Childhood Lead Communication

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APRA Request - Executive Branch Agencies
Name Julia Rock
How would you like to receive your documents? *
Email
Email * requests@muckrock.com (mailto:requests@muckrock.com)
Approximate publish date of record * Tuesday, January 1, 2019
Related Agency? *
Families/Health/Hospitals/Veterans
Topic - OHHS, DCYF, DOH, DHS, DEA
Children, Youth and Families
Name and Description of record *

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

All email communications between members/ employees of the RI Housing Resources Commission and the Department of Health dated between January 1, 2019 and today's date containing the word "lead."

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Julia Rock

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Number of copies requested *
1

Julia,
I'm writing in reply to your request for "all email communications between members/employees of the RI Housing Resources Commission and the Department of Health dated between January 1, 2019 and today's date containing the word "lead"."

Please be advised that there will be a charge for this information, pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-4(b), which I would estimate to be as follows:

$300.00 = 21 hours staff time @ $15 an hour (1st hour free)
$300.00 = total estimated cost

Please be advised that payment does not guarantee that the records you have requested constitute public records (in whole or in part, i.e., redacted), but only authorizes this Department to conduct its search and retrieval to determine if responsive records exist, and if so, whether they are public records. Should actual search, retrieval, and copying fees exceed pre-payment, this Department will advise you to seek authorization before continuing. Should your pre-payment exceed actual search, retrieval, and copying, you will, of course, be reimbursed. Please be advised that, because of the voluminous nature of the request, RIDOH requires additional time to respond to your request, and pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-3(e), RIDOH may take up to twenty (20) additional business days (for a total of 30 business days from receipt of the request) to comply with your request. Notwithstanding this extension, the time period for this Department to respond to your request is also tolled as of the date of this letter pending pre-payment and authorization.

If you would like to go forward with your request, please submit your check for $300.00 made payable to the R.I. General Treasurer, and forward to Rhode Island Department of Health, Attn: Pamela Lopes, 3 Capitol Hill, Room 404, Providence, RI 02908. Upon receipt of your check, the Department will go forward with retrieving the documents and forwarding the same to you in a timely manner. Please be informed the time is tolled until payment is received in full, pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-7.

Joseph Wendelken | Public Information Officer
Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill, Room 401; Providence, Rhode Island 02908

joseph.wendelken@health.ri.gov<mailto:joseph.wendelken@health.ri.gov>
Desk: 401-222-3998 | Mobile: 401-378-0704 | Weekend press contact: 401-641-8726

This message and all attachments may contain information that is confidential and/or proprietary to the Rhode Island Department of Health, including personal health information, and disclosure or distribution to anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you believe you have received this information in error, please notify the sender by replying to this email and immediately delete this message without disclosure.

Sure. I’ll narrow the request.

Joseph Wendelken | Public Information Officer
Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill, Room 401; Providence, Rhode Island 02908

joseph.wendelken@health.ri.gov<mailto:joseph.wendelken@health.ri.gov>
Desk: 401-222-3998 | Mobile: 401-378-0704 | Weekend press contact: 401-641-8726

This message and all attachments may contain information that is confidential and/or proprietary to the Rhode Island Department of Health, including personal health information, and disclosure or distribution to anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you believe you have received this information in error, please notify the sender by replying to this email and immediately delete this message without disclosure.

Julia,
I'm writing in reply to your request for all email communications between members/employees of the RI Housing Resources Commission and the Department of Health dated between January 1, 2019 and March 1, 2019 containing the word "lead".

Please be advised that there will be a charge for this information, pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-4(b), which I would estimate to be as follows:

$150.00 = 11 hours staff time at $15 per hour, 1 hour free
$150.00 = total estimated cost

Please be advised that payment does not guarantee that the records you have requested constitute public records (in whole or in part, i.e., redacted), but only authorizes this Department to conduct its search and retrieval to determine if responsive records exist, and if so, whether they are public records. Should actual search, retrieval, and copying fees exceed pre-payment, this Department will advise you to seek authorization before continuing. Should your pre-payment exceed actual search, retrieval, and copying, you will, of course, be reimbursed. Please be advised that, because of the voluminous nature of the request, RIDOH requires additional time to respond to your request, and pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-3(e), RIDOH may take up to twenty (20) additional business days (for a total of 30 business days from receipt of the request) to comply with your request. Notwithstanding this extension, the time period for this Department to respond to your request is also tolled as of the date of this letter pending pre-payment and authorization.

If you would like to go forward with your request, please submit your check for $150.00 made payable to the R.I. General Treasurer, and forward to Rhode Island Department of Health, Attn: Pamela Lopes, 3 Capitol Hill, Room 404, Providence, RI 02908. Upon receipt of your check, the Department will go forward with retrieving the documents and forwarding the same to you in a timely manner. Please be informed the time is tolled until payment is received in full, pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-7.

Also, please be advised that, because of the number of records requests pending, RIDOH requires additional time to respond to your request and, pursuant to R. I. Gen. Laws §38-2-3, may take up to twenty (20) additional business days (for a total of 30 business days from the receipt of the request) to comply with your request.

Joseph Wendelken | Public Information Officer
Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill, Room 401; Providence, Rhode Island 02908

joseph.wendelken@health.ri.gov<mailto:joseph.wendelken@health.ri.gov>
Desk: 401-222-3998 | Mobile: 401-378-0704 | Weekend press contact: 401-641-8726

This message and all attachments may contain information that is confidential and/or proprietary to the Rhode Island Department of Health, including personal health information, and disclosure or distribution to anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you believe you have received this information in error, please notify the sender by replying to this email and immediately delete this message without disclosure.

Julia,

I am writing as a follow up in regards to your request for public records, where you sought “all email communications between members/employees of the RI Housing Resources Commission and the Department of Health dated between January 1, 2019 and March 1, 2019 containing the word "lead".

RIDOH emailed you a request for payment (see below) with no response. If you wish to go forward with your request, please submit your check for $150.00 made payable to the GENERAL TREASURER, STATE OF RHODE ISLAND and mail to RI DEPT. OF HEALTH, ATTN: PAMELA LOPES, CHIEF IMPLEMENTATION AIDE, LEGAL DEPARTMENT, 3 CAPITOL HILL, ROOM 404, PROVIDENCE, RI 02908

Please note, if we do not hear back from you by the close of business on November 29, 2019 we will close your file. You are, of course, free to make another APRA request in the future.

Joseph Wendelken | Public Information Officer
Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill, Room 401; Providence, Rhode Island 02908

joseph.wendelken@health.ri.gov<mailto:joseph.wendelken@health.ri.gov>
Desk: 401-222-3998 | Mobile: 401-378-0704 | Weekend press contact: 401-641-8726

This message and all attachments may contain information that is confidential and/or proprietary to the Rhode Island Department of Health, including personal health information, and disclosure or distribution to anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you believe you have received this information in error, please notify the sender by replying to this email and immediately delete this message without disclosure.