Senate Bill S1196

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Enacts the childhood lead poisoning primary prevention and safe housing act

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1196 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2797
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1370, 1370-a & 1370-c, add §§1377 - 1379, Pub Health L; amd §§606 & 210, Tax L; add §99-t, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S566, A728

2009-S1196 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the childhood lead poisoning primary prevention and safe housing act; establishes the childhood lead poisoning primary prevention and safe housing fund; authorizes a corporate tax credit for lead hazard reduction activities.

2009-S1196 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1196 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1196

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- 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  establishing  the
  childhood  lead  poisoning primary prevention and safe housing act; to
  amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the childhood
  lead poisoning primary prevention and safe housing fund; to amend  the
  tax law, in relation to authorizing a credit for lead hazard reduction
  activities;  and  providing  for the repeal of certain provisions upon
  expiration thereof

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "childhood
lead poisoning primary prevention and safe housing act".
  S 2. Legislative findings and purposes. 1. (a) Lead poisoning of chil-
dren persists as one of the most prevalent and preventable environmental
diseases in New York. At least 10,000  children  were  newly  identified
with levels of lead in their blood at 10 micrograms per deciliter in New
York  state  in  2001.  Moreover,  only  about one-third of children are
receiving the lead screenings that are required by  law  and  therefore,
the  actual  number  of  children  affected  by the ingestion of lead is
undoubtedly significantly greater than reported. Prevention is the  only
effective way to protect children from irreversible damage.  Unless lead
poisoning  is  prevented,  elevated  blood  lead  levels  will result in
impairment of the ability to think, concentrate, and learn.
  (b) Medical research indicates that  children  can  suffer  permanent,
irreparable  damage  at  blood  levels even lower than 10 micrograms per
deciliter, and that there is no level of lead ingestion which is without
adverse impact. Medical research also indicates that fetal injuries from
lead paint can occur if women have elevated blood levels during pregnan-
cy. Because of this, intervention measures that wait until children have
been  exposed  have  limited  benefits,  and  the  pursuit  of   primary

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05081-02-9
              

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