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Learn more about the Lead Exposure and Prevention Advisory Committee (LEPAC) meeting to be held December 11, 2024.
Agenda and registration
Lead Exposure and Prevention Advisory Committee (LEPAC) Meeting December 11, 2024
Location: Microsoft Teams
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11:00 am – Welcome, Introductions, and Announcements
Presenters:
Paul Allwood, Ph.D., M.P.H., RS, Designated Federal Official, Branch Chief, Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance Branch, NCEH
Aaron Bernstein, Director, NCEH/ATSDR
Matthew Ammon, M.S., Chair, LEPAC and Director, HUD Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
Perri Ruckart, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance Branch, NCEH
11:55 am – Vote on the Annual Report
12:00 pm Improving Blood Lead Testing from a Local Perspective
Gail Gettens, New Hampshire Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Nicole Lang, APRN, Nurse Case Manager, NH DHHS Division of Public Health Services
Ruth Gubernick, Ph.D., M.P.H., Quality Improvement Consultant, NH DHHS Division of Public Health Services
12:30 pm Public Comment
12:40 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Lead Related Updates from LEPAC Members
3:00 pm Preventing Lead Exposure in Adults (PLEA) Workgroup Report on Recommendation/Discussion
Brian Weaver, M.P.H., Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Michael J. Kosnett, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.M.T., Colorado School of Public Health
3:50 pm Break
4:00 pm Discussion of Blood Lead Testing Challenges and Opportunities Post-COVID
LEPAC Members
5:00 pm Wrap up and Discuss Topics for Next Meeting
Matthew Ammon, M.S., Chair, LEPAC and Director, HUD Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
5:15 pm Adjourn
Meeting resources
- Blood Lead Surveillance Update-Data Modernization Initiative
- CDC's CORE Health Equity Goal: Increasing Blood Lead Testing in Children Enrolled in Medicaid
- Dust-Lead Hazard Standards and Dust-Lead Clearance Levels Reconsideration
- EPA Guidance for Service Line Inventories
- Lead Service Line Replacement
- Lead-Free Communities (LFC) Initiative: The Road to Lead Exposure Elimination
- Medicaid & CHIP and Public Health Coordination on Lead Screening
- National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE)