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Committee advances bill requiring lead-testing education for pregnant WIC recipients
Summary
The education committee voted unanimously to move HB 1369 to calendar and rules after the sponsor said it would require the Department of Health to provide educational materials and wraparound services about blood-lead testing and nutrition for pregnant women who receive WIC.
The House Education Committee unanimously advanced HB 1369, a bill the sponsor said would require the Department of Health to provide educational materials about blood lead level testing and related nutrition services to pregnant women who receive WIC. "It requires the Department of Health to provide, women with educational information on specialized nutrition services, education on how to mitigate lead in the body," the sponsor said during the committee hearing.
Committee members offered no substantive opposition during the discussion and the clerk recorded an 18–0 vote to send the bill to calendar and rules. The sponsor told the committee the bill also makes existing wraparound services available to people with elevated blood lead levels or lead poisoning.
If enacted, the bill will direct the state health agency to develop and distribute educational materials targeted to pregnant WIC recipients; the bill text as presented assigns implementation to the Department of Health and does not specify a funding source in the committee presentation.
