MD SB604 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 10 2017 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-04-10 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on March 10 2017 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-04-10 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Requiring a vision screening provided to specified students in public schools to include the administration of a computerized screening for visual impairments that includes, at a minimum, specified tests; requiring each county board on or before July 1, 2018, to require school personnel who conduct vision screenings for students to complete training on understanding and recognizing the symptoms of visual impairments; requiring each county board to approve a course that meets specified criteria; etc.
Title
Visual Impairments - Requirements for School Personnel Training, Student Screening, and Maryland Medical Assistance Program Coverage
Sponsors
Sen. Gail Bates [R] | Sen. Adelaide Eckardt [R] | Sen. Justin Ready [R] | Sen. Johnny Salling [R] |
Sen. Barbara Robinson [D] |
Roll Calls
2017-04-04 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0) (Y: 139 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-03-10 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-03-10 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2017-04-10 | House | Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0) |
2017-04-10 | House | Floor Amendment {193424/1 (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted |
2017-04-10 | House | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
2017-04-10 | House | Favorable with Amendments {505560/1 Report Adopted |
2017-04-10 | House | Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means |
2017-03-21 | House | Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) |
2017-03-10 | House | First Reading Ways and Means and Health and Government Operations |
2017-03-10 | Senate | Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
2017-03-08 | Senate | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
2017-03-08 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments {574830/1 Report Adopted |
2017-03-07 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
2017-02-22 | Senate | Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs) |
2017-02-02 | Senate | First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Finance |
Subjects
Blind Persons
Committees and Commissions
Continuing Education
Counties
Education, Boards of
Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of
Insurance - Health
Job Training
Licenses
Medical Assistance
Primary and Secondary Education
Public Health
Public Schools
Records
Rules and Regulations
Students
Teachers
Committees and Commissions
Continuing Education
Counties
Education, Boards of
Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of
Insurance - Health
Job Training
Licenses
Medical Assistance
Primary and Secondary Education
Public Health
Public Schools
Records
Rules and Regulations
Students
Teachers