Healthy Children Learn Act
Last action on May 6, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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The Healthy Children Learn Act (S. 1004) seeks to improve student health by expanding medical screening services within the education system. If passed, the bill would authorize Head Start and Early Head Start programs to provide screenings for asthma, vision, and hearing, while also establishing federal grants for public schools to implement similar health testing. Additionally, the legislation aims to remove administrative barriers, such as the "free care rule," to ensure that schools can be reimbursed for providing these essential health services to children.
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