Sec. 5. (a) The state department shall, in cooperation with other state agencies, collect data under this chapter and, before June 1 of each year, report the results to the general assembly for the previous calendar year. A copy of the report shall be transmitted in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 to the executive director of the legislative services agency for distribution to the members of the general assembly.

     (b) The report transmitted under subsection (a) must include for each county the following information concerning children who are less than seven (7) years of age:

(1) The number of children who received a blood lead test.

(2) The number of children who had a blood test result of at least ten (10) micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood.

(3) The number of children identified under subdivision (2) who received a blood test to confirm that they had lead poisoning.

(4) The number of children identified under subdivision (3) who had lead poisoning.

(5) The number of children identified under subdivision (4) who had a blood test result of less than ten (10) micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood.

(6) The average number of days taken to confirm a blood lead test.

(7) The number of risk assessments performed for children identified under subdivision (4) and the average number of days taken to perform the risk assessment.

(8) The number of housing units in which risk assessments performed under subdivision (7) documented lead hazards as defined by 40 CFR 745.

(9) The number of housing units identified under subdivision (8) that were covered by orders issued under IC 13-14-10-2 or by another governmental authority to eliminate lead hazards.

(10) The number of housing units identified under subdivision (9) for which lead hazards have been eliminated within thirty (30) days, three (3) months, and six (6) months.

As added by P.L.135-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.147-2023, SEC.25.