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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB4854
Introduced 01/19/06, by Rep. Harry Osterman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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410 ILCS 45/8 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1308 |
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Amends the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. Provides that if a building is occupied by a child of less than 3 years of age screening positive for lead poisoning, the Department of Public Health must inspect the dwelling unit and common place area of the child screening positive. Provides that the Department may screen more units as the Department deems necessary. Effective immediately.
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HB4854 |
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LRB094 17008 LJB 52289 b |
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Lead Poisoning Prevention Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 8 as follows:
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| (410 ILCS 45/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1308)
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| Sec. 8. Inspection of buildings occupied by a person |
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| screening positive. A representative of the Department, or |
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| delegate agency, may, after
notification that an occupant of |
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| the dwelling unit in question is found to
have a blood lead |
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| value of the value set forth in Section 7, upon
presentation of |
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| the appropriate credentials to the owner, occupant, or his
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| representative, inspect dwelling or dwelling units, at |
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| reasonable times,
for the purposes of ascertaining that all |
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| surfaces accessible to children
are intact and in good repair, |
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| and for purposes of ascertaining the
existence of lead bearing |
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| substances. Such representative of the
Department, or delegate |
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| agency, may remove samples or objects necessary for
laboratory |
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| analysis, in the determination of the presence of lead-bearing
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| substances in the designated dwelling or dwelling unit. |
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| If a building is occupied by a child of less than 3 years |
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| of age screening positive the Department, in addition to all |
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| other requirements of this Section, must inspect the dwelling |
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| unit and common place area of the child screening positive. The |
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| Department may inspect more units as it deems necessary.
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| Following the inspection, the Department or its delegate |
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| agency shall:
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| (1) Prepare an inspection report which shall:
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| (A) State the address of the dwelling unit.
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| (B) Describe the scope of the inspection, the |
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| inspection procedures
used, and the method of ascertaining |
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| the existence of a lead bearing
substance in the dwelling |