[Colorado-Talk] Promoting Accessible Prescription Law

Thu May 29 04:38:21 UTC 2025

Hi All,

I will print up some of the attached flyers to hand out.  We have lots of
family and friends who will help with his.  

Does anyone know if the new law addresses accessible scrips for family who
you are taking care of?  My husband had a bad fall down the stairs the end
of January 4 broken ribs, severe concussion, 2 very small brain bleeds,
broke 3 teeth and one side of his face was black and blue for weeks.  I
occasionally need to help him find his medication, which I cannot do without
scrip-talk.  King Soopers is telling me I need to get him registered with
scrip-talk in order for them to process his scrips.

Any suggestions?

Thank you all very much 

If you prefer to call me that would be fine too 303-915-3600 is my cell.

Barb Fellet

From: Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Peggy
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Subject: [Colorado-Talk] Promoting Accessible Prescription Law

Greetings.

The Aurora Chapter is actively working hard to inform the public and the
pharmacy communities about the new accessible prescription labels law which
requires Colorado pharmacies to provide prescription information in an
accessible format. At our May meeting we discussed several diverse ways to
bring more attention to this law. This law takes effect on July 1, 2025. The
law does not just apply to the Blind and low vision population. The law
provides for those who cannot easily access the prescription information,
even if they have not self-identified as a person with a print-reading
disability. The ScripTalk system supports 17 different languages to
translate the printed information into a language easily read by the
patient.

We recognize that some mail order pharmacies provide access to prescription
labels, but often only through mail order. This does not help when we have
an emergency or need new prescriptions right away. There are times when we
need to care for others and need access to the prescription information when
obtaining medication for our family members. Emergency medications are not
available through mail order pharmacies.

At our last chapter meeting, we brought printed copies of the flyer that is
attached to this email. Members took copies to pass out to businesses,
doctors, and friends to bring awareness about the possibility of improved
access to prescription label information. The more doctors and patients who
ask for better access, the faster better access will become the norm. We
already recognize that the State of Colorado and the Colorado Pharmacy Board
are not actively promoting or educating anyone about the accessible
prescription labels law. So, it is up to us.

Ideas for all of us to distribute the attached file either electronically or
in print include:

1.	Hand carry the flyer to our pharmacy.
2.	Hand carry the flyer to our doctors and dentists.
3.	Email the flyer to our doctors and dentists.
4.	Hand carry the flyer to our local Senior centers and facilities. Ask
them to post it on their bulletin boards and ask to speak at any meetings at
the centers to educate and explain what access to prescriptions means.
5.	Submit the flyer or an article based on the flyer to 55 plus
community newsletters.
6.	Hand carry the flyer to organizations, non-profit organizations, and
government programs that work with non-English speaking populations. 
7.	Hand carry the flyer to Urgent Care facilities. 
8.	Ask our pharmacies to let us have a table for a few hours to show
off our ScripTalk and other options. 
9.	Email the flyer to our "sighted" friends and family who may need a
little more help reading the prescription labels on their medications. 
10.	Reach out to the deafblind community about the new law and provide
information about how people who are deafblind can get Braille information
from the ScripTalk system even though speech is the primary way in which it
provides information.
11.	Send the flyer to other disability advocates.
12.	Send the flyer to our state legislators.
13.	Send the flyer to independent living centers and other Assisted
Living facilities.
14.	Send and hand carry the flyer to Immigration Assistance programs.
15.	Send the flyer to our city council members and mayor and ask to
present at the next city council meeting.
16.	Bring the flyer to your church and ask for it to be distributed to
all parishioners. 

If you have other ideas, please share with everyone to better circulate this
valuable information. 

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