CA AB247

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment must convene a Lead Advisory Task Force by April 1, 2018, with 20 specified members including public health experts, government representatives, industry representatives, and environmental justice advocates.

Task force must publish a recommended regulatory agenda by April 1, 2020, identifying lead sources and ensuring regulatory standards protect public health, then update the agenda by April 1, 2022.

Task force shall meet quarterly until April 1, 2020, then twice yearly thereafter, and must evaluate childhood lead testing programs, drinking water programs, and healthy homes initiatives.

Task force must review regulatory provisions unchanged since January 1, 2011, align state standards with CDC findings on lead toxicity, and make recommendations on lead surveillance programs and inter-agency information sharing.

All provisions become inoperative April 1, 2022, and are repealed January 1, 2023; task force members receive travel expenses and meal allowances for attendance.