New York Laws
Title 10 - Control of Lead Poisoning
1370-B - Advisory Council on Lead Poisoning Prevention.

(a) To develop a comprehensive statewide plan to prevent lead
poisoning and to minimize the risk of human exposure to lead;
(b) To coordinate the activities of its member agencies with respect
to environmental lead policy and the statewide plan;
(c) To recommend the adoption of policies with regard to the detection
and elimination of lead hazards in the environment;
(d) To recommend the adoption of policies with regard to the
identification and management of children with elevated lead levels;
(e) To recommend the adoption of policies with regard to education and
outreach strategies related to lead exposure, detection, and risk
reduction;
(f) To comment on regulations of the department under this title when
the council deems appropriate;
(g) To make recommendations to ensure the qualifications of persons
performing inspection and abatement of lead through a system of
licensure and certification or otherwise;
(h) To recommend strategies for funding the lead poisoning prevention
program, including but not limited to ways to enhance the funding of
screening through insurance coverage and other means, and ways to
financially assist property owners in abating environmental lead, such
as tax credits, loan funds, and other approaches; and
(i) To report on or before December first of each year to the governor
and the legislature concerning the previous year's development and
implementation of the statewide plan and operation of the program,
together with recommendations it deems necessary and the most currently
available lead surveillance measures, including the actual number and
estimated percentage of children tested for lead in accordance with New
York state regulations, including age-specific testing requirements, and
the actual number and estimated percentage of children identified with
elevated blood lead levels. Such report shall be made available on the
department's website.