3.0.0 2749 2023-01-14T22:48:25Z 2023-01-14T22:48:25Z Senate S S 2004-07-22 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-07-22T22:34:06Z Children's Access to Vision Act of 2003 108 3602 HR 2003-12-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2004-07-22 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2004-07-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8735) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-07-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000064 Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] PAUL SARBANES D MD SPYROS N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2004-09-07 False Health Economics and Public Finance Eye care Families Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Health education Health insurance Medicaid Medical statistics Medical tests Medically uninsured Optometry Performance measurement Physical examinations Poor children Social Welfare Health 00 2004-07-22 Introduced in Senate 2004-10-27T19:15:34Z Children's Access to Vision Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to make grants to States for: (1) comprehensive eye examinations for children needing such services, with priority for children under nine years old; (2) subsequent vision treatment or services; and (3) educational materials on recognizing signs of visual impairment in children.

Directs the Secretary to coordinate the grant program with appropriate Federal and State child services programs. Requires an annual State program evaluation.

]]> Children's Access to Vision Act of 2004 Display Title Children's Access to Vision Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations to children, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Children's Access to Vision Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-07-22T04:00:00Z 2004-07-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.