Report 2019-105 Recommendation Responses
Report 2019-105: Childhood Lead Levels: Millions of Children in Medi-Cal Have Not Received Required Testing for Lead Poisoning (Release Date: January 2020)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To ensure that CDPH can contact the families of children with lead poisoning and has alternative information to match lead tests to the children's records that do not have unique identification numbers, the Legislature should amend state law to require laboratories to report phone numbers and addresses with all lead test results.
Description of Legislative Action
AB 2326 (Chapter 528, Statutes of 2022) requires, in part, that, beginning on July 1, 2023, a laboratory that performs a blood lead analysis report to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) the person's address, including the ZIP Code, and telephone number unless the health care provider cannot, or will not, provide the requested information.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: March 2023
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Legislation Enacted
Description of Legislative Action
As of January 7, 2022, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2022
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
As of January 7, 2021, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
AB 2422 (Grayson, 2020) would have required, if the person tested is a minor, a laboratory to include the person's contact information and a unique identifier in a form to be determined by CDPH .
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Legislation Proposed But Not Enacted
Description of Legislative Action
AB 2422would require, if the person tested is a minor, a laboratory to include the person's contact information and a unique identifier in a form to be determined by CDPH.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: July 2020