The Queensland Health Spectacle Supply Scheme (SSS) provides eligible Queensland residents with basic prescription spectacles, once every two years. The scheme is part of the Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme (MASS). Hodgson Optical are agents for the SSS and provide spectacles to eligible clients on our outreach visits. We do not charge an administration fee for dispensing SSS spectacles.
Free spectacles - available online
We can offer SSS spectacles to any eligible Queensland resident online if you send us the information required.
Instructions
Click on the button at the top of this page to send us an email with:
- photographs of both sides of your concession card.
- a current optical prescription and your PD's (or Pupillary Distance).
- your phone number
- your choice of frames from the link below
Links
SSS: Spectacle Supply Scheme | Queensland Health
Spectacle Frames: Approved spectacles, lenses and frames | Queensland Health
Please choose two frames if you would like distance and reading spectacles. Bifocals are not available online due to the more complex measurements required to fit these lenses.
Terms & Conditions
To complete the application you will need to agree to the T&C. Our staff member will ask you to agree to the following when they contact you:
Applicant Consent to Centrelink Search
By consenting below the applicant authorises Centrelink to confirm with MASS the current status of their Commonwealth Benefit and other details as they pertain to their concession entitlement. More details about the Centrelink Confirmation eServices is available at Centrelink's website
Applicant Confirmation:
I authorise:
The Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme (MASS) to use Centrelink Confirmation eServices to perform a
Centrelink/DVA enquiry of my Centrelink or Department of Veterans’ Affairs customer details and
concession card status to enable the business to determine if I qualify for a concession, rebate or
service.
Services Australia (the agency) to provide the results of that enquiry to MASS.
I understand that:
The agency will disclose personal information to MASS including my name, date of birth, address,
state, concession card type and status to confirm my eligibility for MASS services (subsidy funding
assistance for assistive technology, aids and/or consumable products).
This consent, once signed, remains valid while I am a customer of MASS unless I withdraw it by
contacting the MASS or the agency. I can get proof of my circumstances/details from the agency and
provide it to MASS so my eligibility for MASS services can be determined.
If I withdraw consent or do not alternatively provide proof of my circumstances/details, I may not be
eligible for the service provided by MASS.
Applicant consent: I consent to Centrelink confirmation
Applicant Acknowledgements
The applicant/guardian accepts the conditions stated in the Applicant Information Sheet:
The applicant/guardian acknowledges that the information listed in this application is current and
correct:
Consent to Electronic Communications
The applicant/guardian consents to MASS using email to contact their optometrist and order their
spectacles:
The applicant/guardian consents to receiving general emails from MASS such as newsletters: (WE NORMALLY TICK NO ON THIS ONE)
