SB 855

This bill requires, instead of allows, the Department of Health Services to

promulgate rules requiring certain foster homes, group homes, shelter care facilities,

child care providers and centers, nursery schools, kindergartens, and other facilities

specifically identified by the department serving children under the age of six to have

periodic lead inspections or to otherwise demonstrate that the facility does not

contain a lead hazard, if any part of the facility was constructed before 1978.

Additionally, under this bill, a facility required to have a lead investigation or to

otherwise demonstrate that the facility does not contain a lead hazard must either

notify DHS and the parents, guardians, or legal custodians of each child served by

the facility of the results of the investigation or provide them materials sufficient to

demonstrate that the facility does not contain a lead hazard. Under current law, the

Department of Children and Families, after providing notice, may suspend, revoke,

or refuse to renew or continue a license or certification for certain child care providers

or child care centers in any case in which DCF finds that there has been a substantial

failure to comply with certain rules, including the periodic lead investigation

requirements promulgated by DHS.