CHANDLER HA LEAD DATA AGREEMENT.PDF

Maricopa County and Chandler Housing Authority
Elevated Blood Lead Level Data Agreement
Background and Purpose:
Houses and apartments built prior to the 1978 federal ban of lead-based paint have an increased risk of
containing lead. An estimated 24 million housing units in the United States are contaminated. Lead
sources may come from deteriorating paint, dust, and soil. Lead paint that is peeling, chipping,
chalking, cracking, or damaged due to age or high impact is highly hazardous.
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) addressed the issue of
environmental lead in federally owned and subsidized housing with the Lead Safe Housing Rule (24 CFR
35, subparts H (Project Based Assistance, including Multifamily Residential Properties), L (Public
Housing Programs), and M (Tenant-Based Rental Assistance – Housing Choice Voucher Program)),
which requires Housing Authorities to complete an environmental investigation and lead-based paint
hazard reduction (when applicable) of the dwelling unit to which the subpart applies, when a child
aged six or less has been identified with an elevated blood lead level of 5 µg/dL or greater.
Lead poisoning can cause serious developmental damage to children that can last a lifetime, yet it is
completely preventable if lead hazards are removed. The purpose of this project is to reduce the
incidence of childhood lead poisoning due to environmental causes in the home by monitoring lead
poisoning reports and implementing environmental remediation when needed.
Process:
In the proposed project, childhood blood lead level data reported in Maricopa County will be used to
determine locations for environmental testing on housing authority property within Maricopa County. If
environmental treatment and/or remediation is necessary, it will be completed by the responsible
housing authority or owner, as applicable. All results will be reported by the Chandler Housing Authority
(CHA) to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) and Arizona Department of Health
Services (ADHS).
Chandler Housing Authority will:
1. Provide MCDPH with a quarterly list of current addresses of the Housing Authority dwelling units
to which the Lead Safe Housing Rule Subpart M applies.
2. Provide MCDPH with a one-time list of dwelling units to which the Lead Safe Housing Rule
Subpart H and L apply, if applicable.
a. Provide MCDPH with notification regarding any addresses that have converted out of
Chandler Housing Authority’s inventory through the Rental Assistance Demonstration
(RAD) Program, when applicable.
3. Provide MCDPH with monthly reports on a date agreed upon by both parties. Reports will
include any action taken to conduct environmental testing and/or remediation on a Housing
Authority dwelling unit identified by MCDPH as the residence of a child under age 6 with a
confirmed positive blood lead level of 5 µg/dL or greater, or a statement indicating that no
environmental testing and/or remediation occurred, if/when applicable.

Maricopa County Department of Public Health will:
1. Determine if any child under six that tests positive for an elevated blood lead level of 5 µg/dL or
greater resides in an applicable Housing Authority dwelling unit. MCDPH will provide the
addresses of any positive cases to Chandler Housing Authority on a monthly basis.
2. Provide ADHS with data received from the Chandler Housing Authority regarding actions taken
to conduct environmental testing and/or remediation.
Data Use Restrictions:
By using these data, CHA and MCDPH users agree to comply with the following data use restrictions.
The Maricopa County Department of Public Health does everything in its power to assure that the
identity of data subjects will not be disclosed. All direct identifiers including name, SSN, and DOB, as well
as any characteristics that might lead to identification, are omitted from the dataset. Users shall not
attempt to identify individuals from any computer file, nor shall they link with a computer file containing
patient identifiers. Any intentional identification or disclosure of a person or establishment violates the
assurances of confidentiality given to the providers of the information.
Therefore, MCDPH and CHA personnel (users) must agree to the following provisions:
1. Users will not use nor permit others to use the data in any way other than for the purposes of
identifying locations to carry out environmental testing.
2. Users will not attempt to link, nor permit others to link the data with individually identified
records in other MCDPH or non-MCDPH databases.
3. Users will not attempt to learn the identity of any person whose address is contained in the
supplied file(s).
4. If the identity of any person is discovered inadvertently, then the following action should be
taken:
a. No use will be made of this knowledge
b. Users will not share the discovered identity with others
5. Users will not release nor permit others to release the data in full or in part to any person except
with the written approval of MCDPH.
6. If accessing the data from a centralized location on a time-sharing computer system or LAN,
users will not share their logon name and password with any other individuals. Users will also
not allow any other individuals to use their computer account after they have logged on with
their logon name and password.
7. CHA will share any results/findings from analysis of these data with MCDPH before findings are
presented outside the requesting organization.
8. Users will be held accountable for any violation of these data use restrictions.

Signatures/Approvals:
FOR: Maricopa County by and through FOR: Chandler Housing Authority
its Department of Public Health
Bill Gates, Chairman Chief Procurement Officer or Designee
County Board of Supervisors
Date Print Name and Title
___________________________________
Date
APPROVED AS TO FORM: _____________________________________________
Attorney for County
ATTEST: ___________________________________________________________
Office of the Clerk of the Board