Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts Senate Bill S2578 Compare Versions

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1	1	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2578
2	2	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
3	3	_______________
4	4	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
5	5	(2023-2024)
6	6	_______________
7	7	SENATE, February 12, 2024.
8	8	The committee on Public Health, to whom was referred the petitions (accompanied by
9	9	bill, Senate, No. 1352) of Julian Cyr for legislation to modernize childhood lead poisoning
10	10	prevention; and (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2280) of Andres X. Vargas and others relative
11	11	to childhood lead poisoning prevention, report the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2578).
12	12	For the committee,
13	13	Julian Cyr 1 of 4
14	14	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2978 FILED ON: 1/26/2024
15	15	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2578
16	16	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
17	17	_______________
18	18	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
19	19	(2023-2024)
20	20	_______________
21	21	An Act modernizing childhood lead poisoning prevention.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
23	23	of the same, as follows:
24	24	1 SECTION 1. Section 189A of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the
25	25	22020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “Advisory
26	26	3committee” the following definition:-
27	27	4 “Blood lead level of concern”, a concentration of lead in whole venous blood in a child
28	28	5under 6 years of age that is less than the concentration of lead in whole venous blood that meets
29	29	6the amount defined as lead poisoning in regulation by the department.
30	30	7 SECTION 2. Said section 189A of said chapter 111, as so appearing, is hereby amended
31	31	8by inserting after the definition of “Director” the following definition:-
32	32	9 “Lead poisoning”, a medical condition present in a child under 6 years of age in which
33	33	10the child has a concentration of lead in whole venous blood  at a concentration level defined by
34	34	11the department through regulation; provided, however, that the concentration of lead in whole
35	35	12venous blood shall not be greater than 5 micrograms per deciliter. 2 of 4
36	36	13 SECTION 3.  Section 191 of said chapter 111, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
37	37	14striking out, in line 9, the words “the terms ‘lead poisoning’ and ‘previously reported’” and
38	38	15inserting in place thereof the following words:- the term “previously reported”.
39	39	16 SECTION 4. Said section 191 of said chapter 111, as so appearing, is hereby further
40	40	17amended by adding the following paragraph:-
41	41	18 The department shall perform public health surveillance and outreach to identify children
42	42	19with a blood lead level of concern.  A child reported to have a blood lead level of concern shall
43	43	20be offered appropriate case management services in accordance with standards set forth by the
44	44	21American Academy of Pediatrics, or another qualified standard as determined by the department.
45	45	22 SECTION 5. Section 193 of said chapter 111, as so appearing, is amended by striking
46	46	23out, in lines 44 and 45, the words “, as defined by regulation by the director,”.
47	47	24 SECTION 6. Section 197C of said chapter 111, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
48	48	25striking out, in lines 3 to 5, inclusive, the words “in excess of the level considered dangerous to
49	49	26the child’s immediate health as determined by the department” and inserting in place thereof the
50	50	27following words:- that constitutes lead poisoning.
51	51	28 SECTION 7. Said section 197C of said chapter 111, as so appearing, is hereby further
52	52	29amended by striking out, in lines 22 to 24, inclusive, the words “in excess of the level considered
53	53	30dangerous to the child’s immediate health as determined by the department” and inserting in
54	54	31place thereof the following words:- that constitutes lead poisoning.    3 of 4
55	55	32 SECTION 8. Section 199 of said chapter 111, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
56	56	33striking out, in line 5, the words “at which the department defines” and inserting in place thereof
57	57	34the following words:- that constitutes.
58	58	35 SECTION 9 . Section 5 of chapter 151B of the General Laws, as appearing in the
59	59	362020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 214, the figure “$10,000” and
60	60	37inserting in place thereof the following dollar figure: - $20,000.
61	61	38 SECTION 10. Said section 5 of said chapter 151B, as so appearing, is hereby further
62	62	39amended by striking out, in line 216, the figure “$25,000” and inserting in place thereof the
63	63	40following figure: - $35,000.
64	64	41 SECTION 11. Said section 5 of said chapter 151B, as so appearing, is hereby further
65	65	42amended by striking out, in line 220, the figure “$50,000” and inserting in place thereof the
66	66	43following figure: - $60,000.
67	67	44 SECTION 12. Section 22 of chapter 482 of the Acts of 1993, is hereby amended by
68	68	45striking out, in the second sentence of the first paragraph, after the words “as follows: a” the
69	69	46words “twenty-five” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “35”.
70	70	47 SECTION 13. Section 22 of chapter 482 of the Acts of 1993, is hereby amended by
71	71	48striking out, in the second sentence of the first paragraph, after the words “salesmen; a” the
72	72	49words “twenty-five” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “35”.
73	73	50 SECTION 14. Section 22 of chapter 482 of the Acts of 1993, is hereby amended by
74	74	51striking out, in the second sentence of the first paragraph, after the words “services; a” the words
75	75	52“twenty-five” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “35”. 4 of 4
76	76	53 SECTION 15. Section 22 of chapter 482 of the Acts of 1993, is hereby amended by
77	77	54striking out, in the second sentence of the first paragraph, after the words “lead inspections; a”
78	78	55the words “one hundred” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “125”.
79	79	56 SECTION 16. Section 22 of chapter 482 of the Acts of 1993, is hereby amended by
80	80	57striking out, in the second sentence of the first paragraph, after the words “banks; and a” the
81	81	58words “twenty-five” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “35”.
82	82	59 SECTION 17. Sections 1 to 13, inclusive, shall take effect on January 1, 2024.
83	83	60 SECTION 18. Sections 14 to 18 shall take effect on July 1, 2024.