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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6204 

To provide for a grant program to support access to free eye care services 

for students attending public elementary schools and secondary schools. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 2, 2023 

Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. BUSH, Mr. CARSON, 

Mr. COHEN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, 

Ms. SCANLON, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. TRONE, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and 

the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 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 schools. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘See the Board Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO FREE 

2 EYE CARE SERVICES FOR STUDENTS AT PUB3 LIC SCHOOLS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 

6 and Human Services shall, subject to subsection (d), es7 tablish a grant program under which the Secretary awards 

8 grants to eligible entities that provide a qualifying eye care 

9 services program to purchase portable or mobile eye care 

10 equipment and to pay for appropriate operational costs, 

11 including for costs for qualified personal protective equip12 ment, direct health care or service delivery costs, and any 

13 other relevant expense the Secretary determines necessary, 

14 for the provision of free eye care services through such 

15 program to students attending public elementary schools 

16 or secondary schools (as such terms are defined in section 

17 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

18 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)). 

19 (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES DESCRIBED.—For purposes 

20 of this section, an eligible entity is a nonprofit organiza21 tion. 

22 (c) QUALIFYING EYE CARE SERVICES PROGRAM.— 

23 For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualifying eye care 

24 services program’’ means a program under which such 

25 services are furnished free of charge to students attending 

26 public elementary schools or secondary schools (as such 


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1 terms are defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and 

2 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) 

3 through the use of mobile eye clinics or mobile clinics that 

4 use portable equipment to bring screenings, exams, and 

5 an optical shop to such students. Such a program may 

6 use qualified health care providers at such schools or oph7 thalmic technicians for screening, optometrists or ophthal8 mologists for follow-up examinations, and an optician and 

9 dispensary for such students to be given glasses at such 

10 schools. 

11 (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con12 gress that eligible entities awarded grants under this sec13 tion should, to the greatest extent possible, provide infor14 mation to students described in subsection (a) and parents 

15 of such students about the importance of adhering to the 

16 medically recommended schedule for vision screenings and 

17 comprehensive eye exams. 

18 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

19 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

20 such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

21 2024 through 2029. 

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