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This resolution urges the Illinois Secretary of State to address potential health risks associated with vision screening machines used during driver's license applications. Specifically, the resolution calls for developing standardized training protocols and providing sanitary materials to clean vision screening machines between each use, in order to prevent the potential spread of bacterial and viral eye infections like conjunctivitis (pink eye). The resolution highlights that these vision screening machines require direct contact with an applicant's forehead and eye area, which could potentially transmit infections if machines are not properly cleaned. The background sections explain that all driver's license applicants in Illinois must undergo vision screening, with specific visual acuity requirements (minimum 20/40 vision and 140-degree peripheral vision), and that the Secretary of State uses specialized machines to assist in this screening process. The resolution concludes by directing that a copy of the resolution be delivered to the current Secretary of State, Alexi Giannoulias, to formally communicate these recommendations.

Health and Social Services

https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=572&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HR&SessionID=114&GA=104