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S 2609 107th Congress Senate

Contact Lens Prescription Release Act of 2002

Official title: A bill to require the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate a rule to establish requirements with respect to the release of prescriptions for contact lenses.

Introduced: June 11, 2002 See on congress.gov
Commerce Administrative procedureAdvertisingContact lensesFederal Trade Commission
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Government Operations and PoliticsHealthIndependent regulatory commissionsLawOptometryPhysiciansRestrictive trade practices
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This bill died when the 107th Congress ended
It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 26, 2002
Star Print ordered on the bill.
Jun 11, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 11, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5370-5371)
Jun 11, 2002
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 26, 2002

Star Print ordered on the bill.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Contact Lens Prescription Release Act of 2002 - Instructs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate a rule on ophthalmic practice that requires a contact lens prescriber to provide the patient (or, upon request, the patient's agent) a copy of the contact lens prescription. Sets forth guidelines for the rule pertaining to expiration dates for contact lenses.

Directs the FTC to promulgate a rule to make it an unfair trade practice for a contact lenses industry member to: (1) publish any advertisement or sales presentation relating to contact lenses that represents that they may be obtained without a valid prescription; or (2) sell contact lenses to a consumer or agent of a consumer unless the seller obtains a copy of an unexpired prescription or verifies the prescription by notifying the prescriber of the intended sale.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jun 11, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2609: Contact Lens Prescription Release Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2609/
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"S. 2609: Contact Lens Prescription Release Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2609/.
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S. 2609, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2609/.
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