SB 286

Bill Subjects

Landlords And Tenants Lead Testing And Abatement Schools, Health And Safety Issues

Abstract

Defines "elevated blood lead level" for purposes of the health law and the education law as a blood lead level of at least five micrograms of lead per deciliter of whole blood. Defines "lead poisoning" for purposes of the health law. Provides that the governing body of a school corporation shall require all students who initially enroll in a school of the school corporation to be tested for an elevated blood lead level. Provides that a student may not be allowed to initially enroll unless the student has been tested and documentation of the test, including the test result, is provided to the school corporation. Requires the state department of health to adopt rules establishing requirements for the testing of individuals for an elevated blood lead level, and to amend those rules when necessary to ensure that the rules appropriately reflect and are consistent with the ongoing guidance of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Provides that a physician, registered nurse, or health care facility, agency, or program that receives a test result indicating that a child has an elevated blood lead level shall: (1) notify the child's parent or guardian in writing of the test result; (2) provide the parent or guardian with a plain language explanation of the significance of lead poisoning; and (3) take appropriate measures to ensure that any other child under six years of age living in the same household is tested for an elevated blood lead level. Defines "dwelling unit lead hazard" for purposes of the property law as: (1) the presence of lead-based paint on a wall of a dwelling unit; (2) the presence of lead-contaminated soil outside a dwelling unit; or (3) the presence of lead in the drinking water system of a dwelling unit. Prohibits renting a dwelling unit to a tenant family that includes a child not more than six years of age if the dwelling unit is subject to a dwelling unit lead hazard. Provides that a landlord who knowingly or intentionally: (1) violates the prohibition; (2) represents to a tenant family that the tenant family may waive the prohibition; (3) misrepresents the age of a member of a tenant family to conceal a violation of the prohibition; or (4) induces a member of a tenant family to misrepresent the age of another member of the tenant family to conceal a violation of the prohibition; commits a Class C misdemeanor.