HB 5360 Summary

• Lowers the blood lead level threshold requiring departmental action from 10 micrograms per deciliter to 5 micrograms per deciliter for children.

• Requires the department to contact local public health departments or physicians when blood lead levels exceed 5 micrograms per deciliter instead of the current 10 microgram threshold.

• Changes reporting deadline from "by January 1, 1999, and annually thereafter" to "by January 1 of each year" for lead screening data on children through age 6.

• Changes expenditure report deadline from "not more than 1 year after the effective date" to "by July 1 of each year" and requires reports be made available to legislature committees and the general public.

• Makes technical language changes throughout, replacing "shall" with "must" and updating terminology (e.g., "Michigan" to "this state," "upon" to "on").