Bill Text: NY S07962 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the definition of elevated blood lead levels; provides that elevated lead levels means a blood lead level greater than or equal to 3.5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of whole blood or such lower blood lead level as may be established by the department of health pursuant to rule or regulation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-04 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S07962 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07962-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7962

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 4, 2024
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 1370 of the public health law,  as
     2  amended  by  section  1  of part P of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    6. "Elevated lead levels" means a blood lead  level  greater  than  or
     5  equal  to  [five] 3.5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of whole blood or
     6  such lower blood lead level as may  be  established  by  the  department
     7  pursuant to rule or regulation.
     8    § 2. (a) Within 90 days after the date on which this act takes effect,
     9  the department of health shall adopt all necessary regulations to define
    10  "elevated  lead levels" to mean a blood lead level greater than or equal
    11  to 3.5 micrograms per deciliter of whole blood, or such lower blood lead
    12  level as such department may establish,  to  be  utilized  in  its  lead
    13  poisoning  prevention program. The department of health shall be author-
    14  ized to promulgate regulations on an emergency basis  to  implement  the
    15  provisions of this act.
    16    (b)  Within 6 months after the date on which the federal department of
    17  health and human services has published guidance  recommending  a  lower
    18  concentration of lead in blood than the concentration established pursu-
    19  ant  to  subdivision  6  of section 1370 of the public health law as the
    20  reference  level  for  conducting  an  environmental  intervention,  the
    21  department  of  health shall publish a notice of proposed rule making to
    22  consider the incorporation of such guidance into its regulations.
    23    § 3. Section 1370-c of the public health law is amended by adding  two
    24  new subdivisions 2-b and 2-c to read as follows:
    25    2-b.  Every  clinic,  physician,  or other authorized practitioner who
    26  provides medical care to pregnant women, shall  provide  guidance  about
    27  measures  to  prevent  potential impacts of lead on the fetus at regular
    28  prenatal appointments.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    2-c. Every clinic, physician, or  other  authorized  practitioner  who
     2  provides medical care to pregnant women shall provide reference informa-
     3  tion about sources of lead in the community.
     4    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.