Substitute House Bill 210 Summary

• Requires preschool programs to screen employees for tuberculosis before employment if they have resided in a high-burden country and arrived in the U.S. within five years.

• Establishes testing procedures using Mantoux skin tests or blood assays, with restrictions on employment for active tuberculosis until cleared by tuberculosis control unit and for latent tuberculosis until treatment is documented.

• Authorizes the department of job and family services to release public assistance recipient information to health authorities for tuberculosis investigations in child care settings when emergency conditions are met.

• Applies identical tuberculosis screening and employment restrictions to child day-care centers for administrators and employees.

• Exempts school district and health department mobile dental facilities providing only sealants and fluoride varnish from notification requirements to the state dental board.