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1. License persons or companies conducting mold assessment/remediation 2. Review/approve mold training programs; providers are accredited after approval of programs 3. Notification of mold remediation projects, field inspectors conduct inspection of notified projects 4. Perform investigations of remediation projects and investigate complaints for possible violations 5. Conduct enforcement activities. Penalty monies do not come back to the program, but go into the general fund 6. Includes fees for licenses, registration and exams. Texas staff estimate that 10 FTEs are used for this program. Mold notification projects 1,057 Site Inspections 428 Complaints 57 Penalties (11 months) 134 Number of active credentials (e.g. technicians, consultants, workers, contractors) (as of 10/09) 4,192. Public Education Tobacco New York Tobacco Control Program (NY TCP) - established in 2000, current funding level for fiscal year 2009 -2010 is $55.1 million. Three key programmatic strategies: community action, public health communication and cessation intervention approaches. These components are supported by surveillance, evaluation and statewide coordination. Community Action: Change the community environment to support the tobacco-free norm, change community attitudes about tobacco and denormalize tobacco use. Efforts focused on increasing policy changes have shown to be beneficial by measuring the number of municipalities and community organizations that are instituting tobacco control policies and resolutions. NYS has implemented comprehensive smoke-free air laws to eliminate smoking from workplaces, including bars and restaurants and has increased the cigarette excise tax. Public Health Communication: Uses mass media, public relations and media advocacy to motivate tobacco users to stop, promote smoke-free homes and cars, promote effective tobacco control community policies, expose tobacco industry propaganda and reduce the social acceptability of tobacco use. New Yorkers confirmed awareness of counter marketing advertisements increase from 5.9 percent in 2003 to 52.8 percent in 2007 among smokers statewide. Evidence suggests the increase in awareness translates into increased quit attempts. In fiscal year 2008 the media budget was about 25 percent of the overall TCP budget. Cessation Approaches: Work with health care organizations and provider to implement systems to screen patients for tobacco use and prompt providers to offer advice and assistance to quit. Provides cessation support and services through hotline and other venues. Trends in smoking cessation provide further evidence that cigarette use is declining faster in NYS than nationally. The percentage of NYS smokers who indicate they intend to attempt to quit in the next 30 days has increased by 50 percent from 2003 (26 percent) to 2008 (39 percent). The percentage of smokers who have made an attempt to quit in the past 12 months increased from 46 percent in 2003 to 59 percent in 2008. Lead Prevention of Childhood Lead Poisoning - $15.6 million targeted for primary prevention initiative (includes NYC) over 3 years. Funding was used to undertake a targeted primary prevention initiative (targeted to houses built before 1978). NYSDOH identified 15 counties with high incidence of childhood lead poisoning (accounts for 79 percent of 2005–2007 elevated blood lead level cases reported statewide. As of June 30, 2009, the following was accomplished: Education and outreach to at-risk populations and general community. Work with local advisory groups or coalitions to build community awareness. Reached over 9,000 household through direct outreach and referral, 148

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