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30+ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO . 1319 By: Seifried of the Senate
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4-An Act
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54+Passed the House of Representatives the 24th day of April, 2024.
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699 BILL NO. 1319 By: Seifried of the Senate
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15-An Act relating to vision screenings; creating the
16-Public School Vision Screening Modernization
17-Revolving Fund; specifying type of fund and sources
18-of monies; providing for expenditure of funds for
19-certain purposes; authorizing the State Department of
20-Health to award grants for certain purposes;
21-requiring submission of certain annual report;
22-amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1210.284, as amended
23-by Section 1, Chapter 11 2, O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S. Supp.
24-2023, Section 1210.284), which relates to public
25-school vision screenings; requiring certain standards
26-to permit use of electronic eye chart; defining term;
27-requiring electronic eye chart to meet certain
28-standards and guidelin es; directing the Department to
29-maintain certain platform and data management system
30-subject to available funding; requiring certain
31-sharing of information; updating statutory language;
32-providing for codification; providing an effective
33-date; and declaring an emergency.
108+[ vision screenings - Revolving Fund - expenditure -
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37-SUBJECT: Vision screenings
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39116 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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41117 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
42118 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1 -114.21 of Title 63, unless
43119 there is created a duplica tion in numbering, reads as follows:
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45120 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
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49122 School Vision Screening Modernization Revolving Fund ”. The fund
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52125 by law or from private funds donated for one or both of t he purposes
53126 listed in this section. All monies accruing to the credit of the
54127 fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the
55128 State Department of Health for the following purposes:
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57129 1. Awarding grants to public schools as provided by S ection 2
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60157 2. Collection of necessary vision screening data including, but
61158 not limited to, through the cloud-based platform and data management
62159 system described in Section 1210.284 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
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65161 Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by
66162 the State Treasurer against claims filed as pr escribed by law with
67163 the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for
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70165 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new secti on of law to be codified
71166 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1 -114.22 of Title 63, unless
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74168 A. The State Department of Health may award grants to public
75169 schools from the Public School Vision Scr eening Modernization
76170 Revolving Fund created in Section 1 of this act for the purpose of
77171 assisting public schools in obtaining vision screening equipment,
78172 collecting vision screening data, and obtaining related services to
79173 fulfill the requirements of Sectio n 1210.284 of Title 70 of the
80174 Oklahoma Statutes.
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82175 B. The State Department of Health shall electronically submit
83176 an annual report on all grants awarded under this section to the
84177 President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
85178 Representatives, and the Governor by January 15 of each year.
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87205 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1210.284, as
88206 amended by Section 1, Chapter 112, O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023,
89207 Section 1210.284), is amended to read as follows:
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93208 Section 1210.284. A. 1. The parent or guardian of each
94209 student enrolled in kindergarten at a p ublic school in this state
95210 shall provide certification to school personnel that the student
96211 passed a vision screening within the previous twelve (12) months or
97212 during the school year. Such screening shall be conducted by
98213 personnel listed on the statewide registry as maintained by the
99214 State Department of Health, which may include, but not be limited
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102216 2. The parent or guardian of each student enrolled in first or
103217 third grade at a public school in this state shall provide within
104218 thirty (30) days of the beginning of the school year certification
105219 to school personnel that the student passed a vision screening
106220 within the previous twelve (12) months. Such screening shall be
107221 conducted by personnel listed on t he statewide registry as
108222 maintained by the State Department of Health; provided, Oklahoma
109223 licensed optometrists and ophthalmologists shall be exempt from such
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113226 screening as required by this section shall recei ve notification
114227 that a vision screening is not the equivalent of a comprehensive eye
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117255 B. 1. The Infant and Children ’s Health Advisory Council
118256 created in Section 1 -103a.1 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes
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122259 a. standards for vision screening and referral; provided,
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150304 b. maintain a list of approved vision screener trainers
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154307 referral. Such standards shall permit the use of an
155308 electronic eye chart as a substitute for a printed eye
156309 chart to assess relative visual acuity. As used in
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158311 computerized or other electronic system, device,
159312 automated computer program, or method of displaying on
160313 an electronic screen medicall y accepted and properly
161314 sized optotypes, which may be letters, numbers, or
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163316 acuity. An electronic eye chart shall meet national
164317 standards of care and shall meet the guidelines
165318 established by the 2016 v ersion, or most recent
166319 version if updated, of the Procedures for the
167320 Evaluation of the Vis ual System by Pediatricians
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173325 Accountability Act o f 1996 and the Family Educational
174326 Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to collect individual
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176354 manage and report on compl iance, and act as an
177355 analytical platform for screening outcomes . The State
178356 Department of Education shall share vision screening
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183359 implementing this subparagrap h. The agencies shall
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187362 3. After notice and hearing, the Department State Department of
188363 Health may deny, refuse, suspend or revoke approval to an applicant
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206403 recommendations of the Council, shall pro mulgate rules to implement
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210406 vision screening required in subsection A of this section shall
211407 receive a recommendation to undergo a compre hensive eye examination
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216411 student’s school, parent or guardian, and primary healt h care
217412 provider designated b y the parent or guardian. The report shall
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238451 eyeglasses for part-time use in school, sight -saving
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255464 this section. The State Department of Education shall issue a
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260467 SECTION 5. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
261468 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
262469 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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281-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
282-Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
283-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
284-By: _________________________________
285-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _______ __
286-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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289- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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292-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
293-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __ ________
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295-By: _________________________________