HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1125

    Amendment No. 5 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Health Care Services offered the following:

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13         Amendment 

14         On page 2, between lines 24 and 25, of the bill

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17         WHEREAS, African Americans ages 35 and older are 7 to

18  15 percent more likely to develop glaucoma compared to all

19  other population groups, and 50 percent of Asians over the age

20  of 50 have glaucoma, and

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