The New York City Council - File #: Int 0877-2018

• File #: Int 0877-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Lead Package - Agency referrals for blood lead screenings.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Laid Over in Committee
• File created: 5/9/2018
• In control: Committee on Health
• On agenda: 5/9/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to agency referrals for blood lead screenings
• Sponsors: Robert E. Cornegy, Jr., Robert F. Holden, Laurie A. Cumbo, Ben Kallos

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Health	Laid Over by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Laid Over by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Laid Over by Committee
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 877

By Council Members Cornegy, Holden, Cumbo and Kallos

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to agency referrals for blood lead screenings
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 9 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 1 for the year 2004, is retitled as follows:
Chapter 9
[Lead-Based Paint in Day Care Facilities] Lead
? 2. Subchapter 1 of chapter 9 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED and a new subchapter 1 is added to such chapter to read as follows:
Subchapter 1
Blood Lead Screening
? 17-910 Definitions. As used in this subchapter:
Child of applicable age. The term "child of applicable age" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term by section 27-2056.18 of the housing maintenance code.
Covered agency. The term "covered agency" means an agency that provides services for or relating to children of applicable age, including but not limited to, the department, the department of social services/human resources administration, the department of education, the administration for children's services, the department of youth and community development, the department of homeless services, the department of parks and recreation and such other agencies as the mayor may designate.
? 17-911 Reserved.
? 17-912 Reserved.
? 17-913 Reserved.
? 17-914 Lead screening referrals by agencies. When a covered agency provides a service for or related to a child of applicable age, such agency shall make reasonable efforts to obtain from a parent or guardian of such child evidence that such child has received blood lead screening. If no such evidence exists or no such evidence is provided by such parent or guardian, such agency shall (i) request that such parent or guardian provide additional information, specified by the department, to assist the dep...