(a) To develop a comprehensive statewide plan to prevent lead poisoning and to minimize the risk of human exposure to lead;

(b) To coordinate the activities of its member agencies with respect to environmental lead policy and the statewide plan;

(c) To recommend the adoption of policies with regard to the detection and elimination of lead hazards in the environment;

(d) To recommend the adoption of policies with regard to the identification and management of children with elevated lead levels;

(e) To recommend the adoption of policies with regard to education and outreach strategies related to lead exposure, detection, and risk reduction;

(f) To comment on regulations of the department under this title when the council deems appropriate;

(g) To make recommendations to ensure the qualifications of persons performing inspection and abatement of lead through a system of licensure and certification or otherwise;

(h) To recommend strategies for funding the lead poisoning prevention program, including but not limited to ways to enhance the funding of screening through insurance coverage and other means, and ways to financially assist property owners in abating environmental lead, such as tax credits, loan funds, and other approaches; and

(i) To report on or before December first of each year to the governor and the legislature concerning the previous year's development and implementation of the statewide plan and operation of the program, together with recommendations it deems necessary and the most currently available lead surveillance measures, including the actual number and estimated percentage of children tested for lead in accordance with New York state regulations, including age-specific testing requirements, and the actual number and estimated percentage of children identified with elevated blood lead levels. Such report shall be made available on the department's website.