Revision: March 9, 2022, 1:08 p.m.
Rep. Merchant, Sull. 4
March 4, 2022
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Amendment to HB 1139
Amend RSA 327-A:1, III as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
III. "Prescription for spectacle lenses" means a dated and signed, written or oral direction not more than 24 months old from an ophthalmologist or optometrist for therapeutic or corrective lenses which states the prescribed refractive power and when necessary, the vertex distance, cylinder axis, and prism. The oral prescription must be recorded and kept on file for one year by the ophthalmic dispenser. The prescriber of spectacle lenses shall provide the interpupillary distance on the prescription for spectacle lenses when requested by the patient, or the parent or legal guardian if the patient is a minor. The dispenser shall be allowed to modify the interpupillary distance.
Amend the bill by replacing section 2 with the following:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires prescriptions for eyeglasses to contain the interpupillary distance when requested by the patient, or the parent or guardian if the patient is a minor.