Section 1370-B. Advisory council on lead poisoning prevention  


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  • 1. The New
      York state advisory council  on  lead  poisoning  prevention  is  hereby
      established  in  the  department,  to consist of the following, or their
      designees: the commissioner; the commissioner of labor; the commissioner
      of environmental conservation; the commissioner of housing and community
      renewal;  the  commissioner  of  children  and  family   services;   the
      commissioner  of  temporary  and disability assistance; the secretary of
      state; the superintendent  of  insurance;  and  fifteen  public  members
      appointed  by the governor. The public members shall have a demonstrated
      expertise or interest in lead poisoning  prevention  and  at  least  one
      public  member  shall  be representative of each of the following: local
      government; community  groups;  labor  unions;  real  estate;  industry;
      parents;  educators;  local housing authorities; child health advocates;
      environmental groups; professional medical organizations and  hospitals.
      The public members of the council shall have fixed terms of three years;
      except  that five of the initial appointments shall be for two years and
      five shall be for  one  year.  The  council  shall  be  chaired  by  the
      commissioner or his or her designee.
        2.  Members  of  the advisory council shall serve without compensation
      for their services, except that each of them may  be  allowed  necessary
      and  actual  expenses  which he or she shall incur in the performance of
      his or her duties under this article.
        3. The council shall meet as often  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  to
      fulfill  its  responsibilities.  The  council  shall  have the following
      powers and duties:
        (a)  To  develop  a  comprehensive  statewide  plan  to  prevent  lead
      poisoning and to minimize the risk of human exposure to lead;
        (b)  To  coordinate the activities of its member agencies with respect
      to environmental lead policy and the statewide plan;
        (c) To recommend the adoption of policies with regard to the detection
      and elimination of lead hazards in the environment;
        (d)  To  recommend  the  adoption  of  policies  with  regard  to  the
      identification and management of children with elevated lead levels;
        (e) To recommend the adoption of policies with regard to education and
      outreach  strategies  related  to  lead  exposure,  detection,  and risk
      reduction;
        (f) To comment on regulations of the department under this title  when
      the council deems appropriate;
        (g)  To  make  recommendations to ensure the qualifications of persons
      performing  inspection  and  abatement  of  lead  through  a  system  of
      licensure and certification or otherwise;
        (h)  To recommend strategies for funding the lead poisoning prevention
      program, including but not limited to ways to  enhance  the  funding  of
      screening  through  insurance  coverage  and  other  means,  and ways to
      financially assist property owners in abating environmental  lead,  such
      as tax credits, loan funds, and other approaches; and
        (i) To report on or before December first of each year to the governor
      and  the  legislature  concerning  the  previous  year's development and
      implementation of the statewide  plan  and  operation  of  the  program,
      together  with recommendations it deems necessary and the most currently
      available lead surveillance measures, including the  actual  number  and
      estimated  percentage of children tested for lead in accordance with New
      York state regulations, including age-specific testing requirements, and
      the actual number and estimated percentage of children  identified  with
      elevated  blood  lead levels. Such report shall be made available on the
      department's website.