3.0.0 259 2020-02-10T17:01:03Z 2020-02-10T17:01:03Z Senate S S 2009-01-15 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-01-15T20:14:32Z Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009 111 577 HR 2009-04-01 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2009-01-15 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-01-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. N D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2009-01-15 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-01-15 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2009-01-15 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2009-01-15 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2009-01-15 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2009-01-15 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2009-01-15 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2009-01-15 True C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND 2009-02-13 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2009-05-11 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2009-07-06 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2009-07-09 False N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2009-07-14 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2009-07-14 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2009-07-29 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2010-01-26 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2010-03-11 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2010-03-16 False Health Child health Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Hearing, speech, and vision care Health 00 2009-01-15 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-12T18:27:10Z Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award matching grants to states to complement existing state efforts to: (1) provide comprehensive eye examinations from a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist for children who have been previously identified through a vision screening or eye examination by a licensed health care provider or vision screener as needing such services, who do not otherwise have coverage for vision services, and who are low-income children, with priority given to children who are under the age of nine years; (2) provide treatment or services as necessary to correct identified vision problems; and (3) develop and disseminate to parents, teachers, and health care practitioners educational materials on recognizing signs of visual impairment in children.

Requires the Secretary to develop criteria: (1) governing the operation of the grant program; and (2) for the collection of data related to vision assessment and the utilization of follow-up services.

Requires the Secretary to coordinate the program under this Act with other federal or state programs that provide services to children.

]]> Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009 Display Title Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a grant program to provide vision care to children, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2009-01-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s259is/xml/BILLS-111s259is.xml 2009-01-15 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.