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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 380 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 73 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Julian Cyr |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act establishing a low vision registry. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Julian CyrCape and Islands 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 380 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 73 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 73) of Julian Cyr for legislation to |
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| 19 | 19 | | establish a low vision registry. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 94 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act establishing a low vision registry. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2hereby amended by inserting after section 135 the following section:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 Section 135A. The Commissioner, in consultation with the department of public health |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4and the executive office of elder affairs, shall create a registry list of persons whose visual acuity |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5is found to be with correction 20/60 or less in the better eye, or the peripheral field of vision to |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6have contracted to the ten degrees radius or less regardless of visual acuity. Said register shall be |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7used to aid the commission in efforts to measure the numbers of likely future registrants to the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8Commonwealth Registry of the Blind. Such persons shall not be eligible for services from the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9Commission until the standard of legal blindness is met. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10 The reporting requirements contained in section 136 of this chapter shall apply to this |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11section. |
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