Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act
Latest action · May 20, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 19, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 67
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 19, 2021 to Jul 26, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Original | May 19, 2021 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Jun 16, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 19, 2021 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred May 20, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 20, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
- May 19, 2021Introduced in House
- May 19, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 87, May 19, 2021, page H2613.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1784 | Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act | Identical bill | May 20, 2021 |
| HR 3975 | Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act | Reintroduction of | Jul 26, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to modernize verification of contact lens prescriptions, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 19, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
