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HF 4015

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 05/17/2016 08:11am

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underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to health; lowering the blood lead level that constitutes an elevated blood
lead level in the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act; amending Minnesota Statutes
2014, section 144.9501, subdivision 9.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
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new text begin (a) In the 2014 report, The Economic Burden of the Environment on Two Childhood
Diseases: Asthma and Lead Poisoning in Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of
Health found:
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new text begin (1) there is no safe level of exposure to lead;
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new text begin (2) elevated blood lead levels in young children are associated with adverse health
effects, including learning impairments, behavioral problems, and death when blood
lead levels are very high;
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new text begin (3) children in poverty are at greater risk for lead poisoning; and
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new text begin (4) younger children are at greater risk for lead poisoning because their bodies
absorb lead more easily and their brains are still developing.
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new text begin (b) Based on the findings in the 2014 report, the legislature finds that to protect the
public health and the health of young children, it is necessary to lower the blood lead level
that constitutes an elevated blood lead level under the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act and
establish that a level greater than zero micrograms of lead per deciliter of whole blood in
any person constitutes an elevated blood lead level.
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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144.9501, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

Elevated blood lead level.

"Elevated blood lead level" means a diagnostic
blood lead test with a result that is deleted text begin equal to ordeleted text end greater than deleted text begin tendeleted text end new text begin zeronew text end micrograms of lead
per deciliter of whole blood in any persondeleted text begin , unless the commissioner finds that a lower
concentration is necessary to protect public healthdeleted text end .