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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings to all:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>HB24-1115 is a bill requiring pharmacies to provide accessible labels on prescription drugs for people who have difficulty seeing or reading standard printed labels. There is also an appropriation of approximately $80,000 for needy pharmacies who cannot afford the cost of providing accessible prescription drug labels.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>HB24-1115 has already passed the State House. It has been introduced in the Senate and is to be heard by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee at a hearing to be held tomorrow, May 1, immediately upon adjournment of the full Senate in Senate Conference Room 357.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Testimony for or against HB24-1115 can be submitted in person, remotely through Zoom, or in writing. To register for in-person or remote testimony or to submit your written testimony, point your browser to <a href="https://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/signIn.xsp">https://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/signIn.xsp</a>. Choose the method you want to use to testify, select the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, HB24-1115, and 5/1/2024.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are nearing the home stretch on this important piece of legislation. If it passes the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, it will be moved to the Senate Appropriations Committee due to the $80,000 appropriation. Assuming it passes Senate Appropriations, it will need to be voted on by the full Senate. We have 11 days before the Colorado General Assembly adjourns. So, as you see, this bill will need to move quickly through the process. We should not be complacent about this. Time is definitely getting short here.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please do what you can to help us to move this bill through the final approval process. If you need help with language, see the text of what I sent to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, shown immediately below my signature.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for anything you can do to help our efforts to obtain accessible prescription labels for Coloradans who are blind or print-disabled.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Very truly yours,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Curtis Chong<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>__________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h2>Letter to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Senator ???:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please support funding in support of HB24-1115, a bill which is critical to the life, health, and safety of people in Colorado who are blind or otherwise unable to see or read printed prescription drug labels. The technology, knowledge, and procedures to make prescription labels accessible to people who are blind or have print disabilities is more available today than it has ever been before, and the cost of this accessibility is neither rapidly increasing nor excessive. Without this funding, small pharmacies would find it difficult or impossible to do what is necessary to provide accessible prescription labels to their customers who need them, and people who are blind or otherwise print-disabled will continue to be at greater risk of taking the wrong medication.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>HB24-1115 is fully supported across the disability community in Colorado. It is supported by the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado, Disability Law Colorado, the Colorado Cross Disability Coalition, and ARC of Colorado. Funding is critical to ensure that all pharmacies in the state can do what is right--making prescription labels accessible to everyone! Please prioritize HB24-1115 to help keep all Coloradans who are blind or print-disabled safe.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yours sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Curtis Chong, Legislative Cochair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind of Colorado<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>