Bill > S1430

This bill aims to amend the Massachusetts lead law to promote equal access to lead-free housing. The key provisions include: 1. Reducing the lead level threshold from 14 micrograms per deciliter to 5 micrograms per deciliter for defining dangerous levels of lead, thereby expanding the scope of properties subject to lead abatement requirements. 2. Requiring at least 2 members of the Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control Advisory Committee to be active in the field of environmental justice. 3. Removing the term "or retarded" from the law's language. 4. Expanding the entities that can initiate enforcement of lead abatement orders to include local boards of health and code enforcement agencies. 5. Mandating owners to abate or contain lead hazards in rental properties located in designated "high-risk communities," regardless of whether a child under 6 years of age resides there. 6. Removing the provision that exempts mortgagors from contributing to lead abatement costs if no child under 6 resided in the property while they owned it. The bill aims to promote equitable access to lead-safe housing by lowering the lead level threshold, increasing community representation, and expanding the scope of properties subject to lead abatement requirements.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1430