HB 3167-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Requires the department of health to convene and chair a work group to study approaches and techniques that are effective at minimizing the potential for adverse environmental health effects on occupants of state office buildings.

Provides that the work group shall make recommendations to the legislature on practical and cost-effective opportunities to minimize the potential for adverse environmental health effects on building occupants of state-owned and leased office buildings related to building construction, remodeling, occupancy, and ongoing maintenance.

Requires the work group to include indoor environmental quality considerations such as regulatory and research information, contaminants and contaminant sources, physical factors, mitigation measures, and cost.

Provides that recommendations must be presented in a report to the governor and to the legislature by December 1, 2009.

Requires the department of health to conduct a study of at least two state-owned office buildings and at least one privately owned office building leased by the state in the Olympia area to measure and monitor air, water, and general building conditions as they relate to environmental hazards that negatively impact working conditions.