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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for screenings in public or private |
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schools to detect vision disorders of students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 36.003, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (10) to read as follows: |
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(10) "Electronic eye chart" means any system, device, |
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or method, computerized or otherwise, that displays medically |
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accepted and properly sized optotypes (letters, numbers or symbols) |
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on an electronic screen that individuals identify to assess visual |
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acuity. |
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SECTION 2. Section 36.004, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows: |
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(b-2) The rules must allow an individual who attends a |
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public or private school to be screened using an electronic eye |
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chart to detect vision disorders as an accepted equivalent to a |
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printed eye chart. |
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SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to implement |
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the changes in law made by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |