Vision Preservation Act of 2005
Latest action · Jun 17, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 26, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Vision Preservation Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand and intensify programs to increase awareness of vision problems, including: (1) activities to establish a solid scientific base of knowledge on the prevention and control of vision problems and related disabilities; (2) research within CDC on the prevention and management of vision loss; and (3) programs targeted to prevent vision loss, treat eye and vision conditions, and rehabilitate people of all ages who are blind or partially sighted in underserved and minority communities.
Amends the Social Security Act to include within the maternal and child health service block grant program the introduction of core performance measures on eye health by incorporating vision screening standards into state programs.
Requires the Director of NIH to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support of research with respect to vision loss prevention and vision rehabilitation.
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for vision rehabilitation services.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study on barriers faced by medically underserved populations to vision services that are covered under the medicare program, including vision rehabilitation and other vision-related services; and (2) enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine to study the cost benefit of providing a universal dilated eye exam under the medicare program.
Cosponsors 58
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 26, 2005 to Sep 29, 2006, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | May 26, 2005 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | May 26, 2005 |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Original | May 26, 2005 |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Jun 14, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Jun 27, 2005 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Jun 27, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Jun 27, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jun 27, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Jun 27, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 29, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Jun 29, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Jun 29, 2005 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Jun 30, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Jul 28, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jul 28, 2005 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 17, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 15, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 26, 2005Introduced in House
- May 26, 2005Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- May 26, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1113-1114)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Administrative procedure
- Ambulatory care
- Blind
- Block grants
- Case management
- Child health
- Clinics
- Coinsurance
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost effectiveness
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Diabetes
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Epidemiology
- Eye care
- Families
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to research
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health education
- Health insurance
- Health planning
- Hospital care
- Law
- Maternal health services
- Medical economics
- Medical fees
- Medical personnel
- Medical research
- Medical screening
- Medical tests
- Medicare
- Minorities
- Minority health
- Optometry
- Performance measurement
- Physicians
- Preventive medicine
- Public service advertising
- Quality of care
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Standards
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 26, 2005Introduced in House
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