HB 5421 Summary

• Increases minimum training hours for abatement worker courses from 16 to 24 hours and removes the separate "clearance technician" certification category, integrating clearance responsibilities into existing certified roles.

• Expands the definition of "abatement" to explicitly include interim control activities and lead-based paint investigations, and redefines "elevated blood lead level" to align with current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention standards rather than specific micrograms per deciliter thresholds.

• Increases administrative fines for violations from $2,000/$5,000/$10,000 to $5,000/$8,000/$13,000 for first, second, and subsequent violations respectively, and increases criminal penalties from $5,000 to $15,000 for first offense and $10,000 to $25,000 for subsequent offenses.

• Changes the citation issuance deadline from 180 days to 5 years after discovery of violations and modifies the "lead safe housing registry" to "lead information housing registry" while expanding its scope to include properties with lead-based paint investigations and updated application requirements.

• Removes requirement for proof of workers' disability compensation insurance from firm certification applications and allows fee adjustments every 3 years based on Detroit Consumer Price Index changes.