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Senate expands early intervention for children with elevated blood lead levels
Summary
Legislation passed to make early intervention services automatically available to children with elevated blood lead levels; sponsors said the change will help children in high-incidence areas and cited Buffalo’s disproportionate burden.
The New York State Senate passed a bill to make early intervention services automatically available to children identified with elevated blood lead levels, a change supporters said will remove a barrier to care for children in areas with high incidence of lead exposure.
Senator April Baskin, who sponsored the bill, described the measure as the culmination of years of advocacy in Buffalo and elsewhere and said it will ensure “children with elevated blood lead…
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