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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
House Bill 2992
Ordered by the House April 10
Including House Amendments dated April 10
Sponsored by Representatives BOWMAN, LEVY B, MUNOZ, NERON; Representatives FRAGALA, HUDSON,
ISADORE, JAVADI, LIVELY, MCINTIRE, NGUYEN H, OWENS, SMITH G, WATANABE, WRIGHT, Senators
CAMPOS, GORSEK, MANNING JR, PATTERSON, PROZANSKI, REYNOLDS (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: Directs OHA to have a program to provide eye exams and glasses to certain
students. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8).
[Digest: Directs ODE and OHA to have a program to provide eye exams and glasses to certain
students. (Flesch Readability Score:65.1).]
Directs [the Department of Education and the Oregon Health Authority to jointly] the Oregon
Health Authority, in collaboration with the Department of Education and the Oregon Board
of Optometry, to establish and implement a program that provides eye examinations, [and] pre-
scription eyeglasses and related services to students from low-income families.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to student vision; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Eye examination” has the meaning given that term in ORS 336.211.
(b) “Qualified community organization” means an organization that, during nonschool
hours or nonschool days, serves students who attend a qualified school.
(c) “Qualified school” means a school that has a high rate of students experiencing pov-
erty, as identified by the Department of Education.
(d) “Qualified site” means the site of a qualified school or a qualified community organ-
ization.
(e) “Qualified student” means a student who:
(A) Attends a qualified school or is served by a qualified community organization; and
(B) Has been identified as requiring an eye examination or as requiring assistance of the
powers or range of vision of the eye through a vision screening as defined in ORS 336.211.
(2)(a) The Oregon Health Authority, in collaboration with the Department of Education
and the Oregon Board of Optometry, shall establish and implement a program that provides
the following to a qualified student at no charge to the qualified student or to the parent or
legal guardian of the qualified student:
(A) An eye examination;
(B) New prescription eyeglasses;
(C) Replacements for lost or broken prescription eyeglasses, as needed, for the duration
of the prescription; and
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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(D) Follow-up services identified as the result of a vision screening as defined in ORS
336.211.
(b) Any services provided under paragraph (a) of this subsection are separate from ser-
vices provided under ORS 336.211 and do not qualify for reimbursement under ORS 336.211.
(3) The Oregon Health Authority, in consultation with the Department of Education and
the Oregon Board of Optometry, shall adopt rules for the program that:
(a) Prescribe the process by which a nonprofit organization can apply for approval under
this section to:
(A) Provide the services and equipment described in subsection (2) of this section to
qualified students for whom affirmative or implied medical consent has been granted; and
(B) Receive funding for the services and equipment described in subsection (2) of this
section.
(b) Establish a process by which funding for the program is granted to an approved
nonprofit organization to fund the services and equipment described in subsection (2) of this
section. The rules must require the active seeking and prioritization of federal moneys for
funding the program, including seeking:
(A) Reimbursement for medical assistance as defined in ORS 414.025;
(B) Any necessary approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to
carry out the program; and
(C) Any available funding through the Children’s Health Insurance Program under Title
XXI of the Social Security Act.
(c) Allow for an eye examination that does not include dilation of the eye if:
(A) All other requirements for a comprehensive eye examination under the Oregon
Health Plan are met; and
(B) The parents or legal guardians of the qualified student are notified that:
(i) The eye examination will not include dilation of the eye; and
(ii) Other vision services may be available to the parents or legal guardians if the parents
or legal guardians prefer an eye examination that includes dilation of the eye.
(d) Require a qualified community organization to align, to the greatest extent practica-
ble, the processes and communications of the qualified community organization with the
processes and communications of a qualified school attended by qualified students served by
the qualified community organization.
(4) Within 12 months of receiving funding under this section, an approved nonprofit or-
ganization shall provide to the Oregon Health Authority the following information to assist
the authority in monitoring the impact of the program on meeting the vision care needs of
qualified students:
(a) The number of qualified sites served, including the number of qualified schools, qual-
ified community organizations and school districts.
(b) The number of qualified students served, including the number who received an eye
examination and the number who received prescription eyeglasses.
(c) The number of eye examinations provided.
(d) The number of prescription eyeglasses provided.
SECTION 2. (1) The Eye Examination and Correction Fund is established in the State
Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Eye Exam-
ination and Correction Fund shall be credited to the fund.
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(2) Moneys in the Eye Examination and Correction Fund are continuously appropriated
to the Oregon Health Authority for expenses incurred by the program described in section
1 of this 2025 Act.
(3) The Oregon Health Authority, on behalf of the State of Oregon, may solicit and accept
gifts, grants and donations from public and private sources for the Eye Examination and
Correction Fund. Moneys received under this subsection shall be deposited into the Eye Ex-
amination and Correction Fund.
SECTION 3. The Oregon Health Authority must complete rulemaking required under
section 1 of this 2025 Act in a time and manner to ensure that:
(1) Decisions related to the recipients and amounts of grants awarded under section 1
of this 2025 Act are made no later than April 1, 2026; and
(2) Funding is available to approved nonprofit organizations no later than May 1, 2026,
to provide the services and equipment described in section 1 (2) of this 2025 Act beginning
with the 2026-2027 school year.
SECTION 4.In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Oregon Health Authority, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $11,000,000, which may be deposited into the Eye Examination
and Correction Fund.
SECTION 5. This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
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