1998 Minnesota Statutes

     144.9507 Lead-related funding. 

    Subdivision 1.    Lead education strategy contracts.  
 The commissioner shall, within available federal or state 
 appropriations, contract with: 

    (1) boards of health to provide funds for lead education as 
 provided for in sections 144.9503 and 144.9504; and 

    (2) swab team workers and community-based advocacy groups 
 to provide funds for lead education for primary prevention of 
 toxic lead exposure in areas at high risk for toxic lead 
 exposure. 

    Subd. 2.    Lead risk assessment contracts.  The 
 commissioner shall, within available federal or state 
 appropriations, contract with boards of health to conduct lead 
 risk assessments to determine sources of lead contamination and 
 to issue and enforce lead orders according to section 144.9504.  

    Subd. 3.    Temporary lead-safe housing contracts.  The 
 commissioner shall, within the limits of available 
 appropriations, contract with boards of health for temporary 
 housing, to be used in meeting relocation requirements in 
 section 144.9504, and award grants to boards of health for the 
 purposes of paying housing and relocation costs under section 
 144.9504.  The commissioner may use up to 15 percent of the 
 available appropriations to provide temporary lead-safe housing 
 in areas of the state in which the commissioner has the duty 
 under section 144.9504 to perform secondary prevention. 

    Subd. 4.    Grants to nonprofit organizations.  (a) The 
 commissioner shall, within the limits of available state or 
 federal appropriations, provide funds for lead cleanup equipment 
 and materials under a grant program to nonprofit community-based 
 organizations in areas at high risk for toxic lead exposure, as 
 provided for in section 144.9503.  

    (b) Nonprofit community-based organizations in areas at 
 high risk for toxic lead exposure may apply for grants from the 
 commissioner to purchase lead cleanup equipment and materials 
 and to pay for training for staff and volunteers for lead 
 licensure under sections 144.9505 and 144.9506. 

    (c) For purposes of this section, lead cleanup equipment 
 and materials means high efficiency particle accumulator (HEPA) 
 and wet vacuum cleaners, wash water filters, mops, buckets, 
 hoses, sponges, protective clothing, drop cloths, wet scraping 
 equipment, secure containers, dust and particle containment 
 material, and other cleanup and containment materials to remove 
 loose paint and plaster, patch plaster, control household dust, 
 wax floors, clean carpets and sidewalks, and cover bare soil. 

    (d) The grantee's staff and volunteers may make lead 
 cleanup equipment and materials available to residents and 
 property owners and instruct them on the proper use of the 
 equipment.  Lead cleanup equipment and materials must be made 
 available to low-income households, as defined by federal 
 guidelines, on a priority basis at no fee.  Other households may 
 be charged on a sliding fee scale. 

    (e) The grantee shall not charge a fee for services 
 performed using the equipment or materials. 

    (f) Any funds appropriated for purposes of this subdivision 
 that are not awarded, due to a lack of acceptable proposals for 
 the full amount appropriated, may be used for any purpose 
 authorized in this section.  

    Subd. 5.    Federal lead-related funds.  To the extent 
 practicable under federal guidelines, the commissioner of health 
 shall coordinate with the commissioner of housing finance so 
 that at least 50 percent of federal lead funds are allocated for 
 swab team services.  

    To the extent practicable under federal guidelines, the 
 commissioner of health may also use federal funding to contract 
 with boards of health for purposes as specified in this section, 
 but only to the extent that the federal funds do not replace 
 existing funding for these lead services.  

    HIST: 1995 c 213 art 1 s 9; 1998 c 407 art 2 s 71-73