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H.R. 3975: Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act

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H.R. 3975: Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-07-25 · Commerce · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-07-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act

Plain 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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Official text

Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] · 74 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Josh Harder (D-CA), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Tom Cole (R-OK), Angie Craig (D-MN), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Womack (R-AR), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Michael Guest (R-MS), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI) and 14 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr3975 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116