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A 7224: Requires the recommendation to a parent for blood lead level screenings of their child when a health care provider finds high lead levels in the blood of such child; directs the department of health to conduct an environmental investigation when a child is found to have high levels of lead in their blood.
What A 7224 does, verified January 9, 2026
The proposed law aims to improve lead poisoning prevention in children. The main objectives are to: The state requires primary care providers to recommend follow-up blood lead level screenings for children whose initial test results show levels of 15 micrograms per deciliter of whole blood or higher. If a child's blood level test exceeds 25 micrograms per deciliter of whole blood, the department shall initiate an environmental investigation to identify potential sources of lead exposure. If the investigation is not completed within 180 days, the department will conduct the investigation itself and may recover costs from entities responsible for the original assessment.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7224
- What is the current status of A 7224?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 7224 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 7224 pass?
- Not yet. A 7224 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7224, and where is it now?
- A 7224 was authored by Asm. Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Mar. 21, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 21, 2025 · 291 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7224 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to screening for lead poisoning in children The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1370-e of the public health law is amended by 2 adding two new subdivisions 6 and 7 to read as follows: 3 6. The department shall require primary care providers to recommend 4 follow up blood lead level screenings to parents of children whose blood 5 lead levels test at not less than 15 micrograms per deciliter of whole 6 blood up to 24.99 micrograms per deciliter of whole blood. 7 7. If a child's blood level test is above 25 micrograms per deciliter 8 of whole blood, the commissioner or his designee shall take appropriate 9 measures to ensure that an environmental investigation, as required by 10 subpart 67-2 of title ten of the New York state codes, rules and regu- 11 lations, is completed. If the department finds that the investigation 12 has not been completed within one hundred eighty days of its notice of 13 the blood lead level finding, the department shall complete such inves- 14 tigation immediately. The department may take reasonable measures to 15 collect the costs of conducting these assessments from entities 16 originally responsible for conducting them. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11050-01-5
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