3.0.0 2350 2023-01-11T14:50:57Z 2023-01-11T14:50:57Z Senate S S 2007-11-14 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-11-14T21:01:12Z Glaucoma Screening Act of 2007 110 3005 HR 2007-07-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Identical bill CRS 2007-11-14 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-11-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N Health Clinics Economics and Public Finance Education Eye diseases Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Health education Higher education Hispanic Americans Medical education Medical residents Medical screening Medical tests Medicare Minorities Minority health Social Welfare Health 00 2007-11-14 Introduced in Senate 2007-12-17T15:10:17Z Glaucoma Screening Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to expand coverage of screening for glaucoma to include individuals who are both older than 49 years of age and Hispanic.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award a grant to an eligible entity to provide glaucoma screenings to individuals determined to be at high risk. Requires such an entity to: (1) utilize mobile screening units to test for glaucoma and other eye diseases; (2) target screening activities to populations primarily consisting of high-risk individuals; (3) form partnerships with federally-qualified health centers to increase awareness of the need for glaucoma screenings and to provide screenings for high-risk individuals; and (4) provide grants to approved medical residency training programs to permit participating students to conduct such screenings.

]]> Glaucoma Screening Act of 2007 Display Title Glaucoma Screening Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a grant program to provide screenings for glaucoma to individuals determined to be at a high risk for glaucoma, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Glaucoma Screening Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-11-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2350is/xml/BILLS-110s2350is.xml 2007-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.