‘An Act To Protect State Workers from Exposure to Harmful Substances’
HP1413 LD 1969 |
Session - 129th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number H-871, Sponsored by
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LR 2816 Item 2 |
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Bill Tracking, Additional Documents | Chamber Status |
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Protect State Workers from Exposure to Harmful Substances’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §1742-G is enacted to read:
§ 1742-G. Bureau of General Services; inventory of asbestos, lead, black mold and other substances that may be harmful to human health in state-owned and state-leased buildings
Sec. 2. Safety education; black mold standards; safety committees. The Department of Administrative and Financial Services and the Department of Labor shall work together with collective bargaining organizations representing state employees to promote health and safety education of state employees, identify appropriate standards for black mold prevention and remediation in state-owned buildings and state-leased buildings similar to the standards recommended by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and develop a framework for regionally based safety committees.
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Buildings and Grounds Operations 0080
Initiative: Establishes 2 Engineering Technician IV positions to carry out the requirements of this bill.
GENERAL FUND | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
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0.000 | 2.000 |
Personal Services
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$0 | $95,243 |
GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $0 | $95,243 |
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
summary
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. It replaces the bill, which is a concept draft. It requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services to inventory all state-owned buildings where state employees perform job duties to determine the presence of asbestos, lead, black mold or other substances that may be harmful to human health. It requires property owners of buildings leased to the State to conduct a similar inventory and report the results to the bureau. The amendment requires the bureau to establish and maintain a database containing the results of the inventories and make the database easily accessible electronically to employee collective bargaining agents, employees working in state office buildings with asbestos, lead, black mold or other substances that may be harmful to human health, individuals who perform maintenance, repair or custodial services, firefighters, the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and members of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state and local government matters. It requires the database to be consulted before maintenance of or repair to a state-owned building by a state employee and the provision of protective gear to the employee if appropriate. The department is required to submit a biennial report and may adopt rules to implement these requirements.
The amendment also provides funding for personnel in the bureau to carry out the requirements of this legislation.