EDVI Act – Congressional Background

H.R. 2527, the Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children (EDVI) Act, introduced in March 2025, is bipartisan legislation, co-sponsored by Congressional Vision Caucus (CVC) co-chairs, U.S. Representative Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), and U.S. Representative Marc Veasey (TX-33). The EDVI Act seeks to improve the vision and eye health of children across the United States by providing resources to states and communities to establish or improve systems of care for children’s vision and eye health through early detection and intervention models for vision screening, referrals to eye care, and follow-up to eye care treatment.