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Advocates urge Senate to restore lead-abatement funding cut from House version of HB 96
Summary
The Ohio Healthy Homes Network and coalition partners told the Senate Health Committee the House version of HB 96 sharply reduced or eliminated lead-abatement and Lead Safe Home Fund line items and urged restoration to the governor's levels to continue screening, investigations and hazard removal.
Fred Strayhorn of the Ohio Healthy Homes Network and the Lead-Free Kids Coalition told the Senate Health Committee that the House version of HB 96 eliminated funding for the lead abatement line item and significantly reduced the Lead Safe Home Fund.
Ohio has one of the highest rates of children testing positive for elevated blood lead…
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