Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to inclusion of comprehensive testing for convergence insufficiency in required child vision screenings
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 24, 2024
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary When children get their vision checked for school requirements, the tests must now include a specific check for how well their eyes work together to focus on things up close. This ensures that eye muscle coordination and near vision are properly tested.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires that all vision screening methods utilized in meeting the requirement for a child vision screening shall include comprehensive testing for convergence insufficiency. “Convergence insufficiency” is a vision condition that affects near vision and eye muscle coordination and that is characterized by a decreased ability to converge the eyes and maintain binocular fusion while focusing on a near target.