Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act

To amend the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to require contact lens sellers to provide a toll-free telephone number and a dedicated email address for the purpose of receiving communications from prescribers.

4/24/2007--Introduced.
Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act - Amends the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to require the seller to provide the prescriber with a toll-free telephone number and email address for questions relating to a contact lens prescription verification request. Revises the verification event in which a prescription is verified if the prescriber fails to communicate with the seller within eight business hours, or a similar time as defined by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), after receiving required patient and prescription information from the seller to provide that, if a prescriber communicates a question or concern to a seller through such toll-free telephone service or dedicated email address before such eight-hour period has ended, the seller must obtain affirmative confirmation of the accuracy of the prescription from the prescriber before the prescription is considered verified. Authorizes a prescriber to make a written request to a seller that all contact lens prescription verification requests be communicated by a preferred method of communication, including telephone, facsimile, or email. Prohibits any seller of contact lenses from overfilling a prescription. Authorizes fines for violations of this Act in amount up to $100,000 per violation.


... morehide bill summarySee Full Bill Text

Sponsor

• Rep. Mike Ross [D, AR-4]
• and 19 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Thomas Allen [D, ME-1]
  • Rep. Spencer Bachus [R, AL-6]
  • Rep. John Boozman [R, AR-3]
  • Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2]
  • Rep. Christopher Carney [D, PA-10]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. Thelma Drake [R, VA-2]
  • Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
  • Rep. Ralph Hall [R, TX-4]
  • Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10]
  • Rep. Ron Lewis [R, KY-2]
  • Rep. James Marshall [D, GA-8]
  • Rep. Alan Mollohan [D, WV-1]
  • Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
  • Rep. Peter Roskam [R, IL-6]
  • Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R, FL-18]
  • Rep. Bill Sali [R, ID-1]
  • Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R, GA-3]
  • Rep. Edward Whitfield [R, KY-1]
  close

Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 1 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  close

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.2012

Number	Status	Purpose

Bill Status

Make a Bill Status Widget (Close help)

OpenCongress widgets allow you to display information about bills and issue areas on your own website or blog. First, select which bill or issue you want to track, then customize the appearance of the panel, and finally paste a simple chunk of HTML into your site. Now your community will have an easy, up-to-date way to track the status of important bills and issues in Congress.

Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
April 24, 2007

Show All Actions (3 actions)Hide Actions

All Bill Actions

• Apr 25, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
• Apr 24, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• Introduced on Apr 24, 2007.

---

Related Issue Areas:

• Consumers
• Consumer education
• Consumer protection
• Contact lenses
• 9 more
• Electronic mail systems
• Facsimile transmission
• Fines (Penalties)
• Law
• Medical care
• Medicine
• Technology
• Telecommunication
• Telephone

Data from the Congressional Research Service

Show More User Statistics... Hide User Statistics

In the News

September 04, 2007 Thumbs up to federal media shield law, Milton and UWW partnership ...

The House Judiciary Committee recently passed the Free Flow of Information Act. The bill, HR 2012, would permit journalists to protect confidential sources. ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: Janesville Gazette, WI

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

See most useful news articles

Blog Coverage

July 22, 2008 Bloggers Must Reveal Sources

Does this bill protect bloggers from having to reveal sources? What rights would journalists have to refuse to reveal sources, and what powers would federal judges have if HR 2012: Free Flow of Information Act 2007 is passed into law?

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: About.com Women in Business: Most Popular Articles

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

December 01, 2007 International Union for Sex Workers (IUSW) + other activists say ...

Exhibit B is the End Demand for Sex Trafficking Act of 2005, a bill currently before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees (HR 2012 and S 397). Like the State Department’s factsheet, the bill is unequivocal in its negative portrayal ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: Prostitute.Sweden Weblog

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

September 04, 2007 Thumbs up to federal media shield law, Milton and UWW partnership ...

The House Judiciary Committee recently passed the Free Flow of Information Act. The bill, HR 2012, would permit journalists to protect confidential sources. Similar legislation awaits Senate action. Read More... [Source: Yahoo! ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: All about law

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

2 more posts...
See most useful blog posts

Information made available by: