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Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act

Introduced: September 20, 2006 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 109th Congress ended
It never became law before the 109th Congress (2005–2006) 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.
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Sep 25, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Sep 20, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 20, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act - Amends the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to require the seller to provide the prescriber with a toll-free telephone number and email address for questions relating to a contact lens prescription verification request.

Revises the verification event in which a prescription is verified if the prescriber fails to communicate with the seller within eight business hours, or a similar time as defined by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), after receiving required patient and prescription information from the seller. States that if a prescriber communicates a question or concern to a seller through such toll-free telephone service or dedicated email address before such eight-hour period has ended, the seller must obtain affirmative confirmation of the accuracy of the prescription from the prescriber before the prescription is considered verified.

Authorizes a prescriber to make a written request to a seller that all contact lens prescription verification requests be communicated by a preferred method of communication, including telephone, facsimile, or email.

Authorizes fines for violations of this Act in amount up to $100,000 per violation.

Directs the FTC to examine and report to Congress on the potential and actual adverse effects on consumers of seller violations of the requirements of this Act.

What's happening now September 25, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6117: Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6117/
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"H.R. 6117: Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6117/.
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H.R. 6117, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6117/.
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