Int. No. 865-A
By The Speaker (Council Member Johnson) and Council Members Holden, Kallos, Moya, Cohen, Powers, Rose, Cornegy, Brannan, Levine, Rivera, Constantinides, Miller, Ayala, Koo, Williams, Rodriguez, Dromm, Cabrera, Salamanca, Grodenchik, Yeger, Torres, Richards, Van Bramer, Gibson, Reynoso, Vallone, Deutsch, Treyger, Lancman, Perkins, Lander, Ampry-Samuel, Eugene, Adams, Levin, Chin, Menchaca, Maisel, Barron, Espinal, Cumbo, Rosenthal, Koslowitz and Ulrich
Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to lead reference/action levels and standards relating to lead-based paint hazards
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 1 of chapter 9 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by a local law for the year 2019, relating to investigation by the department of health and mental hygiene of places in which children identified with elevated blood lead levels routinely visit and the regulation of lead-based paint hazards in facilities providing day care services, as proposed in introduction number 464-b, is amended by adding a new section 17-912 to read as follows:
? 17-912 Lead reference levels and action levels. a. For the purposes of this subchapter, section 27-2056.14 and any local law referring to a blood lead reference level except as otherwise provided by such local law, the blood lead reference level shall be five micrograms per deciliter, except that, if the federal centers for disease control and prevention or a successor agency defines a lower blood lead reference level the department shall (i) by rule define such lower level as the blood lead reference level for the purposes of this subchapter, section 27-2056.14 and any local law referring to a blood lead reference level except as otherwise provided by such local law or (ii) submit a report to the mayor and the speaker of the council detailing the reasons why such lower blood lea...
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