1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 1621, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 1, before line 6, insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.3831, subdivision 1, is amended to
1.4read:
1.5    Subdivision 1. Fee setting. The commissioner of health may assess an annual fee
1.6of $6.36 $6.81 for every service connection to a public water supply that is owned or
1.7operated by a home rule charter city, a statutory city, a city of the first class, or a town.
1.8The commissioner of health may also assess an annual fee for every service connection
1.9served by a water user district defined in section 110A.02."
1.10Page 1, line 9, delete everything after "which"
1.11Page 1, line 10, delete "hazardous" and after "identified" insert "and measured"
1.12and delete "as a means"
1.13Page 1, delete line 11
1.14Page 1, line 13, delete "hazardous"
1.15Page 1, after line 15, insert:
1.16    ""Designated chemicals" means those chemicals that are known to, or strongly
1.17suspected of, adversely impacting human health or development, based upon scientific,
1.18peer-reviewed animal, human, or in vitro studies, and baseline human exposure date, and
1.19consist of those substances including chemical families or metabolites that are included in
1.20the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies that are known collectively
1.21as the National Reports on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals program and
1.22any substances as specified under section 144.998, subdivision 3, clause (6)."
1.23Page 1, line 18, delete "hazardous"
1.24Page 1, delete lines 20 to 22 and insert:
1.25    "(g) "Community" means geographically or nongeographically-based populations
1.26that may participate in the biomonitoring program. A "nongeographical community"
1.27includes, but is not limited to, populations that may share a common chemical exposure
2.1through similar occupations, populations experiencing a common health outcome that
2.2may be linked to chemical exposures, or populations that may experience similar chemical
2.3exposures because of comparable consumption, lifestyle, product use, or subpopulations
2.4that share ethnicity, age, or gender."
2.5Page 2, line 1, delete "Hazardous chemical" and insert "Environmental hazard"
2.6Page 2, line 8, after "shall" insert "establish an environmental health tracking
2.7program to:" and delete "direct the"
2.8Page 2, delete line 9
2.9Page 2, line 13, before the semicolon insert ", consistent with applicable data
2.10practices laws"
2.11Page 2, line 14, after "of" insert "public"
2.12Page 2, line 32, delete "comprehensively"
2.13Page 3, line 1, delete "apply" and insert "incorporate" and delete "toward" and insert
2.14"into efforts to identify"
2.15Page 3, line 2, delete "identifying exposed groups" and insert "communities"
2.16Page 3, line 7, delete "exposed groups" and insert "communities"
2.17Page 3, line 15, delete "2008" and insert "2009"
2.18Page 3, line 18, delete everything after "shall"
2.19Page 3, delete line 19
2.20Page 3, line 20, delete "exposed groups" and insert "communities" and delete
2.21"and confidential"
2.22Page 3, line 22, delete "hazardous" and insert "designated"
2.23Page 3, line 23, after "minors" insert "on a voluntary basis"
2.24Page 3, line 25, delete everything after "(3)"
2.25Page 3, line 26, delete everything before "communicate"
2.26Page 3, line 33, delete "2008" and insert "2009"
2.27Page 3, after line 34, insert:
2.28    "Subd. 3. Health data. Data collected under the biomonitoring program are health
2.29data under section 13.3805."
2.30Page 4, line 1, delete everything after "program." and insert "With advice from the
2.31advisory panel, the commissioner"
2.32Page 4, line 2, delete "section"
2.33Page 4, line 10, delete "exposed groups" and insert "communities"
2.34Page 4, line 11, delete "hazardous chemcials" and insert "a designated chemical"
2.35Page 4, line 12, delete "exposed groups" and insert "communities"
2.36Page 4, line 15, delete "exposed groups" and insert "communities"
3.1Page 4, line 20, delete "exposed groups" and insert "communities"
3.2Page 4, line 22, delete "exposed groups" and insert "communities"
3.3Page 4, line 23, delete "exposed groups" and insert "communities" and delete
3.4"hazardous" and insert "designated"
3.5Page 4, delete lines 29 to 35 and insert:
3.6    "(b) All participants shall be evaluated for the presence of the designated chemical
3.7of interest as a component of the biomonitoring process. Participants shall be provided
3.8with information and fact sheets about the program's activities and its findings. Individual
3.9participants shall, if requested, and shall receive their complete results. Any results
3.10provided to participants shall be subject to the Department of Health Institutional
3.11Review Board protocols and guidelines. When either physiological or chemical data
3.12obtained from a participant indicate a significant known health risk, program staff
3.13experienced in communicating biomonitoring results shall consult with the individual
3.14and recommend follow-up steps, as appropriate. Program administrators shall receive
3.15training in administering the program in an ethical, culturally sensitive, participatory,
3.16and community-based manner."
3.17Page 5, delete lines 1 to 3
3.18Page 5, line 11, delete "confidentiality" and insert "the privacy of information"
3.19Page 6, delete subdivision 2, and insert:
3.20    "Subd. 2. Members. The commissioner shall appoint eight members who have
3.21backgrounds or training in designing, implementing, and interpreting health tracking and
3.22biomonitoring studies or in related fields of science, including, epidemiology, biostatistics,
3.23environmental health, laboratory sciences, occupational health, industrial hygiene,
3.24toxicology, and public health, including:
3.25    (1) two scientists who represent nongovernmental organizations with a focus on
3.26environmental health, environmental justice, children's health, or on specific chronic
3.27diseases;
3.28    (2) one scientist who is representative of the University of Minnesota; and
3.29    (3) one member representing each of the following departments or divisions: the
3.30department's health promotion and chronic disease division, the Pollution Control Agency,
3.31and the Department of Agriculture."
3.32Page 6, delete line 23 and insert:
3.33    "(2) priorities for biomonitoring that are based on sound science and practice, and
3.34that will advance the state of public health in Minnesota;"
3.35Page 6, delete line 29 and insert:
4.1    "(6) specific chemicals and metals to study under the biomonitoring program that
4.2meet the following criteria:
4.3    (i) the degree of potential exposure to the public or specific subgroups, including,
4.4but not limited to, occupational;
4.5    (ii) the likelihood of a chemical being a carcinogen or toxicant based on
4.6peer-reviewed health data, the chemical structure, or the toxicology of chemically related
4.7compounds;
4.8    (iii) the limits of laboratory detection for the chemical, including the ability to detect
4.9the chemical at low enough levels that could be expected in the general population;
4.10    (iv) exposure or potential exposure to the public or specific subgroups;
4.11    (v) the known or suspected health effects resulting from the same level of exposure
4.12based on peer-reviewed scientific studies;
4.13    (vi) the need to assess the efficacy of public health actions to reduce exposure to a
4.14chemical;
4.15    (vii) the availability of a biomonitoring analytical method with adequate accuracy,
4.16precision, sensitivity, specificity and speed;
4.17    (viii) the availability of adequate biospecimen samples; and
4.18    (ix) other criteria that the panel may agree to; and"
4.19Page 7, line 9, after the comma insert "consistent with applicable data practices
4.20laws,"
4.21Page 7, line 10, delete everything after "data" and insert "between these
4.22organizations."
4.23Page 7, delete section 6 and insert:

4.24    "Sec. 6. APPROPRIATION.
4.25    (a) $450,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $700,000 in fiscal year 2009 is appropriated
4.26from the general fund to the Department of Health for the environmental health tracking
4.27and biomonitoring program.
4.28    (b) $450,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $700,000 in fiscal year 2009 is appropriated
4.29from the state government special revenue fund to the Department of Health for the health
4.30tracking and biomonitoring program."
4.31Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
4.32Amend the title accordingly