Bill Text: CT HB06268 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 6268 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Pediatric Vision Screening.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-08 - File Number 520 [HB06268 Detail]

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General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 6268*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 2740
		02740
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. GONZALEZ, 3rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING PEDIATRIC VISION SCREENING.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 19a of the general statutes be amended to require health care providers to provide children with vision screenings beginning at a young age and, if any abnormality is found during the vision screening, to refer the child to an optometrist or optician.

Statement of Purpose:

To require vision screenings for young children.