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Contact Lens Prescription Release Act of 1995

Introduced: April 6, 1995 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 27, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials.
Apr 7, 1995
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E826)
Apr 6, 1995
Introduced in House
Apr 6, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Contact Lens Prescription Release Act of 1995 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission to amend its trade regulation rule on ophthalmic practice under 16 C.F.R. 456 to require the prescriber of contact lenses, regardless of whether or not the patient requests the prescription, to offer to release a copy of it: (1) after the fitting process is completed; or (2) in the case of a prescription renewal, immediately if there is no change in its specifications.

What's happening now April 27, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 28, 1995
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jun 6, 1995
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 2, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1454: Contact Lens Prescription Release Act of 1995. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1454/
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"H.R. 1454: Contact Lens Prescription Release Act of 1995." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1454/.
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H.R. 1454, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1454/.
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