§ 27-2056.12 Reporting.
AC § 27-2056.12
a. Within four months after the close of the first fiscal year after which this article takes effect and for every fiscal year thereafter, the commissioner shall provide to the council a written report on the department's implementation of this article during the preceding year. Such report shall include, at a minimum, an analysis of the department's program, a detailed statement of revenue and expenditures and statistical section designed to provide a detailed explanation of the department's enforcement including, but not limited to, the following: (1) the number of complaints for peeling paint in pre-1960 dwelling units where a child of applicable age resides, disaggregated by city or non-city ownership of the building which is the subject of the complaint; (2) the number of inspections by the department pursuant to section 27-2056.9, disaggregated by the city or non-city ownership of the building where the inspection occurred; (3) the number of jobs performed by the department in city-owned buildings to address lead-based paint hazards and any underlying defects; (4) the number of violations issued by the department pursuant to this article, disaggregated by the number of violations issued pursuant to subdivision a of section 27-2056.9; (5) the number of violations issued pursuant to this article that were certified as corrected by the owner, the number of such certifications that did not result in the removal of such violations, and the number of civil actions brought by the department against such owners; (6) the number of jobs performed in which violations issued pursuant to this article were corrected by the department, the average time between the issuance of such violations and their correction, the total amount spent by the department to address the violations, and the average amount spent per dwelling unit where correction of such conditions was completed; (7) a statistical profile with geographic indexing, such as by community district, council district, and/or zip code, of multiple dwellings in which violations are placed, indicating the ages of the multiple dwellings and other factors relevant to the prevalence of lead-based paint hazards, which may include the prior lead poisoning of a child in the multiple dwelling, outstanding violations, and emergency repair charges; (8) the number of investigations conducted pursuant to section 27-2056.4, and the number of violations issued pursuant to subdivision g of section 27-2056.4; (9) the number of investigations conducted pursuant to section 27-2056.8, and the number of violations issued pursuant to subdivision c of section 27-2056.8; (10) the number of dwelling units in which violations for underlying defects were placed in addition to violations for lead-based paint; (11) the number of inspectors assigned at the end of the fiscal year to conduct inspections using XRF machines; and (12) the number of audits conducted under subdivision b of section 27-2056.17 and the number of violations issued pursuant to subdivision c of section 27-2056.17, disaggregated by the section of this article for which such violations were issued. b. The department of health and mental hygiene shall prepare a report on progress toward increasing screening rates and reducing the incidence rates of children newly identified with elevated blood lead levels. This report shall be utilized by the department in its implementation of this article. Such report shall be submitted to the council within nine months after the close of each calendar year. Such report shall include comprehensive information for the prior calendar year regarding the implementation and enforcement of all lead poisoning prevention and control measures required by local law or rule, and shall include, but not be limited to: (1) the number of addresses inspected and the number of commissioner's orders and violations issued pursuant to section 27-2056.11 and any regulations promulgated thereunder, disaggregated by whether such inspections occurred in response to complaints, referrals from the department of buildings or another cause; (2) the number of incidences of lead poisoning in children and pregnant women; and (3) information on the implementation of the education and outreach program required by subdivision a of section 17-186.1. c. The department shall maintain a central register of all department orders to correct a violation under this article. Such register shall indicate, if applicable, the date of the complaint, address of the premises, and the date of each inspection and reinspection. (Am. L.L. 2019/070, 4/14/2019, eff. 4/14/2020; Am. L.L. 2021/040, 4/18/2021, eff. 4/18/2022) Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1999/038 and L.L. 2004/001.
