# Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act

Right now, when you buy contact lenses online, the seller has to verify your prescription is real and current. This bill updates the rules for how that verification process works to match modern technology and protect your privacy.

Currently, sellers can verify your prescription by calling your eye doctor or having you mail in a copy. This bill adds a new requirement: online sellers must give you a way to electronically send your prescription directly to them. Think of it like being able to email your prescription instead of having to print it out and mail it or wait for a phone call between the seller and your doctor. This makes the process faster and more convenient for people buying contacts online.

The bill also adds important privacy protections. When your prescription information gets sent electronically, it has to be encrypted—basically scrambled so that only the intended recipient can read it. This protects your health information from being intercepted or read by hackers. The bill also requires online sellers to collect your email address so they have a secure way to communicate with you about your prescription.

Overall, this is a consumer-friendly update that modernizes how contact lens prescriptions are handled in the digital age. It makes buying contacts online easier while adding safeguards to keep your personal health information secure.

Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act

Rush, Bobby L.

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.