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HR 2788 107th Congress House

Children's Lead SAFE Act

Official title: To ensure that children enrolled in Medicaid and other Federal means-tested programs at highest risk for lead poisoning are identified and treated, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 2, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Oct 9, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Aug 16, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 3, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1535-1536)
Aug 2, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Aug 2, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 9, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Children's Lead Screening Accountability For Early-Intervention Act of 2001 or Children's Lead SAFE Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require State Medicaid plans to provide for reporting to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) of the number of children who: (1) are under age three and enrolled in the State plan; and (2) have received a blood lead screening test.

Requires each contract between the State and an entity responsible for medical assistance under the State plan to provide for: (1) compliance with mandatory blood lead screening requirements consistent with prevailing guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); and (2) coverage of qualified lead treatment services. Allows reimbursement for qualified lead treatment services for children with elevated blood lead levels. Provides for enhanced Federal matching contributions for a specified information retrieval system.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a bonus program to improve the blood lead screening rates of States for children under age three enrolled in Medicaid.

Amends SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) to give States the option to elect to provide SCHIP coverage for blood lead poisoning screening tests for children.

Amends the Head Start Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and to mandate blood lead poisoning screening tests for an infant or child to be eligible to participate in either the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC) or early Head Start and Head Start programs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Apr 30, 2002
FROST, MARTIN
· Aug 2, 2001
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Aug 2, 2001
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