Dakota County grant funding provided to study lead exposure, and money appropriated.

A bill for an act

relating to health; appropriating money for a grant to study lead exposure in Dakota

County.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

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APPROPRIATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH STUDY ON LEAD

EXPOSURE IN DAKOTA COUNTY.
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(a) $....... in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner

of health for a grant to the Dakota County board for Dakota County Public Health to conduct

a community health study on lead exposure among Dakota County residents. The study

may:

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(1) examine sources of lead emissions in Dakota County and whether lead emissions

from any sources have exceeded air quality standards or water quality standards for lead at

any point in the previous 24 months;

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(2) examine any impacts of elevated lead emissions in the county on blood lead levels

of county residents, particularly on the blood lead levels of children under age six, pregnant

women, and individuals residing within one mile of a source of lead emissions that exceeded

air quality standards for lead in the previous 24 months; and

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(3) identify necessary steps at the county and state levels to protect county residents

from exposure to elevated lead emissions and to mitigate risks of elevated lead emissions

for county residents.

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(b) At the request of Dakota County Public Health, the commissioner may provide

technical assistance for the study and must make available de-identified data on Dakota

County residents from the blood lead surveillance system under Minnesota Statutes, section

144.9502.

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