Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act

United States117th CongressS-1784Senate
Updated: May 20, 2021

Summary

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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HR-3353: Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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