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Assembly Bill A6537

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to automatic eligibility for early intervention services for children found to have elevated venous blood lead levels

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2025-A6537 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5538
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2541, Pub Health L

2025-A6537 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to automatic eligibility for early intervention services for children found to have elevated venous blood lead levels (at or above 5 mcg/dl).

2025-A6537 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6537
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McMAHON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, LEVENBERG, SHIMSKY,
   CONRAD -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to infant eligibility
   for state early intervention services due  to  elevated  venous  blood
   lead levels

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 2541 of the public health law,  as
 added by chapter 428 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   5. "Disability" means:
   (a) a developmental delay; or
   (b) a diagnosed physical or mental condition that has a high probabil-
 ity  of resulting in developmental delay, such as Down syndrome or other
 chromosomal abnormalities, sensory impairments, inborn errors  of  meta-
 bolism  [or],  fetal  alcohol  syndrome,  OR  ELEVATED VENOUS BLOOD LEAD
 LEVELS (AT OR ABOVE FIVE MCG/DL).
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03031-02-5

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