Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires reporting on employee blood test results for lead levels.

Highlights:

• Requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a program with responsibilities including, but not limited to the following (Sec. 1):

• Monitoring lab reports of adult lead toxicity and creating a registry of occupational lead poisoning; 

• Train employers, employees, and health professionals in lead poisoning prevention; and

• Find sources of lead exposure and make recommendations on lead poisoning prevention.

• Establishes that a lab report, submitted to the Department, of employee lead blood levels at or above 20 micrograms per deciliter be reported to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health within five business days of receiving the lab report (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the employee lead blood level of 20 micrograms per deciliter does not supersede any lower lead blood levels stipulated by the Division’s standards (Sec. 1).

• Requires that the Division initiate an investigation into the reported place of employment within three business days of receiving a report from the Department (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires reporting on employee blood test results for lead levels.

Highlights:

• Requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a program with responsibilities including, but not limited to the following (Sec. 1):

• Monitoring lab reports of adult lead toxicity and creating a registry of occupational lead poisoning; 

• Train employers, employees, and health professionals in lead poisoning prevention; and

• Find sources of lead exposure and make recommendations on lead poisoning prevention.

• Establishes that a lab report, submitted to the Department, of employee lead blood levels at or above 20 micrograms per deciliter be reported to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health within five business days of receiving the lab report (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the employee lead blood level of 20 micrograms per deciliter does not supersede any lower lead blood levels stipulated by the Division’s standards (Sec. 1).

• Requires that the Division initiate an investigation into the reported place of employment within three business days of receiving a report from the Department (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text