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Kevin Cramer (R-ND)

Vision Lab Choice Act of 2025

S. 1716 · Senate bill Health

A Republican bill with 12 Democratic cosponsors · See all 24 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

The Vision Lab Choice Act of 2025 aims to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve health care coverage under vision plans. The bill focuses on regulating the agreements held by doctors of optometry with group health plans or health insurance coverage that offers limited scope vision benefits. It limits the duration of these initial agreements to a maximum of two years and allows for extensions of up to two years with the doctor's acceptance. Additionally, the bill prohibits insurance plans from restricting a doctor's choice of laboratories or suppliers for services and materials. The Secretary is required to notify States annually regarding their authority to enforce these provisions.

Yes· 3 of 4

  • Scored +4

    Does this make health care easier to get in general?

    Improves access to vision care by allowing optometrists more freedom in their practice and agreement terms.

  • Scored +3

    Does this give people more protection from unfair business practices?

    Enhances consumer protection by ensuring optometry doctors can choose their own suppliers for patient services.

  • Scored +2

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    Increases federal oversight regarding health insurance standards through notifications to states.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.