Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Screen, Manage, Address, and Remove Toxins for Children Act of 2017” or the “SMART Child Act of 2017”.
Screen, Manage, Address, and Remove Toxins for Children Act of 2017
A BILL
To amend section 317A of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a program for screenings and referrals regarding lead poisoning, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Screenings and referrals regarding lead poisoning
Grant application— Section 317A(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–1(d)) is amended—
by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9); and
by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
“(8)
“(A) A protocol for referring for medical (including mental health) treatment infants and children who are found to have elevated blood lead levels.
“(B) Such protocol shall include identification of a single agency that will be responsible for—
“(i) case management for such infants and children through the later of—
“(I) the date that is 3 years after the infant or child is referred to the agency; and
“(II) if the infant or child continues to need services related to such elevated blood lead levels beyond the end of such 3-year period, the date on which the infant or child is discharged; and
“(ii) overseeing such referrals and ensuring that the infant or child and the family are receiving services deemed necessary by medical and mental health professionals.”
Funding— Paragraph (1) of section 317A(l) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–1(l)) is amended by striking “$40,000,000” and all that follows through the period and inserting “$150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.”.