IN HB1329 | 2019 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-14 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
Pending: House Public Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Testing of school age children for lead poisoning. Requires the state department of health (state department) to identify those areas of Indiana in which the risk of lead ingestion by children is so high that, in the judgment of the state health commissioner, every school age child who resides in the area should be tested for lead poisoning. Requires the state department to provide written notice about the identification of the high lead ingestion risk areas (high risk area) to every school corporation that operates one or more schools attended by children who reside in a high risk area. Provides that if a school corporation is notified by the state department that an area served by the school corporation is a high risk area, the school corporation shall require all children who: (1) reside in that high risk area; and (2) attend or enroll in a school operated by the school corporation; to be tested for lead poisoning.

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Title

Testing of school age children for lead poisoning. Requires the state department of health (state department) to identify those areas of Indiana in which the risk of lead ingestion by children is so high that, in the judgment of the state health commissioner, every school age child who resides in the area should be tested for lead poisoning. Requires the state department to provide written notice about the identification of the high lead ingestion risk areas (high risk area) to every school corporation that operates one or more schools attended by children who reside in a high risk area. Provides that if a school corporation is notified by the state department that an area served by the school corporation is a high risk area, the school corporation shall require all children who: (1) reside in that high risk area; and (2) attend or enroll in a school operated by the school corporation; to be tested for lead poisoning.

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-01-14HouseFirst reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2019-01-14HouseAuthored by Representative Dvorak

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