HR 2126
101th Congress
House
Health
Books
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Dyslexia
Education
Educational tests
Reading
Sound recording and reproducing
To amend the Act entitled "An Act To provide books for the adult blind" to provide clarification with respect to the individuals who may make diagnoses of dyslexia under such Act, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 1, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials.
Apr 26, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Apr 26, 1989
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends Federal law relating to the provision of books for the adult blind to provide that the certification of dyslexia, for purposes of eligibility for a loan of books published on sound reproduction recordings, may be made by a competent authority only through the use of a test: (1) approved by the Director of the National Institutes of Health; and (2) administered by an individual (who does not have to be a doctor of medicine) qualified to administer and evaluate such a test.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials.
Committees of jurisdiction
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