Code Section

105295.  

(a) (1) The department shall collect and analyze all information necessary to effectively monitor appropriate case management efforts. The department shall prepare a biennial report describing the effectiveness of appropriate case management efforts. This report shall be made available to local health departments and the general public.

(2) The department shall prominently post the report prepared pursuant to this subdivision on the department’s Internet Web site consistent with the requirements of subdivision (c) of Section 124125.

(b) The report prepared pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include all of the following information listed for each county:

(1) The total number of children tested for lead poisoning.

(2) The results of blood lead testing by ranges of lead levels.

(3) The number of children, by blood lead level range, who were referred for case management and environmental services and who received the following services:

(A) Home visit.

(B) Environmental investigation.

(C) Family education and provision of educational materials, nutrition assessment, and nutrition education.

(4) (A) The identified sources of lead exposure for those children having lead poisoning.

(B) The report shall indicate whether the sources of lead exposure identified in, on, or around a residence or location associated with a child with lead poisoning have been removed, remediated, or abated.

(c) The report shall also include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) The number of enrolled children in Medi-Cal, identified by county and year of age, who received blood lead screening tests and who have not received these tests.

(2) The number of children not enrolled in Medi-Cal, identified by county, and year of age, who have received blood lead screening tests.

(3) Publicly releasable data and information that the department compiles, identifies, and analyzes in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 124125.

(d) The department shall collaborate with the State Department of Health Care Services to collect and analyze information identified under subdivision (c) that pertains to children enrolled in Medi-Cal.

(e) When preparing the report required by subdivision (b), the department may use the information that the department receives through its existing case management efforts, including, but not limited to, the data in biennial reports provided to the department from local health departments.

(f) The department shall provide the data collected and the report prepared pursuant to this section to the Healthy Communities Data and Indicators Project (HCI) standardized set of statistical measures for use in any tools developed by HCI that are used for planning healthy communities and evaluating the impact of plans, projects, policies, and environmental changes on community health.

(g) All uses and disclosure of data made pursuant to this section shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws for the protection of the privacy and security of data, including, but not limited to, subdivision (g) of Section 124130 and the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code).