[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2586 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2586

 To require States to report elevated blood lead levels to the Centers 
                  for Disease Control and Prevention.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 25, 2016

  Mr. Cardin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require States to report elevated blood lead levels to the Centers 
                  for Disease Control and Prevention.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Thorough Evaluation of State Testing 
to Kick-start Investigations before Damage is Suffered Act'' or the 
``TEST KIDS Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE REPORTING OF ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD LEVELS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, shall establish procedures under which a State shall, on a 
quarterly basis, report to the Director the number of residents of the 
State under 2 years of age who have elevated blood lead levels.
    (b) Identification and Investigation.--The Director of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention, based on the reports received under 
subsection (a), shall identify specific areas where children with high 
blood lead levels are concentrated and conduct an investigation to 
determine the sources of lead in such areas.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
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