GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2005

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SENATE BILL 1210

Health Care Committee Substitute Adopted 5/18/06

Short Title:     Repeal Eye Exam Requirement for Kindergarten.	(Public)
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May 10, 2006

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to repeal the mandate that children entering kindergarten obtain a comprehensive eye examination, the governor's vision care program, and the Governor's commission on early childhood vision care; and to provide that funds appropriated to the reserve for the governor's vision care program shall revert to the general fund.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 10.59F of S.L. 2005-276, as amended by Section 20 of S.L. 2005-345, and Part 35 of Article 3 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes are repealed.

SECTION 2.  Effective June 30, 2006, funds in the Reserve for the Governor's Vision Care Program shall revert to the General Fund.

SECTION 3.  Except as otherwise provided in this act, this act is effective when it becomes law.