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Healthy Children Learn Act

Introduced: May 6, 2003 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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May 6, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 6, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5786-5787)
May 6, 2003
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Healthy Children Learn Act - Amends the Head Start Act to authorize early Head Start and Head Start programs to carry out asthma, vision, and hearing screening programs.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary Of Health and Human Services to award grants to local educational agencies for asthma, vision, hearing, and other health screening programs for public school children.

States that nothing under any law relating to a program that provides health benefits coverage for children and including the payment limitation known as the "free care rule" shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting assistance for children receiving asthma, vision, hearing, or other health screening tests.

What's happening now May 6, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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