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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to health; requiring the commissioner to adopt blood lead level <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>guidelines;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 144.9504, by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 144.9504, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 12. <b>Blood lead level guidelines.</b> (a) By January 1, 2011, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>must revise clinical and case management guidelines to include recommendations <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>for protective health actions and follow-up services when a child's blood lead level <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>exceeds five micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood. The revised guidelines must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>implemented to the extent possible using available resources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>(b) In revising the clinical and case management guidelines for blood lead levels <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>greater than five micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood under this subdivision, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>the commissioner of health must consult with a statewide organization representing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>physicians, the public health department of Minneapolis and other public health <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>departments, and a nonprofit organization with expertise in lead abatement.<br />
         		
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