101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3109
 
Introduced 2/6/2020, by Sen. Mattie Hunter
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
New Act

     Creates the Lead in Schools Reporting Act. Provides that on an annual basis the Department of Public Health, in coordination with local departments of public health, shall conduct specified lead testing at public school facilities. Provides that the Department shall notify the Board  and the public school facility if a detected lead level meets a level that the Department deems unsafe. Provides that if a public school facility has received notification from the Department that the lead level in the public school facility has been deemed unsafe, then the public school facility's school board or school personnel must provide written notification to its students' parents or guardians of the Department's findings, including the lead level, no later than 10 calendar days after being notified by the Department.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Lead 
5in Schools Reporting Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
8    "Lead inspector" means an individual who has been trained 
9by a Department-approved training program and is licensed by 
10the Department to conduct lead inspections; to sample for the 
11presence of lead in paint, dust, soil, and water; and to 
12conduct compliance investigations.
  
 
13    Section 10. Lead testing and reporting. On an annual basis, 
14the Department of Public Health, in coordination with local 
15departments of public health, shall employ lead inspectors to 
16test all public school facilities for the presence of lead in 
17paint, dust, soil, and water. The Department shall notify the 
18State Board of Education and the public school facility if a 
19lead level detected in the paint, dust, soil, or water at a 
20public school facility meets a level that the Department deems 
21unsafe, including, but not limited to, the current State or 
22federal action levels for lead in drinking water at the time 
 
 
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1results are transmitted by the Department to the State Board of 
2Education.
 
3    Section 15. Notification. If a public school facility has 
4received notification from the Department under Section 10 that 
5the lead level in the public school facility has been deemed 
6unsafe, then the public school facility's school board or 
7school personnel must provide written notification to its 
8students' parents or guardians of the Department's findings, 
9including the lead level, no later than 10 calendar days after 
10being notified by the Department.