reporting of anomalies; negligence. Requires owners of waterworks to report any operational anomaly that could affect water quality, public health, or service continuity to the Virginia Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water (the Office) within 24 hours of discovery. The bill requires any critical equipment failure, including a pump failure or any other malfunction that poses an immediate risk to public health or disrupts water service to be reported to the Office within six hours of discovery. Under the bill, failure to comply with the reporting requirements constitutes negligence and failure to comply with the critical equipment failure reporting requirements constitutes gross negligence.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 32.1-174.5, relating to Department of Health; waterworks; mandatory reporting of anomalies; negligence.
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Incorporated by Health and Human Services (HB2749-LeVere Bolling) (Voice Vote)
Subcommittee recommends incorporating into HB2749-LeVere Bolling (Voice Vote)
Assigned sub: Health
Impact statement from CLG (HB2407)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2407)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100594D
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
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| Impact statement from CLG (HB2407) | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2407) |
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