Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §1319-C, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 276, §10, is amended to read:

1. Annual screening required. The department shall require a day child care center facility and the premises of a home day care provider as defined in chapter 1673 and a nursery school as defined in chapter 1675 to have an annual screening for potential lead hazards. If potential lead hazards are identified, a full lead inspection must be conducted.

Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §1319-C, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

1-A.__Lead-safe status.__A facility found to have lead hazards shall abate or remediate the hazards to at least a lead-safe status.

Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §1319-C, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 276, §10, is amended to read:

2. Exemptions. A facility may be exempt from subsection 1 if:

A. The facility was constructed in 1978 or later;

B. The facility has been certified as lead-safe within the previous 12 months;

C. The facility has been certified as lead-free; or

D. The facility does not serve any children under 6 years of age.

Sec. 6. 22 MRSA §1321, first ¶, as amended by PL 1995, c. 453, §10, is further amended to read:

If the department determines that an environmental lead hazard exists in or on any dwelling, premises, residential child-care child-occupied facility, child care facility, premises of a home day care provider or preschool facility nursery school:

Sec. 7. 22 MRSA §1321, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 276, §13, is further amended to read:

1. Notice posted. The department shall post in or upon the dwelling, premises, residential child-occupied facility, day