SB0155 Summary

• Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act to expand the definition of "physical or mental condition that typically results in developmental delay" to include elevated blood lead levels.

• Requires elevated blood lead levels to be defined by the Department of Public Health through administrative rule and confirmed by a venous blood test.

• Adds elevated blood lead levels as a qualifying condition for infants and toddlers under 36 months of age to receive early intervention services.

• Makes children with elevated blood lead levels eligible for early intervention services without requiring them to demonstrate other developmental delays.