HB 1571 — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, providing for firefighting protective equipment.

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15713705 2023THE INTRODUCEDGENERAL BYASSEMBLY SCOTT,OF SANCHEZ,PENNSYLVANIA MADDEN,HOUSE McNEILL,BILL HILL-EVANS,Session PIELLI, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, HARKINS, FLEMING, MAYES, CURRY, O'MARA, CONKLIN AND GREEN, JULY 18, 2023 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, JULY 18, 2023 AN ACT Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of theNo. Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, providing for firefighting protective equipment.

1571 2023 INTRODUCED BY SCOTT, SANCHEZ, MADDEN, HILL-EVANS, PIELLI, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, HARKINS, FLEMING, MAYES, CURRY, O'MARA, CONKLIN, GREEN AND KHAN, JULY 18, 2023 AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 2, 2024 AN ACT Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, providing for firefighting protective equipment.

(a) Warning labels.-- <-- (1) A manufacturer that produces or sells personal protective equipment for firefighting entities in this Commonwealth containing PFAS chemicals shall affix a warning label to the product that indicates that the product contains perfluorooctane (PFOS) or perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and provide a written notice to the purchaser at the time of the sale that includes:

(i)(A) WARNING LABELS.--A MANUFACTURER OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE <-- EQUIPMENT USED IN FIRE PREVENTION, FIREFIGHTING OR FIRE CONTROL ACTIVITIES SHALL AFFIX A statementWARNING thatLABEL theTO personalSUCH protectivePRODUCT equipmentSOLD containsFOR USE IN THIS COMMONWEALTH THAT INDICATES IF THE PRODUCT CONTAINS A PFAS chemicals.CHEMICAL.

(ii)THE TheFOLLOWING reasonSHALL thatAPPLY: the personal protective equipment contains PFAS chemicals.

(2)(1) TheA manufacturerMANUFACTURER andOF purchaserPERSONAL ofPROTECTIVE theEQUIPMENT personalUSED protectiveIN equipmentFIRE containingPREVENTION, perfluorooctaneFIREFIGHTING (PFOS)OR orFIRE perfluorooctanoicCONTROL acidACTIVITIES (PFOA)SHALL shallPROVIDE retainA theWRITTEN writtenNOTICE noticeTO underTHE thisPURCHASER sectionAT onTHE fileTIME forOF atTHE leastSALE threeTHAT yearsINCLUDES: from the date of purchase.

(i) A statement that OF WHETHER the personal <-- protective equipment contains PFAS chemicals.

(ii) The reason that the personal protective equipment contains PFAS chemicals., IF APPLICABLE.

<-- (2) A MANUFACTURER OR INDIVIDUAL IS NOT PRECLUDED FROM PROVIDING FURTHER GUIDANCE ON THE LIMITATIONS OR RESTRICTIONS ON PFAS CHEMICALS IN PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IN ADDITION TO THE WRITTEN NOTICE REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1).

(2) (3) The manufacturer and purchaser of the personal <-- protective equipment containing perfluorooctane (PFOS) or <-- perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) A PFAS CHEMICAL shall retain <-- the written notice under this section on file REQUIRED UNDER <-- PARAGRAPH (1) for at least three years from the date of purchase.

(2) Money collected under paragraph (1) shall be transferred to the department for the Fire Company Grant 20230HB1571PN3705 - 2 - Program and the Emergency Medical Services Grant Program.

"Personal protective equipment." Items designed, intended or marketed to be worn by firefighting entity personnel in the performance of fire and rescue activities, including jackets, 20230HB1571PN1847 - 2 - pants, shoes, gloves, helmets and respiratory equipment.

"PFAS chemical." A fluorinated organic chemical that contains at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom and is <-- designed to be fully functional in formulations of class B firefighting foam.

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