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A 7025: Requires lead testing of children participating in the WIC program.
What A 7025 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill requires the department to mandate lead testing for children participating in a specific government program that provides food assistance to pregnant women, infants, and young children. The testing must be conducted at the intervals and using methods specified by the department. Federal funds for the program's administration cannot be used to implement this provision, but funding may be made available through the state's medical assistance program for needy persons. The bill takes effect ninety days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7025
- What is the current status of A 7025?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7025 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to health".
- Did A 7025 pass?
- Not yet. A 7025 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7025, and where is it now?
- A 7025 was authored by Asm. Sarah Clark. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Mar. 18, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 18, 2025 · 250 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7025 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to lead testing of participants in WIC programs The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 1370-f to read as follows: 3 § 1370-f. Lead testing of child participants in WIC programs. The 4 department shall require that all children participants in the special 5 supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC program) 6 authorized by 42 U.S.C. § 1786 shall receive lead testing at the inter- 7 vals and using the methods specified by the department in this title. 8 Federal funds provided for administration of the WIC program shall not 9 be used to implement or administer the provisions of this section. Fund- 10 ing, to the extent permitted by federal law, shall be made available 11 through medical assistance for needy persons under title eleven of arti- 12 cle five of the social services law. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 14 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03091-01-5
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