Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act
- Last Action
- 5/20/2021
CRS Summary
As of 2021-05-20 (00)
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 (7)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- Roger Wicker (R-MS)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Shelley Capito (R-WV)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
Subjects
- Consumer affairs
- Health information and medical records
- Hearing, speech, and vision care
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Right of privacy
- Telephone and wireless communication
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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