(a) Establishment.--The department shall establish the Early
Childhood Vision Care Education Program to promote public
awareness of the need for vision care for young children and the
value of early detection, diagnosis and treatment of vision
disorders and eye diseases.
(b) Duties of department.--The department shall:
(1) Establish a public education and outreach campaign
through written materials and brochures to promote the
importance of vision screening for young children and
awareness of vision disorders and eye diseases, including
amblyopia, strabismus and retinoblastoma.
(2) Develop educational materials and brochures and make
them available to parents through State and local departments
of health, hospitals, clinics, health care providers,
preschool programs, child-care providers and early childhood
programs.
(3) Develop relationships with health care providers and
health-related community-based organizations to promote and
coordinate public education programs on early childhood
vision care.
Section 5. Evaluation.
(a) Evaluation.--The department shall evaluate the Early
Childhood Vision Care Education Program every two years. The
findings shall be transmitted to the General Assembly
electronically and made available on the department's publicly
accessible Internet website.
(b) Required information.--The department's evaluation shall
include:
(1) A description of the material developed.
(2) How, when and where the materials are disseminated.
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