Bill > H278

This bill establishes a low vision registry in Massachusetts. It requires the Commissioner, in consultation with the Department of Public Health and the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, to create a registry of individuals whose visual acuity is 20/60 or less in the better eye or whose peripheral field of vision has contracted to a 10-degree radius or less, regardless of visual acuity. The purpose of the registry is to help the Commission measure the number of individuals who are likely to become legally blind in the future. Those on the registry will not be eligible for services from the Commission until they meet the standard of legal blindness, which is defined elsewhere in state law.

Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H278