2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 13 - NUISANCES AND SANITATION
Title 10 - (1370 - 1376-A) CONTROL OF LEAD POISONING
1370-B - Advisory council on lead poisoning prevention.

 
    §  1370-b.  Advisory council on lead poisoning prevention.  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; 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.