119-hr4282

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4282 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4282

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

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 2, 2025

 Mr. Griffith introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce

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 A BILL

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

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Contact Lens Prescription 
Verification Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

 

Section 4 of the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act (15 U.S.C. 
7603) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) --
        (A) by redesignating paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) as 
 subparagraphs
        (A) and
        (B) , respectively;
        (B) by moving such redesignated subparagraphs 2 ems 
 to the right;
            (C) by striking ``A seller may'' and inserting 
 ``

    (1) Sellers generally.--A seller may''; and
            (D) by adding at the end the following new 
 paragraph:
 ``

    (2) Online sellers.--An online seller of contact lenses 
 shall provide a method that enables an individual to 
 electronically transmit, in accordance with HIPAA privacy 
 regulation (as defined in 

section 1180

    (b)

    (3) of the Social 
 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-9

    (b)

    (3) )), a copy of a contact 
 lens prescription for such individual.
 ``

    (3) Encryption required.--Any protected health 
 information (as defined for purposes of the HIPAA privacy 
 regulation) that an online seller sends pursuant to this 
 section by email shall be encrypted.'';

    (2) in subsection
            (c) (6) , by striking ``and telephone 
 number'' and inserting the following: ``, telephone number, and 
 email address''; and

    (3) in subsection

    (g) , by striking the period at the end 
 and inserting the following: ``but does not include a call made 
 using an artificial or prerecorded voice.''.
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