Sec. 703. Lead level screening and testing for children

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The Secretary of Defense shall establish clinical practice guidelines for health care providers employed by the Department of Defense on screening, testing and reporting of blood lead levels in children. Guidelines established under paragraph

(1)shall reflect recommendations made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to the screening, testing, and reporting of blood lead levels in children. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall disseminate the clinical practice guidelines established under paragraph

(1)to health care providers of the Department of Defense. The Secretary shall ensure that any care provided by the Department of Defense to a child for lead poisoning shall be carried out in accordance with applicable guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With respect to a child who receives from the Department of Defense a test for lead poisoning— the Secretary shall provide the results of the test to the parent or guardian of the child; and notwithstanding any requirements for the confidentiality of health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–191 ), the Secretary shall provide the results of the test and the address at which the child resides to— the relevant health department of the State in which the child resides if the child resides in the United States; or if the child resides outside the United States— the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and the appropriate authority of the country in which the child resides. In this subsection, the term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States. Not later than January 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report detailing, with respect to the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the date of the report, the following: The number of children who were tested by the Department of Defense for the level of lead in the blood of the child, and of such number, the number who were found to have elevated blood lead levels. The number of children who were screened by the Department of Defense for an elevated risk of lead exposure. The treatment provided to children pursuant to chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, for lead poisoning. In this paragraph, the term elevated blood lead level has the meaning given that term by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Sec. 703

Lead level screening and testing for children

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