Form , Application for Treatment Instructions for Opening a Form Some forms cannot be viewed in a web browser and must be opened in Adobe Reader on your desktop system. Click here for instructions on accessing your form. Effective Date. To be eligible, an individual must be an adult resident of the state of Texas who: has been referred to the program by the individual's treating physician or optometrist; has certified to the physician or optometrist that the individual does not have health insurance or other available resources with which to pay for prescribed treatment to prevent blindness; and has been certified by the physician or optometrist as having a medically urgent eye condition that poses an imminent risk of permanent and significant visual loss if not treated with surgery or medical intervention.
Medically urgent eye conditions include glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and detached retina. Other eye conditions must be determined to be medically urgent by both the applicant's physician and the ophthalmologic consultant or designee. Program Information The BEST program is funded with voluntary donations and funds may not be available at the time an individual is referred for assistance.
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J Gerontol Soc Work. To the extent that funding is available, eye screening services for adult Texans are provided at locations across the state under a contract between the Division for Blind Services and the non-profit organization Prevent Blindness Texas.
These non-diagnostic screenings are offered free of cost to the individual, and they serve two important functions. One goal is to help the person understand the importance of proper eye care and regular eye examinations. The second goal is to encourage the individual to see an eye care professional if the results of their screening indicate they might benefit from glasses or might be at risk for an eye condition that could result in blindness or permanent vision loss.
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