Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009
Latest action · Apr 1, 2009 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedJan 15, 2009
- Passed HouseMar 31, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on March 23, 2009. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
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 to eligible 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, 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. Defines "eligible child" as a low-income child who: (1) is not eligible for medical assistance under Medicaid; (2) is not eligible for child health assistance under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), unless such plan does not provide coverage of such examination, treatment, or service; (3) does not have health insurance coverage unless no amount is payable under the coverage for such examination, treatment, or service; and (4) is not receiving assistance under state health compensation program or any other federal or state health benefits program.
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.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 170 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed404–17 | Mar 31, 2009 |
Cosponsors 58
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 15, 2009 to Mar 11, 2009; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Jan 15, 2009 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Jan 15, 2009 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Jan 15, 2009 |
| R-OK | John Sullivan | Original | Jan 15, 2009 |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Feb 9, 2009 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Feb 9, 2009 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Feb 10, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Feb 13, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Feb 13, 2009 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 13, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Feb 13, 2009 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Feb 13, 2009 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Feb 13, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Feb 13, 2009 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Feb 13, 2009 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 15, 2009Markup Mar 4, 2009Reported Mar 23, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 16, 2009Discharged Mar 4, 2009 | |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Apr 1, 2009 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2009Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Mar 31, 2009Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4186-4187)
- Mar 31, 2009Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 404 - 17 (Roll no. 170). (text: CR 3/30/2009 H4090-4091)
- Mar 31, 2009Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 30, 2009Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Mar 30, 2009Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4090-4093)
- Mar 30, 2009DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 577.
- Mar 30, 2009At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Mar 23, 2009Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 111-46.
- Mar 23, 2009Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 16.
- Mar 4, 2009Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
- Mar 4, 2009Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 4, 2009Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jan 16, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 15, 2009Introduced in House
- Jan 15, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Recorded votes H4186enact | — | Mar 31, 2009 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4090–H4093Text printed H4090 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. D-NJ, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Gene Green D-TX, John Sullivan R-OK, Phil Gingrey R-GA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Steve Scalise R-LA | Mar 30, 2009 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Mar 20, 2009H.R. 577, Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committe on Energy and Commerece on March 4, 2009</p>
- Mar 20, 2009H.R. 577, Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committe on Energy and Commerece on March 4, 2009
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011407 pages | Appropriations Committee | Mar 19, 2010–Apr 16, 2010 |
| S. Hrg. 111-604 | DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011655 pages | Appropriations Committee | Mar 10, 2010–May 5, 2010 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 259 | Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009 | Identical bill | Jan 15, 2009 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a grant program to provide vision care to children, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2009Referred in Senate
- Mar 31, 2009Engrossed in House
- Mar 23, 2009Reported in House
- Jan 15, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
