New York S 1816: Relates to the definition of blood lead levels

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S01816 Summary:

BILL NOS01816 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00944

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSRKAVANAGH, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1370, Pub Health L

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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.

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BILL NOS01816 

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

03/04/20251ST REPORT CAL.489

03/05/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/17/2025PASSED SENATE

03/17/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/17/2025referred to ways and means

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

03/17/20261ST REPORT CAL.555

03/18/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/19/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/23/2026PASSED SENATE

03/23/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/23/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1816

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01240-01-5

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