Latest action · Apr 1, 2009Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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>
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