H.R. 4282

Summary

H.R. 4282, the Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act, was introduced in the House on Jul 2, 2025 by Rep. Morgan Griffith (R) with 42 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Jul 2, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 4282 has 42 co-sponsors.

119 HR 4282 IH: Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-07-02
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4282  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   July 2, 2025   Mr. Griffith  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To amend the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to modernize verification of contact lens prescriptions, and for other purposes.
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)
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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To amend the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to modernize verification of contact lens prescriptions, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Morgan Griffith (R) sponsors H.R. 4282, and 42 members have co-sponsored it.

Morgan Griffith

Rep. · R–VA-9 · Sponsor

Introduced Jul 2, 2025

Mike Bost

Rep. · R–IL-12 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 14, 2025

Derrick Van Orden

Rep. · R–WI-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 21, 2025

Julia Brownley

Rep. · D–CA-26 · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 26, 2025

Kathy Castor

Rep. · D–FL-14 · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 26, 2025

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Rep. · D–WA-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 26, 2025

Harriet Hageman

Rep. · R–WY-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 3, 2025

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Rep. · D–IL-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 3, 2025

Stephen Lynch

Rep. · D–MA-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 3, 2025

Kim Schrier

Rep. · D–WA-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 3, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 4282 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Jul 2, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4282 has taken 2 actions since Jul 2, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 4282 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 4282 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act — Display Title
• Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to modernize verification of contact lens prescriptions, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

6 clients hired 8 firms and 29 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4282 in 30 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Budget/Appropriations, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Medicare/Medicaid, Pharmacy, Science/Technology.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 29.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4282 under Commerce, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4282’s is Commerce.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 4282, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 114 (Wednesday, July 2, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GRIFFITH:H.R. 4282.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution aswell as Amendment XVI[Page H3189]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com