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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Yes! Thanks for all the work you and your crowd do all the time for all of us.
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Julie Reiskin via Colorado-Talk<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 9, 2024 10:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NFB of Colorado Discussion List <colorado-talk@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Julie Reiskin <jreiskin@ccdconline.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Colorado-Talk] Our 2024 Legislative Successes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You all did amazing work this session!!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition<br>
1385 S. Colorado Blvd. Bldg. A., Suite 610<br>
Denver, CO 80222<br>
Organizational phone: 303-839-1775 | Direct Phone: 303-667-4216<br>
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<b>Looking for ways to support our mission? Follow these links:</b><br>
<b><a href="https://ccdconline.org/take-action/membership/" target="_blank">Join our membership for free</a> | <a href="https://www.ccdconline.org/donate/" target="_blank">Online giving</a> | <a href="http://www.ccdconline.org/donate/other-ways-to-give/" target="_blank">Other
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 9:30<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>AM Dan Burke via Colorado-Talk <<a href="mailto:colorado-talk@nfbnet.org">colorado-talk@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Well, the 2024 Colorado General Assembly signed off last night, and we have some significant successes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes - SB24-153 News Access for Print Disbled Coloradans will give us $125,000 for Newsline expansion and outreach over the next year. Thanks to our sponsors, Sen. jessie Danielson and Reps. Daid Ortiz and Stephanie Vigil for being champions
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes, HB24-1115 Prescription Label Accessibility passed as well. Thanks to our sponsors, Reps. mary Young and Junie Joseph and Sen. Steve Fenberg. Also, Jack Johnson, an attorney with Disability Law Colorado, helped shepherd this bill through.
Now the state pharmacy board will work on the rules for implementing and complying with the bill. That can often prove to be more work than getting a bill passed. So, stay tuned, but also know that this bill will take effect July 1, 2025 and you will be able
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was out of town and only in touch by email, sometimes phone, fo r the month of March because of my brother's illness. But we are a team in the NFB, so here's my shout-out to President Beecham and Curtis Chong in particular. Things get
rescheduled and bumped around, but you should all know that Curtis and Jessica tracked and testified on our bills and made sure they kept moving.
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<p class="MsoNormal">And now, on to our next jobs!<o:p></o:p></p>
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National Federation of the Blind of Colorado Legislative Co-chair <br>
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"Blindness is not what holds you back. You can live the life you want!"<br>
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My Cell: 406.546.8546<o:p></o:p></p>
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