FILED ON: 6/27/2014

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4258

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Fourteen

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An Act relative to lead abatement.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Subsection (e) of section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in the first sentence, the words “one thousand five hundred dollars” and inserting in place thereof the following words: - three thousand dollars

SECTION 2. Subsection (e) of section 6 of said chapter 62, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in the second sentence, the words “five hundred dollars” and inserting in place thereof the following words: - one thousand dollars

SECTION 3. Section 191 of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the last sentence in the first paragraph the following sentences:-

This section shall not limit the right of any local board of health to establish and enforce lead poisoning standards more strict than those set forth in the general laws or the provisions of the state sanitary code, provided however that a local board of health may not establish standards that are more permissive than state requirements.

SECTION 4. Section 5 of chapter 151B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in clause (a) of the last paragraph, the dollar amount “$10,000” and inserting in place thereof the following dollar amount: - $20,000

SECTION 5. Section 5 of said chapter 151B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in clause (b) of the last paragraph, the dollar amount “$25,000” and inserting in place thereof the following dollar amount: - $35,000

SECTION 6. Section 5 of said chapter 151B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in clause (c) of the last paragraph, the dollar amount “$50,000” and inserting in place thereof the following dollar amount: - $60,000  

SECTION 7. The department of public health shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on public health and the joint committee on health care financing on the status of childhood lead poisoning in the commonwealth, including but not limited to a review of: 1) existing lead poisoning regulations and recommendations on possible regulatory amendments; 2) current medical practice and federal guidelines on childhood lead poisoning; 3) recommendations of policies for children at risk of lead exposure; 4) costs of providing services and enforcement at both the state and local level; and 5) the potential for state and local incentive grants so that local boards of health could enforce a lower lead poisoning level.