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May 2013

Keep Michigan kids lead-free

Lead testing is a benefit for children covered by the MIChild program.

MIChild preventive care services are covered at 100 percent when provided by a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan PPO provider. To assist in determining if your patients need to be tested for lead, the Michigan Department of Community Health developed specific exposure questions to determine a child’s risk:

  • Does the child live in or often visit a house, daycare, preschool, home of a relative, etc., built before 1950?
  • Does the child live in or often visit a house built before 1978 that has been remodeled within the last year?
  • Does the child have a sibling or playmate with lead poisoning?
  • Does the child live with an adult whose job or hobby involves lead?
  • Does the child’s family use any home remedies or cultural practices that may contain or use lead?
  • Is the child included in a special population group, such as being a foreign adoptee, refugee, migrant, immigrant or foster care child?

If parents or guardians answer "yes" or "I don't know" to any of the above questions, then the patient may need to be tested. If you would like more information regarding the lead testing criteria developed by the Michigan Department of Community Health, please visit michigan.gov/documents/ScreenPlan_11223_7.pdf.*

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