SCS/HB 39 - This act revises the notice requirements for lead hazard inspections. Current law requires that the owner of a dwelling or child-occupied facility must have been notified by certified mail at least three days prior to the inspection. The act removes the requirement to provide advance notice of the inspection by certified mail and requires that the Department of Health, the owner and an adult occupant be notified, prior to the inspection, that an occupant or child of age six years or less who regularly visits the building has an elevated blood lead level.

The act allows the Director of the Department of Health to charge licensing and accreditation fees for lead inspectors, abatement contractors, supervisors and workers. These fees will be deposited into the Public Health Services Fund.

The act contains an emergency clause. This act is substantially similar to SB 246 and HB 320 (1999).
ERIN MOTLEY