[Home-on-the-Range] Fwd: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] New Model State Bill: Accessible Prescription Labels Act

[Rob Tabor]

Good morning Kansas Federation family and friends,

Our amazing national office policy staff has developed another piece of model legislation which will no doubt be of interest to blind persons in Kansas and throughout the nation. We will probably want to put this on our legislative agenda in the near future. Meanwhile, enjoy the  read.

Best regards,
Rob Tabor | first vice president/legislative Director national Federation of the blind of Kansas
(785) 865-9959
rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net


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> From: "Pare, John via NFB-Legislative-Directors" <nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org>
> Date: December 28, 2021 at 1:08:21 PM CST
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> Cc: "Pare, John" <JPare at nfb.org>, NFB Legislative Directors List <nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] New Model State Bill: Accessible Prescription Labels Act
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> Dear Affiliate Presidents:
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> I hope you are all having a good holiday. We have added a new bill to our list of model state bills. Given that many state legislatures will soon be beginning their spring session, I wanted to make sure you were aware that it has been added to our list.
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> The name of the bill is the Accessible Prescription Labels Act. Prescription labels are regulated at the state level by the state Board of Pharmacy.
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> The text of the bill is included below. The complete list of all of our model state bills can be found under the heading “State Resources” at https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/advocacy-resources.
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> If you have any questions, please let me know.
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> Warm regards,
> John
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> Model Accessible Prescription Labeling Legislation
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> Purpose:
> To require pharmacies to provide accessible prescription labels for blind and print disabled users.
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> Section 1: This act may be cited as the Accessible Prescription Labels Act.
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> Section 2: Accessible prescription labels.
> (1) A pharmacy shall notify each person to whom a prescription drug is dispensed that an accessible prescription label is available to the person upon request at no additional cost.
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> (2) If a person informs the pharmacy that the person identifies as a person who is blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled the pharmacy shall provide to the person an accessible prescription label affixed to the bottle that is:
> (a) Available to the person in a timely manner comparable to other patient wait time and lasting for at least the duration of the prescription; and
> (b) Appropriate to the disability and preference of the person making the request through use of audible, large print, or Braille labels; and
> (c) Conforms to the format specific best practices established by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (established under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973); and
> (d) Contains all the label information required by state statute and federal law, including cautions and warnings, and any information available to sighted individuals reading the printed label.
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> (3) A pharmacy shall ensure that the prescription label is compatible with the prescription reader if a reader is provided.
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> (4) The board of pharmacy shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement this section.
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> Section 3: Definitions
> (1) “Prescription reader” means a device that is designed to audibly convey the information contained on the label of a prescription drug.
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