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1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Child Vision and Hearing Test Act is amended  
5by adding Section 5.5 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 205/5.5 new)
7    Sec. 5.5. Auditory-visual integration assessment pilot 
8program. In addition to the program of hearing screening 
9services and the program of vision screening services 
10established by the Department under this Act, the Department, 
11in consultation with the State Board of Education, shall 
12establish an auditory-visual integration assessment pilot 
13program in selected school districts in the northern region of 
14the State, to be determined by the State Board of Education. 
15The pilot program shall do the following:
16        (1) Require each pupil in the selected school districts 
17    in those grade levels where visual screening is required to 
18    undergo a base-level auditory-visual integration 
19    screening, which shall be a pass-or-fail spatial 
20    localization test.
21        (2) Require a more detailed evaluation of students who 
22    fail the base-level auditory-visual integration screening. 
23    This level of assessment shall include quantitative and 
 
 
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1    qualitative measurements of both auditory-visual 
2    integration function and spatial navigation ability and 
3    shall result in specific recommendations for interventions 
4    that may be needed.
5        (3) Provide a training program for qualified 
6    individuals on how to conduct in-school base-level 
7    auditory-visual integration screenings.
8        (4) Provide a training program for occupational 
9    therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists, 
10    optometrists, and community health clinic professionals 
11    throughout the State to perform detailed evaluations.
12        (5) Provide training for optometrists throughout the 
13    State to prescribe appropriate interventions.
14    The Department and the State Board of Education shall adopt 
15rules to implement this Section.
 
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
17becoming law.