TEST KIDS Act

Bill: 114-s-2586
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2016-02-25
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health

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Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Thorough Evaluation of State Testing to Kick-start Investigations before Damage is Suffered Act or the TEST KIDS Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to direct states to report the number of residents under two years old who have elevated blood lead levels.</p> The CDC must identify areas where children with high blood lead levels are concentrated and investigate the sources of lead in those areas.

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2586 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 25, 2016 Mr. Cardin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To require States to report elevated blood lead levels to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Thorough Evaluation of State Testing to Kick-start Investigations before Damage is Suffered Act or the TEST KIDS Act . 2. State reporting of elevated blood lead levels (a) In general Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall establish procedures under which a State shall, on a quarterly basis, report to the Director the number of residents of the State under 2 years of age who have elevated blood lead levels. (b) Identification and investigation The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on the reports received under subsection (a), shall identify specific areas where children with high blood lead levels are concentrated and conduct an investigation to determine the sources of lead in such areas. (c) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.