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Assembly Bill A944

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of blood lead levels

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2025-A944 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1816
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1370, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A8564
2023-2024: A5539, S5292

2025-A944 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition of elevated blood lead levels; provides that elevated lead levels means a blood lead level greater than or equal to 3.5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of whole blood or such lower blood lead level as may be established by the department of health pursuant to rule or regulation.

2025-A944 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    944
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. RIVERA, SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the definition  of
   elevated blood lead levels
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 1370 of the public health law,  as
 amended  by  section  1  of part P of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   6. "Elevated lead levels" means a blood lead  level  greater  than  or
 equal  to  [five] 3.5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of whole blood or
 such lower blood lead level as may  be  established  by  the  department
 pursuant to rule or regulation.
   § 2. (a) Within 90 days after the date on which this act takes effect,
 the department of health shall adopt all necessary regulations to define
 "elevated  lead levels" to mean a blood lead level greater than or equal
 to 3.5 micrograms per deciliter of whole blood, or such lower blood lead
 level as such department may establish,  to  be  utilized  in  its  lead
 poisoning  prevention program. The department of health shall be author-
 ized to promulgate regulations on an emergency basis  to  implement  the
 provisions of this act.
   (b)  Within 6 months after the date on which the federal department of
 health and human services has published guidance  recommending  a  lower
 concentration of lead in blood than the concentration established pursu-
 ant  to  subdivision  6  of section 1370 of the public health law as the
 reference  level  for  conducting  an  environmental  intervention,  the
 department  of  health shall publish a notice of proposed rule making to
 consider the incorporation of such guidance into its regulations.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01240-01-5

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