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SB 573

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School Health and Vision Services - Screenings and Eye Examinations

Sponsor: Karen Lewis Young (District 3)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing canceled (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the duties of the State Department of Education's and the Maryland Department of Health's primary contact employees for school-based health centers to include the implementation and oversight of the Vision for Maryland Program; altering the requirements for vision screenings for students; requiring a county board of education to determine whether certain students should receive an eye examination and eyeglasses; establishing the Pediatric Vision Program and the Vision for Maryland Program to expand vision support services; etc.

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