(c) Reporting.--Health care practitioners, health care
facilities and laboratories shall comply with 28 Pa. Code §
27.34 (relating to reporting cases of lead poisoning).
Section 6 4. Duties of department.
(a) Comprehensive educational program.--The department shall
conduct a public information campaign to inform parents of young
children, physicians, nurses health care practitioners, health
care facilities and other health care providers of the lead
testing requirements under this act.
(b) Distribution of literature about childhood lead
poisoning.--
(1) The department shall provide culturally and
linguistically appropriate educational materials regarding
childhood lead poisoning, the importance of testing for
elevated lead levels, insurance coverage for testing,
including information regarding the Medical Assistance (MA)
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment
(EPSDT) program and how to enroll, prevention of childhood
lead poisoning, treatment of childhood lead poisoning,
remediation and, when appropriate, the requirements of this
act.
(2) Educational materials shall be available at no cost
and shall be developed for specific audiences, including
health care providers, practitioners, health care facilities,
homeowners, landlords and parents or caregivers.
(c) Statewide registry.--The department shall develop an
electronic system to provide for the confidential storage and
management of blood lead testing information that enables a
health care provider practitioner to review a patient's history
to determine the status of blood lead testing required under
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