2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 13 - Nuisances and Sanitation › Title 10 - 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. A majority of the appointed voting membership of the council  shall
constitute a quorum.
4.  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.