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| | SB1379 Engrossed | | LRB097 05580 JDS 45642 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Public Water Supply Regulation Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 7a as follows:
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| 6 | | (415 ILCS 40/7a) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 121g1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 7a.
In order to protect the dental health of all |
| 8 | | citizens, especially
children, the Department shall promulgate |
| 9 | | rules to provide for the addition
of fluoride to public water |
| 10 | | supplies by the owners or official custodians
thereof. Such |
| 11 | | rules shall incorporate the recommendations on optimal |
| 12 | | fluoridation for community water levels as proposed and adopted |
| 13 | | by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provide for |
| 14 | | the addition of the fluoride to the
water supplies so as to |
| 15 | | maintain a fluoride content of not less than 0.9
milligram per |
| 16 | | liter nor more than 1.2 milligrams per liter.
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| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 79-1347.)
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| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 19 | | becoming law.
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