Bill Text: MS HB923 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Lead poisoning; require Department of Health to revise its prevention policies to align with CDC recommendation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee [HB923 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2022-HB923-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2022 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Human Services
By: Representative Bell (65th)
House Bill 923
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO REVISE ITS LEAD POISONING PREVENTION POLICIES TO ALIGN WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) FOR LEAD POISONING PREVENTION; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS WITH HIGH RISK FACTORS FOR ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD LEVELS (EBLL) IN CHILDREN AND REQUIRE UNIVERSAL SCREENING AND TESTING IN THOSE AREAS FOR CHILDREN AT TWELVE AND TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS OF AGE; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO LOWER THE THRESHOLD OF EBLL FOR MANDATORY LEAD RISK ASSESSMENTS TO 5.0 MICROGRAMS PER DECILITER OF BLOOD; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP CENTRALIZED WEB-BASED DATA RESOURCES FOR LEAD POISONING INFORMATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The State Department of Health shall revise its lead poisoning prevention policies to align with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for lead poisoning prevention. In addition, the department shall:
(a) Identify geographic locations, such as zip codes or counties, with high risk factors for elevated blood lead levels (EBLL) in children and require universal screening and testing in those areas for children at twelve (12) and twenty-four (24) months of age;
(b) Lower the threshold of EBLL for mandatory lead risk assessments to 5.0 micrograms per deciliter of blood; and
(c) Develop centralized web-based data resources for information on estimated prevalence of EBLL, lead poisoning surveillance date, lead in housing risk estimates, lead safe housing registries and lead service line inventories.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022.
