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Senate advances contact-lens consumer-protection bill after amendment and debate
Summary
The Utah Senate moved first substitute S.B. 176 (contact-lens consumer protection) forward after approving an amendment clarifying specialty-lens exemptions; sponsors said the measure codifies terms of a court settlement, opponents cited an FTC report and competition concerns.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 17 advanced first substitute S.B. 176, a bill intended to limit certain distribution practices for contact lenses and to preserve marketing practices implemented under a prior court-ordered settlement.
Sponsor Sen. Orrin Bramble, speaking on the Senate floor, said the bill addresses problems that arise when a prescriber of contact lenses also retails those lenses and that its intent is to reflect provisions of a prior judicial settlement. Bramble moved Amendment No. 2 (dated Feb. 16, 2006), which broadens the bill's definition of specialty lenses and clarifies that…
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