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Paul Haan,
Get the Lead Out! Newsletter, February 15, 2005 Issue #9
In this Newsletter:
1) MCIR Bill Passes Senate
2) Touch-Point Provider Training Goes on the Road
3) EPA Proposes New Rules for Renovating, Repair and Painting
4) Saginaw to Host National Lead and Asthma Conference
5) Local Training Opportunities
- Health and Human Service Provider Training
- Lead Safe Work Practices
- Lead 101 for Homeowners
6) Next Get the Lead Out! Collaborative meeting
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1) MCIR Bill Passes Senate
Senate Bill 728, introduced by Senator Bill Hardiman, calls for
changes to the Michigan Childhood Immunization Registry (MCIR) that
would allow results from children's blood lead tests be included. This
is important as it will allow health care providers to have immediate
access to a child's lead testing records. This immediate access will
reduce unnecessary duplication of testing and will help ensure that
children in need of treatment do not slip through the cracks.
The MCIR is a protected database that provides health care providers
immediate access to a child's immunization records over the internet.
The proposed legislation would lift the age cap (20 years of age) and
would allow the Michigan Department of Community Health to promulgate
rules allowing other important health information beyond immunizations
to be linked to the MCIR.
A substitute version of this bill (S-1) unanimously passed the
Michigan Senate February 2, and has been sent to the House Committee
on Health Policy. Get the Lead Out! supports the substitute bill.
To review the bill, go to
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(rqhs3qbuwetzih45qf4axt45)/mileg.aspx?page=BillStatus&objectname=2005-SB-0728.
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2) Touch-Point Provider Training Goes on the Road
When you have a good program, word gets around. This is exactly the
case with the childhood lead poisoning prevention training being
offered to health, early childhood, and human service providers by
Michigan Family Resources.
On March 3, Michigan Family Resources will be bringing the training to
a full house in Muskegon County. More than 30 early childhood and
health care providers will be trained that day. This training will be
held in collaboration with the Muskegon Area Intermediate School
District and Lead-Safe NOW! Muskegon, an emerging community coalition.
If you would like to schedule a training specifically for your
organization, contact
gtlo@sbcglobal.net.
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3) EPA Proposes New Rules for Renovating, Repair and Painting
On January 10, 2006, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
proposed new requirements to minimize the introduction of lead hazards
resulting from the disturbance of lead-based paint during renovation,
repair, and painting activities in housing built before 1978. The
proposal introduces lead training, certification, and safe work
practice requirements for contractors involved in these activities.
The proposed rule would apply to housing with lead-based paint built
before 1978. EPA is proposing a two-phased approach, with the first
phase focusing on rental and owner-occupied housing built before 1978
where a child has an elevated blood lead level, in rental housing
built before 1960 and in owner-occupied housing built before 1960
where children under age six reside. The second phase would apply to
renovations in rental housing built between 1960 and 1978 and to
owner-occupied housing built after 1960 and before 1978 where children
under six reside.
The proposed rule would require that renovators are trained in the use
of lead safe work practices, that renovators and firms be certified,
that providers of renovation training be accredited, and that
renovators follow renovation work practice standards. The standards
would apply to all persons who do renovation for compensation,
including renovation contractors, maintenance workers in multi-family
housing, painters and other specialty trades.
Get the Lead Out! is interested in partners' thoughts about these
proposed rules. Comments are sure to be received from the remodeling
and painting industries. Advocates for children's environmental health
should also be sure to make their comments known. Comments must be
submitted to the EPA by April 10, 2006. If you have thoughts on this
matter, please share your comments with Get the Lead Out! by emailing
gtlo@sbcglobal.net.
For more information on the proposed rule or to comment directly, go
to:
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/renovation.htm
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4) Saginaw to Host National Lead and Asthma Conference
Lead poisoning prevention colleagues in Saginaw will be hosting the
National Conference on Asthma and Lead Poisoning May 22-24, 2006. The
conference will feature a variety of topics, including best practices
to minimize housing-related risk factors for asthma and lead
poisoning, low-literacy community-based intervention methods,
bilingual intervention programs, healthy homes initiatives, and more.
The conference is designed for healthy homes advocates, public health
officials, academics, federal and state legislative staff, and
representatives from funders with an interest in lead poisoning and
asthma. For more information, visit
www.fni.org/leadandasthma.asp.
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5) Local Training Opportunities
Please feel free to announce these opportunities to your constituents
or in your organization's newsletter.
Health and Human Service Provider Training - Training in childhood
lead poisoning prevention and orientation to available resources is
being offered by Michigan Family Resources on the following dates:
- Thursday, February 23 from 8:00am - Noon @ 2626 Walker Ave NW.
- Wednesday, March 29 from 8:00am - Noon @ 2626 Walker Ave NW.
- Thursday, April 27 from 8:00am - Noon @ 2626 Walker Ave NW.
- Thursday, May 25 from 8:00am - Noon @ 2626 Walker Ave NW.
To register for any of these training dates, contact Susan Weise, at
(616) 453-4145 x275 or
sweise@michiganfamilyresources.org.
Lead Safe Work Practices - This EPA approved curriculum teaches
homeowners, landlords, maintenance staff, and remodelers how to work
lead-safe. Home Repair Services will be offering this eight-hour class
9:00am, Saturday, March 11. The class will be held at 1100 South
Division in Grand Rapids.
Participants must attend the entire class. There is no cost for this
training, but registration is required. Contact Richard Ten Hoor at
241-2601 x236 or
rtenhoor@homerepairservices.org. Priority will be given to
homeowners and Grand Rapids landlords applying for the City of Grand
Rapids Lead Hazard Control program.
Lead 101 for Homeowners - Home Repair Services also offers an
introductory class on low-cost interim controls and maintaining a
lead-safe home for homeowners. This class is a great first step for
families with children who live in older housing. This two-hour class
is free. Class times change each week to accommodate various work
schedules. All classes are held at 1100 South Division. Register by
contacting Richard Ten Hoor at 241-2601 x236 or
rtenhoor@homerepairservices.org. Upcoming classes include:
- Tuesday February
21st 3-5PM
- Tuesday, February 28 from 10:00am - Noon
- Tuesday, March 7 from 10:00am - Noon
- Tuesday, March 14 from 1:00pm - 3:00pm
- Monday, March 20 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm
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6) Next Get the Lead Out! Collaborative meeting
The date of the next Get the Lead Out! collaborative meeting is
Wednesday, March 1. The meeting will be 3:00 - 5:00pm at Home Repair
Services. This meeting will have two particularly important agenda
items: future fiduciary relationship for Get the Lead Out! and action
on the "Future Direction Strategy" drafted at the special January 24
meeting of the collaborative.
As always, guests are welcome to attend and learn more.
To receive collaborative meeting agenda packets via email, contact
gtlo@sbcglobal.net.
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Paul Haan
Get the Lead Out!
"Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning through Partnership"
Community Leadership Institute, Aquinas College
1607 Robinson Road SE
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506
phone: 616.241.3300
fax: 616.732.4585
email: GTLO@sbcglobal.net
www.cliaquinas.org
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