NY S07238

Requires the Environmental Facilities Corporation and Department of Health to revise project approval criteria for financing lead service line replacements based on: cost burden per service line, childhood lead poisoning incidence, degree of action level exceedance (when tap water exceeds 15 parts per billion of lead), and the water system's commitment to funding full replacement costs

Replaces the existing priority system for lead service line replacement grants, which previously prioritized municipalities with high childhood blood lead levels and low-income communities, with a new scoring system using the specified criteria

Mandates that funding criteria consider whether water systems will cover both the utility-owned and property owner-owned portions of lead service lines

Adds housing stock age as an additional criterion for project approval under the public health law provisions

Defines key terms including "service line" (piping connecting water main to building inlet), "lead service line" (service line made fully or partially of lead), and "action level exceedance" (when 90th percentile of tap samples exceeds 15 ppb)