Bill Text: IL HB3925 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Child Vision and Hearing Test Act. Provides that vision and hearing screening services may be administered to preschool children 3 years of age or older in any public or private educational program or licensed child-care facility only once every 2 years prior to entering kindergarten. Provides that vision screening services may be conducted and administered by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, an optometrist licensed under the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987, or a certified vision screening technician. Provides that hearing screening services may be conducted and administered by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, an audiologist licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act, or a certified hearing screening technician.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3925 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB3925-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB3925 Introduced , by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 205/3 from Ch. 23, par. 2333
410 ILCS 205/4 from Ch. 23, par. 2334
Amends the Child Vision and Hearing Test Act. Provides that vision and hearing screening services may be administered to preschool children 3 years of age or older in any public or private educational program or licensed child-care facility only once every 2 years prior to entering kindergarten. Provides that vision screening services may be conducted and administered by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, an optometrist licensed under the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987, or a certified vision screening technician. Provides that hearing screening services may be conducted and administered by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, an audiologist licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act, or a certified hearing screening technician.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning public health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Child Vision and Hearing Test Act is amended
by changing Sections 3 and 4 as follows:
(410 ILCS 205/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 2333)
Sec. 3. Vision and hearing screening services shall be
administered to all children as early as possible, but no later
than their first year in any public or private education
program, licensed day care center or residential facility for
handicapped children; and periodically thereafter, to identify
those children with vision or hearing impairments or both so
that such conditions can be managed or treated. Vision and
hearing screening services may be administered to preschool
children 3 years of age or older in any public or private
educational program or licensed child-care facility only once
every 2 years prior to entering kindergarten.
(Source: P.A. 81-174.)
(410 ILCS 205/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 2334)
Sec. 4. In addition to the program of hearing screening
services established by the Department under this Act, the
Department shall establish a program of vision screening

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services by January 1, 1980. The Department and the State Board
of Education shall jointly develop rules and regulations
governing standards, procedures, techniques and criteria for
conducting and administering vision and hearing screening
services and shall set standards for the training and
qualifications of personnel to provide such services. Vision
screening services may be conducted and administered by a
physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches,
an optometrist licensed under the Illinois Optometric Practice
Act of 1987, or a certified vision screening technician.
Hearing screening services may be conducted and administered by
a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its
branches, an audiologist licensed under the Illinois
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act, or a
certified hearing screening technician.
(Source: P.A. 81-174.)