I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1549
To establish a demonstration program to provide comprehensive health
assessments for students.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 24, 2001
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,
To provide for comprehensive health assessments of stu-
dents.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Student Health Assess-
ment Act of 2001’’.
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
Children’s Health Insurance Program established
under title XXI of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1397aa); 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 personal identifying 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) CHIP ENROLLEES.—The number of new en-
rollees of the 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.