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5/12/2025
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Media Advisory: House Health, Human Services Committee to hear lead poisoning prevention bills
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STATE HOUSE – The House Health and Human Services Committee meets tomorrow for hearings on two bills concerning lead poisoning prevention.
The committee is scheduled to meet Tuesday, May 13, at the rise of the House session in Room 135 on the first floor of the State House. The committee is scheduled to hear:
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2025-H 6304 — This bill sponsored by Rep. William W. O’Brien (D-Dist. 54, North Providence) ensures public access to lead service lines to determine the existence of lead within the water connection.
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2025-H 6305 — Sponsored by Rep. Robert D. Phillips (D-Dist. 51, Woonsocket, Cumberland), this bill allows a clinical laboratory that is incorporated in Rhode Island to analyze blood samples from children under the age 6 for blood lead levels.
The meeting will be televised by Capitol Television, which can be seen on Cox channels 15 and 61, on i3Broadband channel 15 and on Verizon channel 34. It will be live streamed at capitoltvri.cablecast.tv.
Testimony on the bills being heard will be accepted in person or in writing via email to HouseHealthandHumanServices@rilegislature.gov. Written testimony must include a name and any applicable organization, the bill number(s) and viewpoint (for/against/neither). It will be considered a public document.
For more information, contact:
Larry Berman, Communications Director for the Office of the Speaker
State House Room 322
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-2466
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