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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution, Article 11, Section 15, provides: 
The State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and 
instill health consciousness among them. 
Lead poisoning in residential environments is a major health problem. The main source 
of lead poisoning among children is the dust that comes from clipping lead-based paint or dust 
that is created during residential repainting or remodeling projects. 
There is a need to address this problem. Even low levels of lead in the body are harmful 
and are associated with reduced intelligence and attention span, hearing loss, stunted growth, 
reading and learning problems, and behavioral difficulties. 
Hence, this bill seeks to provide assistance for startup costs of community programs to 
prevent residentially based lead poisoning in children.* 
'This bill was re-filed during the Thirteenth Congress, First Regular Session. 


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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR START-UP COSTS OF COMMUNITY 
POISONING IN CHILDREN 
PROGRAMS TO PREVENT RESIDENTIAL LEAD-BASED 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Lead Evaluation, Abatement, 
and Detection Center Act of 2007." 
SECTION 2. Grant Program fo. Start-up Costs of Programs to Prevent Residentially 
Based Lead Poisoning in Children. - 
(A) In General. - The Secretary of Health may make grants to public and non- profit 
private entities for the purpose of assisting such entities in establishing, community programs 
that provide residential lead-based paint poisoning prevention services at or through single sites. 
(B) Use of Grants. - A grant under paragraph (A) may be expended for the initial costs of 
providing the single-site facilities, including the acquisition and rehabilitation of facilities, 
personnel, and equipment for a community program described in such subsection, and for such 
other costs of establishing the program as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. Such as 
grant may not be expended to provide the services described in such subsection and may not 
otherwise be expended to pay the costs of operating such a program. 
(C) Services. - For purposes of this section, the term "residential lead-based paint 
poisoning prevention services" means any services appropriate to prevent lead poisoning in 
infants and children, especially lead poisoning resulting from the presence of lead-based paint in 
dwelling units, including conducting risk assessment and inspections in housing, providing for 
interim control and abatement of lead-based paint hazards in housing. 


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@) Authorization of Appropriations. - For the purpose of carrying out this Act, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary. 
SECTION 3. Separability Clause. - If any provisions or part hereof, is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain 
valid and subsisting. 
SECTION 4. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or inconsistent 
with the provision of this Act is hereby repealed, modified, or amended accordingly. 
SECTION 5. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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