Assembly Actions -
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Jul 25, 2018 |
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Assembly Bill A11267
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
RYAN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Edward Ra
2017-A11267 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S9078
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§1370 & 1370-a, Pub Health L
2017-A11267 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11267 I N A S S E M B L Y July 25, 2018 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Ryan) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the definition of elevated blood lead levels THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 1370 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 485 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows: 6. "Elevated lead levels" means a blood lead level greater than or equal to [ten] FIVE micrograms of lead per deciliter of whole blood or such LOWER blood lead level as may be established by the department pursuant to rule or regulation. § 2. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 2 of section 1370-a of the public health law, paragraph (c) as amended by section 4 of part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2009, paragraph (d) as added by chapter 485 of the laws of 1992, are amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows: (c) establish a statewide registry of lead levels of children provided such information is maintained as confidential except for (i) disclosure for medical treatment purposes; (ii) disclosure of non-identifying epidemiological data; and (iii) disclosure of information from such registry to the statewide immunization information system established by section twenty-one hundred sixty-eight of this chapter; [and] (d) develop and implement public education and community outreach programs on lead exposure, detection and risk reduction; AND (E) PROVIDE FOR THE CONDUCT OF LEAD CASE MANAGEMENT BY BOTH THE DEPARTMENT AND LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH BASED ON THE BLOOD LEAD LEVEL OF A CHILD AS FOLLOWS: (I) A BLOOD LEAD LEVEL GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO FIVE MICROGRAMS OF LEAD PER DECILITER OF WHOLE BLOOD SHALL REQUIRE A ROUTINE ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES, ALONG WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT BASED ON A DETAILED HISTORY TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SOURCES OF LEAD EXPOSURE, INCLUDE NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING RELATED TO CALCIUM AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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