Amended IN Senate June 18, 2018 Amended IN Assembly March 15, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2976Introduced by Assembly Member QuirkFebruary 16, 2018 An act to add Section 105286 105287 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2976, as amended, Quirk. Childhood lead poisoning: prevention.Existing law, the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act of 1991, requires the State Department of Public Health to adopt regulations establishing a standard of care at least as stringent as the most recent United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention screening guidelines, whereby all children are evaluated for risk of lead poisoning by health care providers during each childs periodic health assessment. Existing law requires the standard of care for a child who is determined to be at risk for lead poisoning to be screened. Existing regulations require every health care provider who performs a periodic health assessment of a child to order a child who receives services from a publicly funded program for low-income children to be screened for lead poisoning.This bill would require the department to coordinate with specified state entities to gather data to determine whether children are being screened for lead poisoning as required by the regulation described above.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 105287 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:105287. The department shall coordinate with the state entities, including the State Department of Health Care Services, that are responsible for administering the publicly funded programs for low-income children identified in Section 37020 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations to gather data to determine whether children are being screened for lead poisoning as required by Section 37100 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.SECTION 1.Section 105286 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:105286.The department shall coordinate with the state entities, including the State Department of Health Care Services, that are responsible for administering the publicly funded programs for low-income children identified in Section 37020 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations to gather data to determine whether children are being screened for lead poisoning as required by Section 37100 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.
Amended IN Senate June 18, 2018 Amended IN Assembly March 15, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2976Introduced by Assembly Member QuirkFebruary 16, 2018 An act to add Section 105286 105287 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2976, as amended, Quirk. Childhood lead poisoning: prevention.Existing law, the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act of 1991, requires the State Department of Public Health to adopt regulations establishing a standard of care at least as stringent as the most recent United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention screening guidelines, whereby all children are evaluated for risk of lead poisoning by health care providers during each childs periodic health assessment. Existing law requires the standard of care for a child who is determined to be at risk for lead poisoning to be screened. Existing regulations require every health care provider who performs a periodic health assessment of a child to order a child who receives services from a publicly funded program for low-income children to be screened for lead poisoning.This bill would require the department to coordinate with specified state entities to gather data to determine whether children are being screened for lead poisoning as required by the regulation described above.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate June 18, 2018 Amended IN Assembly March 15, 2018
Amended IN Senate June 18, 2018
Amended IN Assembly March 15, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2976
Introduced by Assembly Member QuirkFebruary 16, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk
February 16, 2018
An act to add Section 105286 105287 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2976, as amended, Quirk. Childhood lead poisoning: prevention.
Existing law, the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act of 1991, requires the State Department of Public Health to adopt regulations establishing a standard of care at least as stringent as the most recent United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention screening guidelines, whereby all children are evaluated for risk of lead poisoning by health care providers during each childs periodic health assessment. Existing law requires the standard of care for a child who is determined to be at risk for lead poisoning to be screened. Existing regulations require every health care provider who performs a periodic health assessment of a child to order a child who receives services from a publicly funded program for low-income children to be screened for lead poisoning.This bill would require the department to coordinate with specified state entities to gather data to determine whether children are being screened for lead poisoning as required by the regulation described above.
Existing law, the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act of 1991, requires the State Department of Public Health to adopt regulations establishing a standard of care at least as stringent as the most recent United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention screening guidelines, whereby all children are evaluated for risk of lead poisoning by health care providers during each childs periodic health assessment. Existing law requires the standard of care for a child who is determined to be at risk for lead poisoning to be screened. Existing regulations require every health care provider who performs a periodic health assessment of a child to order a child who receives services from a publicly funded program for low-income children to be screened for lead poisoning.
This bill would require the department to coordinate with specified state entities to gather data to determine whether children are being screened for lead poisoning as required by the regulation described above.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 105287 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:105287. The department shall coordinate with the state entities, including the State Department of Health Care Services, that are responsible for administering the publicly funded programs for low-income children identified in Section 37020 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations to gather data to determine whether children are being screened for lead poisoning as required by Section 37100 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.SECTION 1.Section 105286 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:105286.The department shall coordinate with the state entities, including the State Department of Health Care Services, that are responsible for administering the publicly funded programs for low-income children identified in Section 37020 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations to gather data to determine whether children are being screened for lead poisoning as required by Section 37100 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 105287 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:105287. The department shall coordinate with the state entities, including the State Department of Health Care Services, that are responsible for administering the publicly funded programs for low-income children identified in Section 37020 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations to gather data to determine whether children are being screened for lead poisoning as required by Section 37100 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.
SECTION 1. Section 105287 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
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105287. The department shall coordinate with the state entities, including the State Department of Health Care Services, that are responsible for administering the publicly funded programs for low-income children identified in Section 37020 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations to gather data to determine whether children are being screened for lead poisoning as required by Section 37100 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.
105287. The department shall coordinate with the state entities, including the State Department of Health Care Services, that are responsible for administering the publicly funded programs for low-income children identified in Section 37020 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations to gather data to determine whether children are being screened for lead poisoning as required by Section 37100 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.
105287. The department shall coordinate with the state entities, including the State Department of Health Care Services, that are responsible for administering the publicly funded programs for low-income children identified in Section 37020 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations to gather data to determine whether children are being screened for lead poisoning as required by Section 37100 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.
105287. The department shall coordinate with the state entities, including the State Department of Health Care Services, that are responsible for administering the publicly funded programs for low-income children identified in Section 37020 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations to gather data to determine whether children are being screened for lead poisoning as required by Section 37100 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.
The department shall coordinate with the state entities, including the State Department of Health Care Services, that are responsible for administering the publicly funded programs for low-income children identified in Section 37020 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations to gather data to determine whether children are being screened for lead poisoning as required by Section 37100 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.