LRB-1262/P2
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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Bollhorst, BB0173 - Birth to 3 Lead Change
For 2023-2025 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Health and human services
Mental illness and developmental disabilities
Early intervention services for children with lead in their blood
Under current law, DHS implements a statewide program, referred to as the Birth to 3 program, that provides early intervention services for children aged three and under who are developmentally delayed or are diagnosed as having a condition that is likely to result in significantly delayed development. This bill ensures that children with a concentration of lead in their blood of at least 3.5 micrograms per 100 milliliters of blood are eligible for services under the Birth to 3 program. The bill also allows DHS to develop a methodology to allocate funding for early intervention services across county programs.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 51.44 (5) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
51.44 (5) (bm) Ensure that any child with a level of lead in his or her blood that is 3.5 or more micrograms per 100 milliliters of blood, as confirmed by one venous blood test, is eligible for services under the program under this section.
Section 9119.
Nonstatutory provisions; Health Services.
(1) Early intervention services. The department of health services may develop a methodology to allocate moneys under s. 20.435 (7) (bt) across county programs.
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