Sec. 3. Grants for lead poisoning related activities

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Section 317O of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247b–16 ) is amended— by redesignating subsections

(c)and

(d)as subsections

(e)and (f), respectively; by inserting after subsection

(b)the following: For purposes of supporting State coordination of operations and activities as described in subsection (b), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall award additional grants to States receiving amounts under subsection

(a)to support the following activities in such States: Development or maintenance of a State-based registry of data related to blood lead testing of children up to 6 years of age, which includes data on the number of children up 72 months of age tested for lead, the prevalence of confirmed elevated blood lead levels in tested children less than 6 years of age, and the insurance status of children tested for lead at less than 6 years of age. Development or maintenance of data-linking capabilities between the State health department and State Medicaid office with respect to blood lead testing for children up to 72 months of age. Regular reporting, as defined by the Secretary, of blood lead testing data for children up to 72 months of age regardless of the payor or source of funding for such blood lead testing. The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall publish best practices for data collection standards related to childhood blood lead testing, with the aim of improving data standardization across relevant State agencies. ; and in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by striking such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005 and inserting $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023 .

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