New York A 7343: Requires comprehensive eye examinations for certain public school students

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A07343 Summary:

BILL NOA07343A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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Amd §905, Ed L

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Requires comprehensive eye examinations for students entering public school for the first time and within sixty days where any student fails a school administered vision screening examination; requires regulations.

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BILL NOA07343A

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03/25/2025referred to education

09/05/2025amend (t) and recommit to education

09/05/2025print number 7343a

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7343--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to required comprehensive
 eye examinations for certain public school students

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 905 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 477 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 4. (a) Vision screening examinations of students in the schools of
 5 this state made pursuant to subdivision one of this section, or made
 6 pursuant to the by-laws, regulations or practices of the board of educa-
 7 tion of the city school district of the city of New York, shall be
 8 subject to the provisions of this subdivision, and where inconsistent
 9 herewith, the provisions of this subdivision shall prevail. In addition
 10 to any vision screening examinations otherwise required by the
 11 provisions or practices cited in this subdivision, all students who
 12 enroll in a school of this state shall be tested for color perception,
 13 distance acuity and near vision within six months of admission to the
 14 school, or by such other date as may be prescribed in the regulations of
 15 the commissioner. The results of any such vision screening examinations,
 16 whether made pursuant to this subdivision or pursuant to the provisions
 17 or practices cited in this subdivision, shall be in writing and shall be
 18 made available to the student's parent or person in parental relation
 19 and to any teacher of the student within the school while the student is
 20 enrolled in the school, and shall be kept in a permanent file of the
 21 school for at least as long as the minimum retention period for such
 22 records, as prescribed by the commissioner pursuant to article fifty-
 23 seven-A of the arts and cultural affairs law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11260-03-5

 A. 7343--A 2

 1 (b) Every student entering a public preschool or public school for the
 2 first time shall undergo a comprehensive eye examination conducted by a
 3 licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist. Such optometrist or ophthalmol-
 4 ogist shall provide proof of such comprehensive eye examination for a
 5 parent or person in parental relation to file with the school where the
 6 student is enrolled.
 7 (c) Any student who fails a school administered vision screening exam-
 8 ination required pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall be
 9 required to undergo a comprehensive eye examination conducted by a
 10 licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist and submit proof of such eye
 11 examination within sixty days of notification of failing the school
 12 administered vision screening examination.
 13 (d) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations on how
 14 schools will communicate with students' parents or persons in parental
 15 relation before and after conducting vision screening examinations
 16 pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision, including:
 17 (i) informing such parents or persons in parental relation of the date
 18 that such vision screening examination will be conducted;
 19 (ii) advising such parents or persons in parental relation t