119-HR4282

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 4282

1. Short title
2. Amendments

1. Short title

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

2. Amendments

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

(1) Online sellers - 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) Online sellers - 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.".