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HR 3975 116th Congress House

Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act

Official title: To amend the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to modernize verification of contact lens prescriptions, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 25, 2019 See on congress.gov
Commerce Consumer affairsHealth information and medical recordsHearing, speech, and vision careRetail and wholesale trades
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Jul 26, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Jul 25, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 25, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 26, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act

This bill revises the requirements for the verification of prescriptions related to the purchase of contact lenses. Specifically, online sellers of prescription contact lenses must provide consumers with a method to transmit a digital copy of their prescriptions to such sellers. Online sellers also must encrypt protected health information they send by email.

Additionally, the bill prohibits any seller of prescription contact lenses from using telephone calls with an artificial or prerecorded voice (i.e., robocalls) to verify a consumer's prescription.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 57
All 57 Democratic 22 Republican 19
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Oct 27, 2020
KIND, RON
· Oct 23, 2020
 R
Comer, James
Kentucky · Oct 9, 2020
Malinowski, Tom
· Oct 9, 2020
McKinley, David
· Oct 9, 2020
Lamb, Conor
· Oct 6, 2020
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Oct 1, 2020
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Sep 23, 2020
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Sep 23, 2020
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Sep 23, 2020
 R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Sep 22, 2020
 R
Miller, Carol D.
West Virginia · Sep 22, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 17, 2020
 R
Guest, Michael
Mississippi · Sep 17, 2020
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Sep 17, 2020
 R
Moolenaar, John R.
Michigan · Sep 17, 2020
 D
Torres, Norma J.
California · Sep 15, 2020
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Sep 11, 2020
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 11, 2020
O'Halleran, Tom
· Sep 11, 2020
Stivers, Steve
· Sep 11, 2020
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Aug 25, 2020
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jul 16, 2020
 R
Marshall, Roger
Kansas · Jul 1, 2020
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jun 30, 2020
Davis, Rodney
· Jun 24, 2020
 R
Westerman, Bruce
Arkansas · Mar 9, 2020
 R
Smucker, Lloyd
Pennsylvania · Mar 3, 2020
Flores, Bill
· Feb 25, 2020
 R
Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · Feb 5, 2020
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jan 29, 2020
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Jan 24, 2020
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jan 16, 2020
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jan 15, 2020
Luria, Elaine
· Jan 9, 2020
McNerney, Jerry
· Jan 7, 2020
Zeldin, Lee
· Jan 7, 2020
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Dec 13, 2019
 R
Gooden, Lance
Texas · Nov 19, 2019
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Nov 19, 2019
VISCLOSKY, PETER
· Nov 18, 2019
 R
Hern, Kevin
Oklahoma · Nov 13, 2019
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Nov 13, 2019
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Nov 12, 2019
 R
Womack, Steve
Arkansas · Nov 12, 2019
Kinzinger, Adam
· Oct 29, 2019
 D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Oct 22, 2019
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Oct 21, 2019
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Sep 27, 2019
Gianforte, Greg
· Sep 25, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3975: Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3975/
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"H.R. 3975: Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3975/.
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