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IN HB1587
Bill
Status
1/22/2019
Primary Sponsor
Sue Errington
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AI Summary
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School corporations must require blood lead testing for all children under 6 years of age enrolling in school, beginning with the 2020 school year; families unable to pay must be referred to free clinics or public health facilities.
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Landlords are prohibited from renting dwelling units with lead hazards to tenant families that include children 6 years old or younger.
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"Dwelling unit lead hazard" is defined as: unabated lead-based paint on surfaces, soil contaminated with lead exceeding 400 ppm in children's play areas or 1,200 ppm elsewhere, or drinking water with lead at or above 15 parts per billion.
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Landlords who knowingly violate the rental prohibition, misrepresent that tenants can waive protections, or misrepresent family members' ages to conceal violations commit a Class C misdemeanor.
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Tenant families cannot waive these lead hazard protections, and any attempted waiver is void.
Legislative Description
Dwelling unit lead hazards and student testing. Provides that, beginning with children who enroll in school for the school year beginning in 2020, the governing body of a school corporation shall require every child under six years of age who enrolls in a school operated by the school corporation to have a blood lead test. Defines "dwelling unit lead hazard" as: (1) the presence of lead-based paint on a wall of a dwelling unit; (2) the presence of lead-contaminated soil outside a dwelling unit; or (3) the presence of lead in the drinking water system of a dwelling unit. Prohibits renting a dwelling unit to a tenant family that includes a child not more than six years of age if the dwelling unit is subject to a dwelling unit lead hazard. Provides that a landlord who knowingly or intentionally: (1) violates the prohibition; (2) represents to a tenant family that the tenant family may waive the prohibition; (3) misrepresents the age of a member of a tenant family to conceal a violation of the prohibition; or (4) induces a member of a tenant family to misrepresent the age of another member of the tenant family to conceal a violation of the prohibition; commits a Class C misdemeanor.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs
1/22/2019