Missouri lawmakers debate child eye exam law
Posted: February 4, 2012 at 11:45 a.m.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A panel of Missouri lawmakers has endorsed legislation to continue requiring that children have a full eye examination before they enter kindergarten.
Five years ago, Missouri became one of the first states in the nation to require incoming kindergartners to get a comprehensive eye exam by an optometrist or physician.
But a state commission found last year that only about one-third of parents in the state were actually taking their children to the eye doctor. That commission recommended that lawmakers drop the full exam requirement and rely on eye screenings —which are faster and cheaper— in public schools.
A House health insurance committee voted to continue to require full eye exams. The proposal now will go to the entire House for a vote.
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