City of Baltimore - File #: 13-0100R

• File #: 13-0100R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of State Action - Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/4/2013
• In control: Health Committee
• Final action: 3/18/2013
• Title: In Support of State Action - Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing FOR the purpose of supporting adoption of House Bill 1067, or similar legislation, to align Maryland lead poisoning prevention policies with CDC recommendations, and urging the Health Department and the Department of Housing and Community Development to improve their coordination in order to maximize the effectiveness of both current lead poisoning prevention efforts and the improvement of efforts that passage of House Bill 1067 would allow.
• Sponsors: President Young, Bill Henry, Nick Mosby, Sharon Green Middleton, Carl Stokes, James B. Kraft, Brandon M. Scott, William "Pete" Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Rochelle Spector, Edward Reisinger, Warren Branch
• Indexes: Lead, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/18/2013	0	City Council	Adopted
3/18/2013	0	Health Committee	Recommended Favorably
3/11/2013	0	Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/7/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
3/7/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
3/4/2013	0	City Council	Introduced
3/4/2013	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: President Young



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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In Support of State Action - Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing

FOR the purpose of supporting adoption of House Bill 1067, or similar legislation, to align Maryland lead poisoning prevention policies with CDC recommendations, and urging the Health Department and the Department of Housing and Community Development to improve their coordination in order to maximize the effectiveness of both current lead poisoning prevention efforts and the improvement of efforts that passage of House Bill 1067 would allow.
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Recitals

Lead poisoning has been a scourge afflicting Baltimore’s children for far too long. Although concerted efforts to address lead poisoning throughout Maryland have made dramatic progress in reducing its occurrence over the last 2 decades, it remains far too common - and disproportionately impacts low income urban communities concentrated in older housing units such as many in Baltimore.

The only truly effective intervention against lead poisoning is prevention. Recognizing this, the CDC recommends that public health actions be initiated at relatively low levels of exposure in order to minimize the potential for lead to build up in people’s systems over time. They recommend intervention when as little as 5 micrograms of lead are detected per deciliter of a child or pregnant woman’s blood. This ...