An Act To Protect Maine Children from Lung Cancer by Requiring Radon Testing in Schools
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1433
Committee Amendment CA_A_H516 (House)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §4013

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'ff " to H.P. 988, L.D. 1433, Bill, "An Act To 
Protect Maine Children from Lung Cancer by Requiring Radon Testing in Schools" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §4013 is enacted to read: 
§4013. Radon 
1. Testing required. A school administrative unit shall hire a person registered with 
the division of environmental health within the Department of Health and Human 
Services under the Radon Registration Act to test an occupied elementmy school or 
secondmy school of the school administrative unit every 5 years for radon. The method 
of testing must comply with school testing standards recommended by the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency. The school administrative unit shall maintain, make 
available for review and notify parents, faculty and staff of test results under this 
subsection. 
The school administrative unit shall report radon test results to the 
Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services. 
The 
Department of Health and Human Services shall prepare a report of the test results from 
all schools and no later than October 1, 2022 and every 5 years thereafter shall submit 
this rep01i to the Legislature and the Governor. 
2. Funding. When funds are available, the department shall disburse money to 
school administrative units to use for radon testing. The department shall adopt rules to 
implement this subsection. 
Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine 
technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
3. New schools. A school administrative unit, when building a new elementary 
school or secondaiy school, shall use radon-resistant new construction techniques as 
shown in the United States Environmental Protection Agency document, Radon 
Prevention in the Design and Construction of Schools and Other Large Buildings. 
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "f~ "to H.P. 988, L.D. 1433 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Radon Testing for Schools Program N263 
Initiative: Allocates funds for school administrative units to test for radon in schools. 
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
All Other 
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
Radon Testing for Schools Program N263 
2017-18 
$2,162,065 
$2,162,065 
2018-19 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Allocates funds for the costs associated with administering the Radon Testing 
for Schools Program. 
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
All Other 
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOT AL 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2017-18 
$24,935 
$24,935 
2017-18 
$2,187,000 
$2,187,000 
2018-19 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$0 
$0 
This amendment provides that radon testing in schools must comply with the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency's recommended testing standards for schools. It 
allocates money from the Fund for a Healthy Maine to pay for the schools' radon testing 
costs. It removes the provisions in the bill that require schools to mitigate radon levels in 
areas with high levels of radon. This amendment adds an appropriations and allocations 
section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 06/10/17 *ae 
LD 1433 
LR 1725(02) 
An Act To Protect Maine Children from Lung Cancer by Requiring Radon Testing in Schools 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "/f [ H -51 lo) 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
Projections 
FY2019-20 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
Net Cost (Savings) 
Fund for a Healthy Maine 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
Fund for a Healthy Maine 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$2,187,000 
$2,187,000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
The bill includes Fund for a Healthy Maine allocations totaling $2, 187, 000 in fiscal year 2017-18 to a newly created 
Radon Testing for Schools Program within the Depaitment of Education for school administrative units to have radon · 
tests performed in all schools eve1y 5 years. Of this amount, $24,935 is allocated for the costs associated with 
administering the program and $2,162,065 is allocated to pay for school administrative units to test for radon in 
schools. 
The cost of requiring school administrative units to use certain radon-resistant new construction techniques when 
building a new elementaiy or secondaiy school is not estimated at this time and is not included in the allocation 
above. 
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