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NY A07224
Bill
Status
3/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
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AI Summary
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Requires primary care providers to recommend follow-up blood lead level screenings to parents when a child's blood lead levels test between 15 and 24.99 micrograms per deciliter of whole blood
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Mandates the Health Commissioner to ensure an environmental investigation is completed when a child's blood lead level exceeds 25 micrograms per deciliter of whole blood
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Requires the Department of Health to complete the environmental investigation itself if the original investigation is not finished within 180 days of the blood lead level finding
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Authorizes the department to collect costs of conducting environmental assessments from entities originally responsible for performing them
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Takes effect immediately upon passage
Legislative Description
Requires the recommendation to a parent for blood lead level screenings of their child when a health care provider finds high lead levels in the blood of such child; directs the department of health to conduct an environmental investigation when a child is found to have high levels of lead in their blood.
Last Action
referred to health
1/7/2026