New York A 3128: Relates to requiring schools to conduct annual lead testing

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A03128 Summary:

BILL NOA03128 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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Add Title 17 Chap 9 Subchap 3 §§17-930 - 17-932, NYC Ad Cd

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Requires schools to conduct annual lead testing on pipes and paint in all schools in New York city that provide schooling for children ages six and under and to remediate any presence of lead immediately if detected.

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01/23/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3128

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to requiring annual lead inspections in schools which house
 children ages six and under

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Chapter 9 of title 17 of the administrative code of the
 2 city of New York is amended by adding a new subchapter 3 to read as
 3 follows:
 4 SUBCHAPTER 3
 5 INSPECTION AND REMEDIATION OF LEAD IN SCHOOLS
 6 Section 17-930 Definitions.
 7 17-931 Inspection and remediation of lead-based paint.
 8 17-932 Notice required.
 9 § 17-930 Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following
 10 terms shall have the following meanings:
 11 1. "Remediate" or "remediation" shall mean any set of measures
 12 designed to permanently eliminate the presence of lead or lead-based
 13 paint.
 14 2. "Presence of lead" shall mean any level of lead found in pipes
 15 above zero parts per billion and any level of lead found in paint above
 16 zero milligrams per square centimeter.
 17 3. "Lead-based paint" shall mean any paint or other similar surface
 18 coating material containing the presence of lead.
 19 § 17-931 Inspection and remediation of lead-based paint. 1. All
 20 schools which provide schooling to children ages six and under shall
 21 provide for annual lead testing of all pipes and paint located in such
 22 school buildings to monitor for the presence of lead.
 23 2. (a) If such inspections shall detect a presence of lead, the school
 24 where the presence of lead has been detected shall remediate such pres-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05638-01-5

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 1 ence immediately and shall notify the chancellor of the department of
 2 education of such inspection and remediation.
 3 (b) Where the presence of lead has been detected in a school, all
 4 children who regularly attend such school shall be prohibited from
 5 attending until such presence of lead has been fully remediated.
 6 (c) Any school where a presence of lead has been detected and children
 7 are prohibited from attending shall be required to conduct follow-up
 8 testing to show that the presence of lead no longer exists after remedi-
 9 ation has been completed. Only after such tests have been conducted and
 10 the results of such tests show conclusively that lead is no longer pres-
 11 ent shall students be permitted to attend such school again on a regular
 12 basis.
 13 § 17-932 Notice required. 1. Within forty-eight hours after an
 14 inspection has detected the presence of lead in a school, such school
 15 shall notify all parents or guardians of the children who attend such
 16 school of the presence of lead, the steps being taken to remediate the
 17 presence of lead, the timeline in which the school expects the presence
 18 of lead to be resolved in and any additional information the school
 19 deems useful and necessary.
 20 2. Notice required pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall
 21 also be provided to any parents or guardians who have children who have
 22 applied to attend such school but have not begun attending yet, all
 23 principals and any elected officials which represent the school in any
 24 capacity.
 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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