House File 2319 - Introduced



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                                       BY  FORD


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring the facilities used for certain child care,
  2    early care, and preschool programs and services to be tested
  3    for lead=based paint hazards.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 6352HH 82
  6 jp/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 28.8, subsection 3, paragraph c, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
  1  3    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (6)  Require that the facilities, other
  1  4 than the children's home, that are regularly used to provide
  1  5 program services to children have been tested for lead=based
  1  6 paint hazards.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 237A.12, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1  8 the following new subsection:
  1  9    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  The department shall adopt rules
  1 10 applicable to child care facilities, child care facilities in
  1 11 buildings owned or leased by a school district or accredited
  1 12 nonpublic school, and child care homes that receive public
  1 13 funding for providing child care, that require the physical
  1 14 facilities used for providing child care to be tested for
  1 15 lead=based paint hazards.
  1 16    Sec. 3.  Section 256.9, subsection 35, paragraph e, Code
  1 17 Supplement 2007, is amended by adding the following new
  1 18 unnumbered paragraph:
  1 19    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  The standards shall require the
  1 20 physical facilities used for prekindergarten programs to be
  1 21 tested for lead=based paint hazards.
  1 22    Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  256A.6  LEAD=BASED PAINT HAZARDS.
  1 23    The facilities that are regularly used by children in the
  1 24 programs and services addressed by this chapter shall be
  1 25 tested for lead=based paint hazards.
  1 26    Sec. 5.  Section 256C.3, subsection 3, Code Supplement
  1 27 2007, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 28    NEW PARAGRAPH.  i.  A requirement that facilities that are
  1 29 regularly used by children in the local program shall be
  1 30 tested for lead=based paint hazards.
  1 31                           EXPLANATION
  1 32    This bill requires the facilities used for certain child
  1 33 care, early care, and preschool programs and services to be
  1 34 tested for lead=based paint hazards.
  1 35    The requirement is applied to the following:  school ready
  2  1 children grant services administered under the community
  2  2 empowerment initiative in Code section 28.8; child care
  2  3 facilities (licensed centers, preschools, and registered child
  2  4 development homes), child care facilities in buildings owned
  2  5 or leased by a school district or accredited nonpublic school,
  2  6 and unregistered child care homes that receive public funding
  2  7 for providing child care, that are subject to rules adopted by
  2  8 the department of human services under Code section 237A.12;
  2  9 prekindergarten programs operated by school districts in
  2 10 accordance with standards developed by the director of the
  2 11 department of education under Code section 256.9; family
  2 12 support services and child development programs for at=risk
  2 13 children under Code chapter 256A; and the local programs under
  2 14 the statewide preschool program for four=year=old children
  2 15 under Code chapter 256C.
  2 16 LSB 6352HH 82
  2 17 jp/nh/8