AN ACT relating to water fluoridation programs.

Amend KRS 211.190 to make water fluoridation programs optional; allow the governing bodies of water systems subject to regulation by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to decide whether they participate in water fluoridation programs; provide that a water fluoridation program in place on the effective date of the Act continues until action is taken by its governing body to end its participation; provide that any decision regarding participation in a water fluoridation program made by the governing body of a water system shall be binding on all water systems it supplies.

Introduced: February 14, 2025

Last action: February 19, 2025

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This bill would change Kentucky law so that adding fluoride to public water supplies is no longer required, making it a choice for each water system's governing board rather than a mandate. Water systems that currently fluoridate their water would continue doing so unless their governing board decides to stop. Any board decision about fluoridation would also apply to all water systems that receive water from that system. Who it may affect: residents served by public water systems, local water utility boards, and communities that currently receive fluoridated tap water.

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