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Creates a new HHS grant program to fund nonprofit organizations that provide free eye care services to students in public elementary and secondary schools. Grants may pay for portable or mobile eye-care equipment and operational costs, and the Secretary must set up the program within 180 days of enactment.
Authorizes funding to operate the program for fiscal years 2026 through 2031. The program aims to expand access to vision screening, exams, and basic eye-care services at school sites through nonprofit partners.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and 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.
Introduced May 21, 2025 by Jahana Hayes · Last progress May 21, 2025