Bill Text: NY A01805 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the parent or guardian of any child entering pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, second or fourth grade to provide proof to school districts including special education schools that such child has been screened for lead.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A01805 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01805-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1805
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 17, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to lead screening  of
          any  child  entering  pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, second or fourth
          grade
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  1376-b to read as follows:
     3    § 1376-b. Lead screening. 1. Officers or employees  of  the  state,  a
     4  school  district, a board or cooperative educational services, a charter
     5  school, an approved private school for the education  of  students  with
     6  disabilities  approved pursuant to paragraph e, f, g or h of subdivision
     7  two of section forty-four hundred one of the education law, an  approved
     8  provider  of  preschool  special  education approved pursuant to section
     9  forty-four hundred ten of the education law or a state-supported  school
    10  operating  pursuant  to  article forty-five of the education law, shall,
    11  prior to the beginning of the school year, obtain  from  the  parent  or
    12  guardian  of  all  children in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, second or
    13  fourth grade, evidence that said child has been screened for lead.
    14    2. Whenever there exists no evidence of lead screening as provided for
    15  in  subdivision one of this section or other acceptable evidence of  the
    16  child's  screening  for  lead,  such school shall provide such parent or
    17  guardian of such child with information on lead  poisoning  in  children
    18  and  lead  poisoning  prevention  and refer such parent or guardian to a
    19  primary care provider or the local health authority.
    20    3. (a) If any parent or guardian to such child  is  unable  to  obtain
    21  lead  testing,  such person may present such child to the health officer
    22  of the county in which the child resides,  who  shall  then  perform  or
    23  arrange for such required screening.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00356-01-9
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     1    (b) The local public health district shall develop and implement a fee
     2  schedule for households with incomes below the federal poverty level for
     3  lead  screening  pursuant  to  section  six hundred six of this chapter,
     4  which shall vary depending on patient household income.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.