Bill Text: OR HB3626 | 2010 | 1st Special Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to vision screenings; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-1)

Status: (Passed) 2010-03-23 - Chapter 88, (2010 Laws): Effective date March 23, 2010. [HB3626 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2010-HB3626-Engrossed.html

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     75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2010 Special Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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                           A-Engrossed

                         House Bill 3626
                 Ordered by the House February 5
           Including House Amendments dated February 5

Sponsored by Representative KOTEK; Representatives BARKER,
  BARNHART, CANNON, DEMBROW, DOHERTY, GELSER, GREENLICK, HARKER,
  HOLVEY, KAHL, KOMP, NATHANSON, ROBLAN, STIEGLER, TOMEI,
  VANORMAN, WHISNANT, Senators DEVLIN, MONROE, SHIELDS
  (Presession filed.)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.

  Directs Department of Education to establish pilot program
  { - for purpose of providing comprehensive - }   { + that
provides + } vision screenings to students.
  Sunsets June 30, 2011.
   { +  Appropriates, for biennium beginning July 1, 2009, moneys
from General Fund to department for purpose of carrying out pilot
program. + }
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to vision screenings; appropriating money; and declaring
  an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1)(a) The Department of Education shall
establish a pilot program that is operated in three school
districts in this state and that provides vision screenings to
students in those districts. The purpose of the pilot program is
to determine evidence-based, cost-effective methods for
identifying students who may have vision problems that interfere
with learning and school performance.
  (b) The school districts participating in the pilot program
must be of different sizes and geographic locations.
  (c) The department may enter into a contract with a public or
private entity to implement the pilot program.
  (2) The department shall ensure that the greatest number of
students practicable in grades 1 through 8 from the school
districts participating in the pilot program receive a vision
screening prior to January 1, 2011.
  (3) Nothing in this section requires a student to participate
in a vision screening if the parent or guardian of the student
provides a statement that the vision screening is contrary to the
religious beliefs of the student or of the parent or guardian of
the student.

  (4) The department may accept contributions of funds and
assistance from the United States Government and its agencies or
from any other source, public or private, and agree to conditions
placed on the funds that are not inconsistent with the purposes
of this section.
  (5) All funds received by the department for the pilot program
shall be paid into the Department of Education Account
established by ORS 326.115 to the credit of the pilot program.
  (6) Not later than March 1, 2011, the department shall report
the results of the pilot program to the Seventy-sixth Legislative
Assembly, including:
  (a) The number of students who received vision screenings;
  (b) The number of students who, based on the vision screenings,
were:
  (A) Referred to an ophthalmologist or an optometric physician
for an eye examination;
  (B) Identified as requiring vision correction or treatment; and
  (C) Provided vision correction or treatment;
  (c) The estimated cost per student for the students who
received vision screenings; and
  (d) Recommendations for how to fund and implement statewide a
program that provides students with vision screenings. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2010 Act is repealed on June
30, 2011. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + There is appropriated to the Department of
Education, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2009, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $150,000 for the purpose of carrying
out the provisions of section 1 of this 2010 Act. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + This 2010 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2010 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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