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92_HB4440

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to health.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5. The Lead Poisoning Prevention Act  is  amended
 5    by adding Section 2.5 as follows:

 6        (410 ILCS 45/2.5 new)
 7        Sec.   2.5.  Study  by  Department  and  State  Board  of
 8    Education.
 9        (a)  Based  on  the  strong  correlation   between   lead
10    poisoning and learning disabilities in children identified by
11    the  U.S.  Department of Health and Human Services as well as
12    the  Centers  for  Disease  Control  and  other  states,  the
13    Department   shall   conduct   a   comprehensive   study   to
14    conclusively  establish  the   direct   correlation   between
15    Illinois  school districts with high levels of lead poisoning
16    and high levels of learning-disabled students.  Specifically,
17    the Department shall organize previously collected Department
18    data  on  lead poisoning according to State school districts.
19    Concurrently, the Illinois State  Board  of  Education  shall
20    organize   its   previously   collected   data   on  learning
21    disabilities according to State school districts and  release
22    this  information  to the Department. This data shall then be
23    cross-referenced by the Department to produce a list of which
24    school districts have the highest number of learning-disabled
25    students due to lead poisoning.
26        In addition, based on  the  results  of  the  study,  the
27    Department shall do the following:
28             (1)  Determine  whether this Act in its current form
29        is sufficient to abate the lead poisoning or whether  the
30        provisions  of  this Act should be expanded to accomplish
31        that result.
 
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 1             (2)  Calculate (i) the cost of this abatement to the
 2        State versus (ii) the  monetary  and  social  benefit  of
 3        reducing  the  number  of  learning-disabled children who
 4        require   additional   education   because    of    their
 5        disabilities.
 6        (b)  The  Department  and  the  Illinois  State  Board of
 7    Education shall complete the study by  January  1,  2003  and
 8    shall  promptly thereafter submit the results of the study to
 9    the General Assembly for its review.

10        Section 99.  Effective date. This Act takes  effect  upon
11    becoming law.

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