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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Roads for America Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) An individual who is 65 years of age needs 4 times the 
        amount of light to see at night as compared to an individual 
        who is 25 years of age.
            (2) The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety projects that by 
        2030 1 in every 4 drivers will be 65 years of age or older.
            (3) Increasing the retroreflectivity and size of traffic 
        signs provides added decision time for older drivers.
            (4) Increasing the retroreflectivity and size of traffic 
        signs also provides for faster response time by emergency 
        medical technicians and police and fire personnel by increasing 
        their ability to read and understand signs and reduce travel 
        time to a site.
            (5) More than 50 percent of traffic accidents resulting in 
        fatalities occur at night, and increased retroreflectivity of 
        traffic signs addresses this issue.
            (6) In 2007, the following deadlines were established in 
        the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices in response to a 
        statutory requirement from Congress:
                    (A) By January 22, 2012, roadway owners must adopt 
                a plan to ensure that their signs meet minimum levels 
                of retroreflectivity.
                    (B) By January 22, 2015, regulatory and warning 
                signs and post-mounted signs must meet minimum levels 
                of retroreflectivity.
                    (C) By January 22, 2018, overhead and street name 
                signs must meet minimum levels of retroreflectivity.
            (7) The Federal Highway Administration has estimated that 
        the cost for making these retroreflectivity improvements for 
        signage throughout the United States is $37,000,000 over a 10-
        year period.
            (8) At no point must a roadway owner replace a sign that 
        meets the minimum levels of retroreflectivity.
            (9) The United States is currently experiencing the worst 
        economic conditions since the Great Depression.
            (10) As a result, local governments across the United 
        States are experiencing one of the most economically 
        challenging times in history, with available revenues unable to 
        match the costs of services demanded by the public.
            (11) To compensate for depressed revenue collections during 
        the economic downturn, counties and cities are adopting severe 
        cost-cutting measures, such as laying off and furloughing 
        employees (including public safety personnel), cancelling or 
        postponing planned capital improvements, deferring necessary 
        maintenance, cutting equipment inventories, and in some cases 
        declaring bankruptcy.
            (12) The costs of employee benefits continue to rise and 
        local governments have to devote more resources to keep up with 
        inflation.
            (13) States are passing along the costs of services to 
        local governments as a method to balance their budgets.
            (14) The outlook for recovery appears to be at least 5 
        years away given that, even when the economy recovers, local 
        governments experience a delay in increased tax collections due 
        to the nature of property tax collections.

SEC. 3. RETROREFLECTIVITY LEVEL STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO TRAFFIC SIGNS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall modify the 
target compliance dates for minimum retroreflectivity level standards 
set forth in section 2A.08 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control 
Devices for Streets and Highways, 2009 Edition (incorporated by 
reference in subpart F of part 655 of title 23, Code of Federal 
Regulations) so that the following target compliance dates apply:
            (1) A target compliance date of January 22, 2012, for 
        implementation and continued use of an assessment or management 
        method that is designed to maintain traffic sign 
        retroreflectivity at or above the established minimum levels.
            (2) A target compliance date of January 22, 2018, for 
        replacement of regulatory, warning, and post-mounted guide 
        (except street name) signs that are identified using the 
        assessment or management method as failing to meet the 
        established minimum levels.
            (3) A target compliance date of January 22, 2021, for 
        replacement of street name signs and overhead guide signs that 
        are identified using the assessment or management method as 
        failing to meet the established minimum levels.
    (b) Effect on Proposed Regulations.--The Secretary shall revise the 
notice of proposed amendments published in the Federal Register on 
August 31, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 54156), to incorporate the target 
compliance dates specified in subsection (a).
    (c) Funding.--The Secretary may use funds available to the 
Secretary to carry out this section notwithstanding any funding 
limitation enacted before the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

    (a) Highway Signs and Pavement Markings.--Section 148(a)(3)(B)(xi) 
of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(xi) Installation, replacement, and 
                        upgrade of highway signs and pavement markings, 
                        including any upgrade of materials and the 
                        implementation of any assessment or management 
                        method designed to meet a State-established 
                        performance standard, Federal regulation, or 
                        requirement contained in the Manual on Uniform 
                        Traffic Control Devices relating to minimum 
                        levels of retroreflectivity.''.
    (b) Maintaining Minimum Levels of Retroreflectivity.--
            (1) Definition.--Section 148(a) of such title is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Project to maintain minimum levels of 
        retroreflectivity.--The term `project to maintain minimum 
        levels of retroreflectivity' means a project undertaken 
        pursuant to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices 
        requiring public agencies to use an assessment or management 
        method that is designed to maintain highway sign or pavement 
        marking retroreflectivity at or above prescribed minimum 
        levels.''.
            (2) Eligible projects.--Section 148(d)(1) of such title is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (A);
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                subparagraph (C); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following:
                    ``(B) any project to maintain minimum levels of 
                retroreflectivity on a public road, whether or not such 
                project is included in the State strategic highway 
                safety plan; or''.
            (3) Increased federal share.--The first sentence of section 
        120(c)(1) of such title is amended by inserting ``maintaining 
        minimum levels of retroreflectivity of highway signs or 
        pavement markings,'' after ``signalization,''.
    (c) Standards for Projects To Upgrade Highway Signs and Pavement 
Markings.--Section 148 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(i) Standards for Projects To Upgrade Highway Signs and Pavement 
Markings.--The Secretary shall issue standards for the use of funds 
apportioned to a State under section 104(b)(5) for highway safety 
improvement projects to upgrade highway signs and pavement markings in 
order to meet or exceed minimum maintained levels of retroreflectivity. 
Such standards shall ensure that the projects are carried out so as to 
meet defined criteria, consistent with other safety upgrades, using a 
systematic approach. Such standards shall permit the use of the funds 
for an initial upgrade of highway signs and pavement markings in the 
State, but shall prohibit the funds from being used for maintenance 
activities.''.
answer:
Safe Roads for America Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to modify the target compliance dates for the following minimum retroreflectivity level standards: (1) implementation and continued use of an assessment or management method that is designed to maintain traffic sign retroreflectivity at or above the established minimum levels; (2) replacement of regulatory, warning, and post-mounted guide (except street name) signs identified using the assessment or management method as failing to meet the established minimum levels; and (3) replacement of street name signs and overhead guide signs that are identified using the assessment or management method as failing to meet the established minimum levels.

 Requires the Secretary to revise the notice of proposed amendments published in the Federal Register on August 31, 2011, to incorporate the new target compliance dates.

Includes measures designed to meet a state-established performance standard, federal regulation, or requirement contained in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices relating to minimum levels of retroreflectivity as projects for purposes of the highway safety improvement program.

Allows a maximum 100% federal share of the costs of construction related to maintaining minimum levels of retroreflectivity of highway signs or pavement markings.

Directs the Secretary to issue standards for the use of funds apportioned to a state for highway safety improvement projects to upgrade highway signs and pavement markings in order to meet or exceed minimum maintained levels of retroreflectivity. Requires such standards to prohibit fund use for maintenance activities.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Neutral Cost Recovery Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. NEUTRAL COST RECOVERY DEPRECIATION ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN 
              PROPERTY PLACED IN SERVICE AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2001.

    (a) In General.--Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(relating to accelerated cost recovery system) is amended by adding at 
the end thereof the following new subsection:
    ``(k) Deduction Adjustment To Allow Equivalent of Expensing for 
Certain Property Placed in Service After December 31, 2001.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of tangible property placed 
        in service after December 31, 2001, the deduction under this 
        section with respect to such property--
                    ``(A) shall be determined by substituting `150 
                percent' for `200 percent' in subsection (b)(1) in the 
                case of property to which the 200 percent declining 
                balance method would otherwise apply, and
                    ``(B) for any taxable year after the taxable year 
                during which the property is placed in service shall 
                be--
                            ``(i) the amount determined under this 
                        section for such taxable year without regard to 
                        this subparagraph, multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the applicable neutral cost recovery 
                        ratio for such taxable year.
            ``(2) Applicable neutral cost recovery ratio.--For purposes 
        of paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) In general.--The applicable neutral cost 
                recovery ratio for the property for any taxable year is 
                the number determined by--
                            ``(i) dividing--
                                    ``(I) the gross domestic product 
                                deflator for the calendar quarter 
                                ending in such taxable year which 
                                corresponds to the calendar quarter 
                                during which the property was placed in 
                                service by the taxpayer, by
                                    ``(II) the gross domestic product 
                                deflator for the calendar quarter 
                                during which the property was placed in 
                                service by the taxpayer, and
                            ``(ii) then multiplying the number 
                        determined under clause (i) by the number equal 
                        to 1.035 to the nth power where `n' is the 
                        number of full years in the period beginning on 
                        the 1st day of the calendar quarter during 
                        which the property was placed in service by the 
                        taxpayer and ending on the day before the 
                        beginning of the corresponding calendar quarter 
                        ending during such taxable year.
                The applicable neutral cost recovery ratio shall never 
                be less than 1. The applicable neutral cost recovery 
                ratio shall be rounded to the nearest \1/1000\.
                    ``(B) Special rule for certain property.--In the 
                case of property described in paragraph (2) or (3) of 
                subsection (b) or in subsection (g), the applicable 
                neutral cost recovery ratio shall be determined without 
                regard to subparagraph (A)(ii).
            ``(3) Gross domestic product deflator.--For purposes of 
        paragraph (2), the gross domestic product deflator for any 
        calendar quarter is the implicit price deflator for the gross 
        domestic product for such quarter (as shown in the first 
        revision thereof).
            ``(4) Election not to have subsection apply.--This 
        subsection shall not apply to any property if the taxpayer 
        elects not to have this subsection apply to such property. Such 
        an election, once made, shall be irrevocable.
            ``(5) Churning transactions.--This subsection shall not 
        apply to any property if this section would not apply to such 
        property were subsection (f)(5)(A)(ii) applied by substituting 
        `2002' for `1981' and `2001' for `1980'.
            ``(6) Additional deduction not to affect basis or 
        recapture.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The additional amount determined 
                under this section by reason of this subsection shall 
                not be taken into account in determining the adjusted 
                basis of any property or of any interest in a pass-thru 
                entity which holds such property and shall not be 
                treated as a deduction for depreciation for purposes of 
                sections 1245 and 1250.
                    ``(B) Pass-thru entity defined.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (A), the term `pass-thru entity' means--
                            ``(i) a regulated investment company,
                            ``(ii) a real estate investment trust,
                            ``(iii) an S corporation,
                            ``(iv) a partnership,
                            ``(v) an estate or trust, and
                            ``(vi) a common trust fund.''
    (b) Minimum Tax Treatment.--
            (1) Paragraph (1) of section 56(a) of such Code is amended 
        by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Use of neutral cost recovery ratio.--In the 
                case of property to which section 168(k) applies and 
                which is placed in service after December 31, 2001, the 
                deduction allowable under this paragraph with respect 
                to such property for any taxable year (after the 
                taxable year during which the property is placed in 
                service) shall be--
                            ``(i) the amount so allowable for such 
                        taxable year without regard to this 
                        subparagraph, multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the applicable neutral cost recovery 
                        ratio for such taxable year (as determined 
                        under section 168(k)).
                This subparagraph shall not apply to any property with 
                respect to which there is an election in effect not to 
                have section 168(k)) apply.''
            (2) Subparagraph (C) of section 56(g)(4) of such Code is 
        amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(v) Neutral cost recovery deduction.--
                        Clause (i) shall not apply to the additional 
                        deduction allowable by reason of section 
                        168(k).''
    (c) Coordination With Depreciation Limitation on Certain 
Automobiles.--Clause (i) of section 280F(a)(1)(B) of such Code is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``For purposes 
of this clause, the unrecovered basis of any passenger automobile shall 
be treated as including the additional amount determined under section 
168 by reason of subsection (k) thereof to the extent not allowed as a 
deduction by reason of this paragraph for any taxable year in the 
recovery period.''
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years ending after December 31, 2001.
answer:
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require that the depreciation deduction for tangible property placed in service after 2001 be computed using neutral cost recovery ratios.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Childhood Lead Poisoning Protection 
Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) lead poisoning remains a serious environmental risk, 
        especially to the health of young children;
            (2) childhood lead poisoning can cause reductions in IQ, 
        attention span, reading, and learning disabilities, and other 
        growth and behavior problems;
            (3) children under the age of 6 are at the greatest risk 
        because of the sensitivity of their developing brains and 
        nervous systems;
            (4) poor children and minority children are at 
        substantially higher risk of lead poisoning;
            (5) it is estimated that more than 500,000 children 
        enrolled in Medicaid have harmful levels of lead in their 
        blood;
            (6) children enrolled in Medicaid represent 60 percent of 
        the 890,000 children in the United States with elevated blood 
        lead levels;
            (7) although the Health Care Financing Administration has 
        required mandatory blood lead screenings for children enrolled 
        in Medicaid who are not less than 1 nor more than 5 years of 
        age, approximately two-thirds of children enrolled in Medicaid 
        have not been screened or treated;
            (8) the Health Care Financing Administration mandatory 
        screening policy has not been effective, or sufficient, to 
        properly identify and screen children enrolled in Medicaid who 
        are at risk;
            (9) uniform lead screening requirements do not exist for 
        children not enrolled in Medicaid; and
            (10) adequate treatment services are not uniformly 
        available for children with elevated blood lead levels.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to create a lead screening 
safety net that will, through Medicaid and other entitlement programs, 
ensure that low-income children at the highest risk of lead poisoning 
receive blood lead screenings and appropriate followup care.

SEC. 3. INCREASED LEAD POISONING SCREENINGS AND TREATMENTS UNDER THE 
              MEDICAID PROGRAM.

    (a) Penalty for Insufficient Increases in Lead Poisoning 
Screenings.--
            (1) Performance improvement.--Section 1903 of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b) is amended by adding at the end 
        the following:
    ``(x) Performance Improvement.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 1905(b), 
        beginning with fiscal year 2000 and for each fiscal year 
        thereafter, with respect to any State that fails to meet 
        minimum blood lead screening rates stated in paragraph (2), the 
        Federal medical assistance percentage determined under 
section 1905(b) for the State for the fiscal year shall be reduced by 1 
percentage point, but only with respect to--
                    ``(A) items and services furnished under a State 
                plan under this title during that fiscal year;
                    ``(B) payments made on a capitation or other risk-
                basis under a State plan under this title for coverage 
                occurring during that fiscal year; and
                    ``(C) payments under a State plan under this title 
                that are attributable to DSH allotments for the State 
                determined under section 1923(f) for that fiscal year.
            ``(2) Minimum blood lead screening rates.--The minimum 
        acceptable percentages of 2-year-old Medicaid-enrolled children 
        who have received at least 1 blood lead screening test are--
                    ``(A) 50 percent in fiscal year 2000;
                    ``(B) 60 percent in fiscal year 2001;
                    ``(C) 70 percent in fiscal year 2002;
                    ``(D) 80 percent in fiscal year 2003; and
                    ``(E) 90 percent in each fiscal year after fiscal 
                year 2003.
            ``(3) Modification or waiver.--The Secretary may modify or 
        waive the application of paragraph (1) in the case of a State 
        that the Secretary determines has performed during a fiscal 
        year such a significant number of lead blood level assessments 
        that the State reasonably cannot be expected to achieve the 
        minimum blood lead screening rates established by paragraph 
        (2).''.
            (2) Reporting requirement.--Section 1902(a)(43)(D) of the 
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(43)(D)) is amended--
                    (A) in clause (iii), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in clause (iv), by striking the semicolon and 
                inserting ``, and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(v) the number of children who are not 
                        more than 2 years of age and enrolled in the 
                        Medicaid Program and the number and results of 
                        lead blood level assessments performed by the 
                        State, along with demographic and identifying 
                        information that is consistent with the 
                        recommendations of the Centers for Disease 
                        Control and Prevention with respect to lead 
                        surveillance;''.
    (b) Mandatory Screening Requirements.--Section 1902(a) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (65), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(66) provide that each contract entered into between the 
        State and an entity (including a health insuring organization 
        and a Medicaid managed care organization) that is responsible 
        for the provision (directly or through arrangements with 
        providers of services) of medical assistance under the State 
        plan shall provide for--
                    ``(A) compliance with mandatory screening 
                requirements for lead blood level assessments (as 
                appropriate for age and risk factors) that are 
                commensurate with guidelines and mandates issued by the 
                Secretary through the Administrator of the Health Care 
                Financing Administration; and
                    ``(B) coverage of appropriate qualified lead 
                treatment services, as prescribed by the Centers for 
                Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, for children 
                with elevated levels of lead in their blood.''.
    (c) Reimbursement for Treatment of Children With Elevated Blood 
Lead Levels.--Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (26), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (27) as paragraph 
                (28); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (26) the 
                following:
            ``(27) qualified lead treatment services (as defined in 
        subsection (v);''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(v)(1) The term `qualified lead treatment services' means all 
appropriate and medically necessary services that are provided by a 
qualified provider, as determined by the State, to treat a child 
described in paragraph (2), including--
            ``(A) environmental investigations to determine the source 
        of a child's lead exposure, including the costs of qualified 
        and trained professionals (including health professionals and 
        lead professionals certified by the State or the Environmental 
        Protection Agency) to conduct such investigations and the 
costs of laboratory testing of substances suspected of being 
significant pathways for lead exposure (such as lead dust, paint chips, 
bare soil, and water);
            ``(B) professional case management services to coordinate 
        access to such services; and
            ``(C) emergency measures to reduce or eliminate lead 
        hazards to a child, if required (as recommended by the Centers 
        for Disease Control and Prevention).
    ``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), a child described in this 
paragraph is a child who--
            ``(A) has attained 6 months of age but has not attained 73 
        months of age; and
            ``(B) has been identified as having a blood lead level that 
        equals or exceeds 20 micrograms per deciliter (or persistently 
        equals or exceeds 15 micrograms per deciliter).''.
    (d) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section apply 
        on and after October 1, 1998.
            (2) Extension of effective date for state law amendment.--
        In the case of a State plan under title XIX of the Social 
        Security Act which the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
        determines requires State legislation in order for the plan to 
        meet the additional requirements imposed by the amendments made 
        by this section, the State plan shall not be regarded as 
        failing to comply with the requirements of this section solely 
        on the basis of its failure to meet these additional 
        requirements before the first day of the first calendar quarter 
        beginning after the close of the first regular session of the 
        State legislature that begins after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case 
        of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of 
        the session is considered to be a separate regular session of 
        the State legislature.

SEC. 4. LEAD POISONING SCREENING FOR SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION 
              PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN.

    Section 17(d) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Lead poisoning screening.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), for 
                an infant or child to be eligible to participate in the 
                program under this section, a member of the family of 
                the infant or child shall provide proof to the State 
                agency, not later than 180 days after enrollment of the 
                infant or child in the program and periodically 
                thereafter (as determined by the State agency), that 
                the infant or child has received a blood lead test for 
                lead poisoning using an assessment that is appropriate 
                for age and risk factors.
                    ``(B) Waivers.--A State agency or local agency may 
                waive the requirement of subparagraph (A) with respect 
                to an infant or child if the State agency or local 
                agency determines that--
                            ``(i) the area in which the infant or child 
                        resides does not pose a risk of lead poisoning; 
                        or
                            ``(ii) the requirement would be contrary to 
                        the religious beliefs or moral convictions of 
                        the family of the infant or child.
                    ``(C) Screenings by state agencies.--
                            ``(i) In general.--On the request of a 
                        member of a family of an infant or child who 
                        has not been screened for lead poisoning and 
                        who seeks to participate in the program, at no 
                        charge to the family, a State agency shall 
                        perform a blood lead test on the infant or 
                        child that is appropriate for age and risk 
                        factors.
                            ``(ii) Reimbursement.--On the request of a 
                        State agency that screens for lead poisoning 
                        under clause (i) an infant or child that is 
                        receiving medical assistance under a State plan 
                        under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 
                        U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), the Secretary of Health 
                        and Human Services shall reimburse the State 
                        agency, from funds that are made available 
                        under that title, for the cost of the screening 
                        (including the cost of purchasing portable 
                        blood lead analyzer instruments approved for 
                        sale by the Food and Drug Administration and 
                        providing screening with the use of such 
                        instruments through laboratories certified 
                        under section 353 of the Public Health Service 
                        Act (42 U.S.C. 263a)).''.

SEC. 5. LEAD POISONING SCREENING FOR EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS.

    Section 645A of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C 9840a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(2), by inserting before the semicolon 
        the following: ``, if the families comply with subsection 
        (i)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Lead Poisoning Screening.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), for a child to 
        be eligible to participate in a program described in subsection 
        (a)(1), a member of the family of the child shall provide proof 
        to the entity carrying out the program, not later than 180 days 
        after enrollment of the child in the program and periodically 
        thereafter (as determined by the entity), that the child has 
        received a blood lead test for lead poisoning using an 
        assessment that is appropriate for age and risk factors.
            ``(2) Waivers.--The entity may waive the requirement of 
        paragraph (1) with respect to a child if the entity determines 
        that--
                    ``(A) the area in which the child resides does not 
                pose a risk of lead poisoning; or
                    ``(B) the requirement would be contrary to the 
                religious beliefs or moral convictions of the family of 
                the child.
            ``(3) Screenings by entities.--
                    ``(A) In general.--On the request of a member of a 
                family of a child who has not been screened for lead 
                poisoning and who seeks to participate in the program, 
                at no charge to the family, the entity shall perform a 
                blood lead test on the child that is appropriate for 
                age and risk factors.
                    ``(B) Reimbursement.--On the request of an entity 
                that screens for lead poisoning under subparagraph (A) 
                a child that is receiving medical assistance under a 
                State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act 
                (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), the Secretary shall reimburse 
                the entity, from funds that are made available under 
                that title, for the cost of the screening (including 
                the cost of purchasing portable blood lead analyzer 
                instruments approved for sale by the Food and Drug 
                Administration and providing screening with the use of 
                such instruments through laboratories certified under 
                section 353 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
                263a)).''.
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Childhood Lead Poisoning Protection Act of 1998 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for a reduced Federal medical assistance percentage for States that fail to meet specified minimum blood lead screening rates established by this Act, subject to waiver by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the case of a State that has performed during a fiscal year such a significant number of lead blood level assessments that the State reasonably cannot be expected to achieve the appropriate minimum blood lead screening rate. 
Requires the State Medicaid plan to provide for reporting to the Secretary:  (1) the number of children who are not more than two years of age and enrolled in the Medicaid program; and (2) the number and results of lead blood level assessments performed by the State, along with demographic and identifying information consistent with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with respect to lead surveillance. 
Requires each contract between the State and an entity responsible for provision of medical assistance under the State plan to provide for:  (1) compliance with mandatory screening requirements for lead blood level assessments commensurate with guidelines and mandates issued by the Secretary through the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration; as well as (2) coverage of appropriate qualified lead treatment services, as prescribed by CDC guidelines, for children with elevated levels of lead in their blood.  Allows reimbursement for qualified lead treatment services for children with elevated blood lead levels. 
Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the Head Start Act to mandate lead poisoning screening for an infant or child to be eligible to participate in either the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, or early Head Start programs.