# 119-s-1716: Vision Lab Choice Act of 2025

119-s-1716, Vision Lab Choice Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1716
- Congress: 119
- Title: Vision Lab Choice Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-12
- Sponsor: Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND)
- Cosponsors: 24
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-18

## Summary

**Protect optometrists' contract rights and supplier choice.** The bill would limit how long limited-scope vision plan contracts can bind a doctor of optometry and prevent plans from restricting choice of laboratories or suppliers. - Doctors of optometry: It would cap initial and renewal agreements at 2 years and require the doctor's prior acceptance for each extension, allowing unlimited renewals only with that acceptance. - Patients and households: Plans could not, directly or indirectly, restrict an optometrist's choice of laboratories or sources of materials and services for an enrolled individual, which may preserve access to preferred lenses and repair or supply options. - States and insurers: The Secretary would annually ask each State if it will enforce these rules and treat a State as not substantially enforcing them if it fails to respond within 90 days or declines. The bill also says State law controls where it conflicts and leaves State jurisdiction over issuers and limited-scope vision plans.

## Cosponsors (24)

- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK), 2025-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] (R-AR), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA), 2025-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2026-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH), 2026-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] (R-ND), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Protections for optometrists and patients: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would limit initial contracts between limited-scope vision plans and optometrists to no more than 2 years. Any extension would need the optometrist's prior acceptance and could be for up to 2 years, and extensions could repeat indefinitely if the doctor agrees. Plans could not…
- State control over vision plan rules: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would require the federal health official to notify each State yearly about enforcing the optometrist protections and ask if the State will enforce them. States would have 90 days to reply. If a State says it will not enforce or does not answer, the Secretary could treat the St…

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## Sources
- [119-s-1716 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1716)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1716 (as of 2026-09-18).