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Advocates urge Senate to restore lead‑abatement funding cut in House HB96
3310871 · April 30, 2025
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Summary
Ohio Healthy Homes Network and Lehigh Free Kids Coalition asked the Senate to restore funding the House cut for lead abatement and lead‑safe home programs, warning the state has among the highest elevated blood lead rates in the nation.
Fred Strayhorn, executive director of the Ohio Healthy Homes Network and a leader with the Lehigh Free Kids Coalition, told the Senate Health Committee that the House version of HB96 significantly reduced or eliminated funding for the state’s lead abatement and lead‑safe home programs and asked the Senate…
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