SIEBEN. New Act Creates the Optometric Education Scholarship Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish and administer a scholarship program in which 10 $5,000 scholarships are provided each year to qualified applicants who are enrolled in a college of optometry located in this State. Provides that a scholarship recipient must, during the 7-year period immediately following graduation, be employed in this State as a licensed optometrist for at least one year for each year of full-time scholarship assistance received. JAN-30-2002 S FIRST READING JAN-30-2002 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES JAN-07-2003 S SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary