Sec. 4. Blood lead level surveillance and education funding
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services may award grants to States, the District of Columbia, Territories, and local governments to— increase blood lead level screening, including screening for elevated blood lead levels in infants, children, and pregnant women; ensure referral for treatment of, and environmental intervention for, infants and children with elevated blood lead levels; conduct blood lead level surveillance; facilitate data collection and analysis to better understand lead poisoning risk, including with respect to health, housing, and other environmental lead exposure source data; support data analysis for lead-poisoning prevention resource targeting; and educate the public on the impact of lead poisoning, including education to prevent and mitigate the impact of childhood lead poisoning.
To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.