,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ceda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ba1 #bjbe,mrs4 
,hayes 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,simon1 ,mr4  
,cohen1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,takano1 and 
,ms4 ,lee of ,pennsylvania7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce1 and in addition to the       
,committee on ,education and ,workforce1
 for a period to be subsequently        
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide for a grant program to support  
access to free eye care services for    
students attending public elementary    
schools and secondary schools4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,see the ,board ,act4  #b4 ,grant   
program to support access to free eye   
care services for students at public    
schools  7a7 ,in general ,not later than
 #ahj days after the date of the        

enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services shall1  
subject to subsection 7d71 establish a  
grant program under which the ,secretary
 awards grants to eligible entities that
 provide a qualifying eye care services 
program to purchase portable or mobile  
eye care equipment and to pay for       
appropriate operational costs1 including
 for costs for qualified personal       
protective equipment1 direct health care
 or service delivery costs1 and any     
other relevant expense the ,secretary   
determines necessary1 for the provision 
of free eye care services through such  
program to students attending public    
elementary schools or secondary schools 
7as such terms are defined in section   
#haja of the ,elementary and ,secondary 
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghja774  7b7 ,eligible entities        
described ,for purposes of this section1
 an eligible entity is a nonprofit      
organization4  7c7 ,qualifying eye care 
services program ,for purposes of this  

section1 the term qualifying eye care   
services program means a program under  
which such services are furnished free  
of charge to students attending public  
elementary schools or secondary schools 
7as such terms are defined in section   
#haja of the ,elementary and ,secondary 
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghja77 through the use of mobile eye   
clinics or mobile clinics that use      
portable equipment to bring screenings1 
exams1 and an optical shop to such      
students4 ,such a program may use       
qualified health care providers at such 
schools or ophthalmic technicians for   
screening1 optometrists or              
ophthalmologists for follow-up          
examinations1 and an optician and       
dispensary for such students to be given
 glasses at such schools4  7d7 ,sense of
 ,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress
 that eligible entities awarded grants  
under this section should1 to the       
greatest extent possible1 provide       
information to students described in    

subsection 7a7 and parents of such      
students about the importance of        
adhering to the medically recommended   
schedule for vision screenings and      
comprehensive eye exams4  7e7           
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to     
carry out this section such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years   
#bjbf through #bjca4