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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | September 5, 2014 01:32 PM |
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| From: | Senator Mike Folmer |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Resolution Recognizing the Week of September 14, 2014 as "InfantSEE" Week in the Commonwealth |
| In the near future I will offer a Resolution recognizing the week of September 14, 2014 as "InfantSEE" week in the Commonwealth. Member optometrists of the American Optometric Association, the Vision Care Institute of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. and the Allergan Foundation have partnered to create "InfantSEE", a public health program to provide a one time, no cost eye assessment for infants six to twelve months old. One in ten children are at risk from undiagnosed eye and vision problems, and one in thirty children will be affected by amblyopia, a leading cause of vision loss in people younger than forty-five years old. Undetected vision problems can contribute to a decrease in a child's quality of life and may lead to developmental and behavioral difficulties, which impede classroom learning as well as increase the costs to society. Undetected eye and vision problems can lead to permanent vision impairment or loss of life. Please join me in recognizing the week of September 14, 2014 as "InfantSEE" week in the Commonwealth. Thank you for your consideration. |
Introduced as SR432
Memo Updated: September 5, 2014 01:33 PM