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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4344 
To establish a demonstration program to provide comprehensive health 
assessments for students. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2005 
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a demonstration program to provide 
comprehensive health assessments for students. 
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 ‘‘Student Health Assess-
ment Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 
provide grants to 10 local educational agencies to develop
and complete comprehensive health assessments for stu-
dents. 
(b) SELECTION.—To ensure a broad sample of stu-
dents across the Nation, the Secretary shall take into con-
sideration school size, socioeconomic status and ethnic 
composition of students, and location when awarding 
grants under this Act. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this Act, a local educational agency shall— 
(1) submit an application to the Secretary at 
such time and in such form and manner as the Sec-
retary may reasonably require; and 
(2) provide an assurance that the agency will 
strongly encourage parents of students who attend 
schools served by such agency to allow their child to 
participate in a comprehensive health assessment. 
SEC. 3. ASSESSMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency that 
receives a grant award under this Act shall— 
(1) notify parents, through the use of written 
notification, public meetings, and electronic and 
broadcast media, of the availability and benefit of a 
comprehensive health assessment; 
(2) assist parents who qualify to apply for the 
State Children’s Health Insurance Program estab-
lished under title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.); and 
(3) facilitate or provide a comprehensive health 
assessment described in subsection (b) to each par-
ticipating student. 
(b) ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) CHECKLIST.—The Secretary of Education, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, shall develop a checklist for local 
educational agencies to provide physicians or health 
care workers authorized to conduct comprehensive 
health assessments. 
(2) ASSESSMENT.—Each assessment shall be 
performed by an authorized physician or health care 
provider, chosen by the parents and authorized to 
participate in the program by the local educational 
agency, and shall include— 
(A) a physical evaluation; and 
(B) a psycho-social evaluation. 
(c) RESULTS.—The local educational agency shall— 
(1) upon request, make available the results of 
each health assessment to the parents of partici-
pating children; and 
(2) consolidate statistical information, without 
including individually identifiable information, to the
Secretary not later than 6 months after each year of 
participation. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after funds 
are distributed under this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
a report to Congress that includes, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing information: 
(1) PARTICIPATION.—Participation of students, 
including the socioeconomic, ethnic, and geographic 
location of students and the size of participating 
schools. 
(2) SCHIP ENROLLEES.—The number of new 
enrollees of the State Children’s Health Insurance 
Program resulting from implementation of this Act. 
(3) HEALTH
PROBLEMS.—Statistical break-
down of the number and types of health problems 
detected through assessments conducted under this 
Act. 
(4) REFERRALS.—The number of physical and 
psychological referrals made resulting from the 
health assessments conducted pursuant to this Act. 
SEC. 4. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
The Secretary shall promulgate such rules and regu-
lations as are necessary to carry out this Act and to ensure 
confidentiality regarding health assessment information.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2007 through 2012. 
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