Legislation Introduced in Response to State Audit
Sacramento – Assemblymember Eloise Reyes (D-San Bernardino) introduced legislation, AB 2276, in response to a State Auditor’s Report, Childhood Lead Levels: Millions of Children in Medi-Cal Have Not Received Required Testing for Lead Poisoning that revealed over a million children in the Medi-Cal Program have not been properly screened for lead exposure. Under the state’s Medi-Cal program, children are required to be screened for lead exposure at the ages of one and two. Lead exposure in children can lead to learning disabilities and serious health consequences. This is