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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 856

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

Children Children — Abuse and neglect Health services, department of — Health Housing Public health United states — Health and human services, department of

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Risser (D)

16 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Berceau (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Crowley (D) , Fields (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Kolste (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Wachs (D) , Young (D) , Zepnick (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 28, 2018 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Johnson, L. Taylor, Risser and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives C. Taylor, Brostoff, Kolste, Young, Berceau, Hesselbein, Anderson, Crowley, Sargent, Sinicki, Zepnick, Ohnstad, Fields, Spreitzer, Subeck and Wachs

  2. Feb 28, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

  3. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1