Assembly Bill A7013

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enacts the childhood lead poisoning prevention and safe housing act of 2021; repealer

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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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2021-A7013 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld & add §1370, rpld §§1373 & 1375, amd §§1370-a, 1370-b & 1370-c, add §§1370-f, 1373 & 1375 - 1379-a, Pub Health L; add §§236-a & 242-a, RP L; amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L; add §99-ll, St Fin L; amd §302-a, Mult Dwell L; amd §305-a, Mult Res L; add §131-y, amd §§143-b & 390-a, Soc Serv L; add §3441, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10190
2019-2020: A3432

2021-A7013 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the childhood lead poisoning prevention and safe housing act to make enforcement of lead hazard control standards in the state of New York more certain and more effective; creates a loan fund to assist owners in complying with lead-safe requirements; provides for inspections and certification of inspectors and remediators; requires registration of affected properties

2021-A7013 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   7013
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, the real property  law,  the  tax
   law,  the  state  finance law, the multiple dwelling law, the multiple
   residence law, the social services  law  and  the  insurance  law,  in
   relation to enacting the "childhood lead poisoning prevention and safe
   housing  act  of 2021"; and to repeal certain provisions of the public
   health law relating thereto
 
   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 prevention and safe housing act of 2021".
   § 2. Legislative findings and purposes.   1.  (a)  Lead  poisoning  of
 children  persists as one of the most prevalent and preventable environ-
 mental diseases in New York.  At least 10,000 children were newly  iden-
 tified with levels of lead in their blood at 10 micrograms per deciliter
 (ug/dl)  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  ug/dl,  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 pregnancy.  Because of
 this, intervention measures that wait until children have  been  exposed
 have  limited  benefits,  and  the  pursuit of primary prevention, which
 means eliminating lead hazards before children  are  exposed,  has  been
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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