3.0.0 1999 2023-01-11T20:35:58Z 2023-01-11T20:35:58Z Senate S S 2007-08-03 110 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-08-03T21:37:24Z Military Eye Trauma Treatment Act of 2007 110 3558 HR 2007-10-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2007-08-03 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2007-08-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2007-08-03 True D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI 2007-08-03 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-08-03 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2007-09-11 False Armed Forces and National Security Afghanistan Armed forces abroad Brain Congress Congressional reporting requirements Eye care Eye diseases Governmental investigations Head injuries Health Health information systems Iraq Iraq compilation Medical research Medical screening Middle East and North Africa Military hospitals Military medicine Military operations Science, Technology, Communications South Asia Surgery Trauma care Veterans' hospitals Veterans' medical care Veterans' rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-08-03 Introduced in Senate 2007-11-16T16:56:13Z Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to establish within the Department of Defense (DOD) the Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye Injuries to: (1) develop, implement, and oversee a registry for tracking the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up for each case of eye injury incurred by a member of the Armed Forces in combat that requires surgery or other operative intervention; and (2) ensure the electronic exchange of registry information with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) include in the registry records of members who incurred eye injuries in combat in Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom before the registry's establishment; and (2) report to Congress on the Center's establishment.

Directs the Secretary and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct a cooperative study on neuro-optometric screening and diagnosis of members with traumatic brain injury (TBI) by military medical treatment facilities and VA medical centers for purposes of vision screening, diagnosis, rehabilitative management, and vision research on visual dysfunction related to TBI.

]]> A bill to provide for the establishment of a Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye Injuries, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the establishment of a Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye Injuries, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title A bill to provide for the establishment of a Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye Injuries, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2007-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1999is/xml/BILLS-110s1999is.xml 2007-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.