To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve children’s vision and eye health through grants to States, territories, and Tribal organizations, and the provision of technical assistance to support those efforts.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve children’s vision and eye health through grants to States, territories, and Tribal organizations, and the provision of technical assistance to support those efforts., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Social Welfare.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H9ADBA7FA54284BEF8ABD6E29BC1D4AF1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act of 2024.
- Section HCFCD877A7622423097725B6C5CE33955: 2. Statewide early vision detection and intervention programs and systems related to children’s vision and eye health Part Q of title III of the Public Health...
- Section H08D322214CD34820B080E79EDFF6A52D: 399Z–3. Statewide early vision detection and intervention programs and systems related to children’s vision and eye health The Secretary, acting through the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve children’s vision and eye health through grants to States, territories, and Tribal organizations, and the provision of technical assistance to support those efforts., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Government Operations, Social Welfare
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve children’s vision and eye health through grants to States, territories, and Tribal organizations, and the provision of technical assistance to support those efforts., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Veasey (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis) introduced the following …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
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