Testing for lead in homes of certain children, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and providing an exemption from rule-making procedures. (FE)

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires the Department of Health Services to promulgate a rule updating its definition of “lead poisoning or lead exposure” whenever the federal Department of Health and Human Services specifies a standard for the determination of lead poisoning or lead exposure that differs from the standard used by the department.

Under the bill, when DHS is notified that an occupant of a dwelling or premises who is under six years of age has blood lead poisoning or lead exposure, meaning a level of lead in the blood of five or more micrograms per 100 milliliters of blood, DHS must conduct a lead investigation, including testing for lead-based paint hazards and, if there is no other obvious contamination point, water testing. Current law allows DHS to request admission to a dwelling or premises to conduct a lead investigation when the department is notified that an occupant of a dwelling or premises who is under six years of age has blood lead poisoning or lead exposure, and requires DHS to conduct a lead investigation if the level of lead is either 20 or more micrograms per 100 milliliters of blood, as confirmed by one venous blood test, or 15 or more micrograms per 100 milliliters of blood, as confirmed by two venous blood tests that are performed at least 90 days apart.

Who's behind it

4 senators are its authors⁠. All 4 are Democrats.

16 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.