Title: SMART Child Act of 2017
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Screen, Manage, Address, and Remove Toxins for Children Act of 2017 or the SMART Child Act of 2017
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2022 a program of screening for lead poisoning and referral for treatment.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3182 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3182

To amend section 317A of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a 
program for screenings and referrals regarding lead poisoning, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2017

Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Conyers, Mrs. Dingell, 
   Mr. Courtney, Ms. Norton, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Kelly of 
  Illinois, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. 
Cummings, Ms. Wilson of Florida, and Ms. Wasserman Schultz) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 317A of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a 
program for screenings and referrals regarding lead poisoning, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Screen, Manage, Address, and Remove 
Toxins for Children Act of 2017'' or the ``SMART Child Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. SCREENINGS AND REFERRALS REGARDING LEAD POISONING.

    (a) Grant Application.--Section 317A(d) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-1(d)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
            ``(8)(A) A protocol for referring for medical (including 
        mental health) treatment infants and children who are found to 
        have elevated blood lead levels.
            ``(B) Such protocol shall include identification of a 
        single agency that will be responsible for--
                    ``(i) case management for such infants and children 
                through the later of--
                            ``(I) the date that is 3 years after the 
                        infant or child is referred to the agency; and
                            ``(II) if the infant or child continues to 
                        need services related to such elevated blood 
                        lead levels beyond the end of such 3-year 
                        period, the date on which the infant or child 
                        is discharged; and
                    ``(ii) overseeing such referrals and ensuring that 
                the infant or child and the family are receiving 
                services deemed necessary by medical and mental health 
                professionals.''.
    (b) Funding.--Paragraph (1) of section 317A(l) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-1(l)) is amended by striking 
``$40,000,000'' and all that follows through the period and inserting 
``$150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.''.
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