# 119-hr-4282: Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act

119-hr-4282, Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4282
- Congress: 119
- Title: Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-02
- Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA)
- Cosponsors: 43
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Modernizes contact lens prescription verification and protects patient health data.** The bill requires online sellers to accept secure electronic transmissions of contact lens prescriptions and to encrypt protected health information sent by email. - Consumers: People can electronically transmit a copy of their contact lens prescription to online sellers using a method that complies with HIPAA privacy rules. - Online sellers: Must provide a way for individuals to send prescriptions electronically and must encrypt any protected health information transmitted by email. - Verification records: Expands required data elements by adding an email address to the information used for prescription verification. - Telephonic communications: Clarifies that calls made using an artificial or prerecorded voice are not included in the telephonic-communication rule.

## Cosponsors (43)

- Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI), 2025-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2025-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2025-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA), 2025-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] (R-WY), 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] (R-SC), 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2] (R-KS), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2025-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2025-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY), 2025-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2025-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] (R-TX), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2025-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] (D-NM), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] (D-CO), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7] (R-PA), 2026-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shreve, Jefferson [R-IN-6] (R-IN), 2026-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1] (R-KS), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] (R-OR), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5] (R-TX), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] (R-IL), 2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2026-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16] (R-IL), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4] (R-KS), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Secure online uploads for contact lens prescriptions: benefit, low. If enacted, online sellers would need to let you send your contact lens prescription electronically. The method would have to follow HIPAA privacy rules. Any protected health information sent by email would have to be encrypted. This would apply when you buy contacts online.
- New contact info and phone rules for lens sales: mixed, low. If enacted, sellers would need to include an email address in the contact info they record for prescription verification. It would also clarify that calls using an artificial or prerecorded voice would not count under the phone rule for verification. These changes would affect how sellers verify co…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-4282 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4282)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4282 (as of 2026-09-21).