I 
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 En-
ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘See the Board Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO FREE 
EYE CARE SERVICES FOR STUDENTS AT PUB-
LIC SCHOOLS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall, subject to subsection (d), es-
tablish 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 costs, 
including for costs for qualified personal protective equip-
ment, direct health care or service delivery costs, and any 
other relevant expense the Secretary determines necessary, 
for the provision of free eye care services through such 
program to students attending public elementary schools 
or secondary schools (as such terms are defined in section 
8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)). 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES DESCRIBED.—For purposes 
of this section, an eligible entity is a nonprofit organiza-
tion. 
(c) QUALIFYING EYE CARE SERVICES PROGRAM.— 
For purposes of this section, 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 (as such 
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terms are defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) 
through the use of mobile eye clinics or mobile clinics that 
use portable equipment to bring screenings, exams, and 
an optical shop to such students. Such a program may 
use qualified health care providers at such schools or oph-
thalmic technicians for screening, optometrists or ophthal-
mologists for follow-up examinations, and an optician and 
dispensary for such students to be given glasses at such 
schools. 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that eligible entities awarded grants under this sec-
tion should, to the greatest extent possible, provide infor-
mation to students described in subsection (a) and parents 
of such students about the importance of adhering to the 
medically recommended schedule for vision screenings and 
comprehensive eye exams. 
(e) 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 
2024 through 2029. 
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