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