Bill to Ensure Childhood Lead Screening Introduced by State Legislator
Sacramento– Earlier this week, Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes (D-San Bernardino), introduced AB 2122 that would require the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to ensure that children enrolled in Medi-Cal receive blood lead screening tests at 12 and 24 months of age. The bill also requires the DHCS to test children between the ages of 2 and 6 if there is no existing lead test and to report its progress on testing all enrolled children.