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.
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.