[NFBV-Announce] please urge your rep to cosponsor the Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act

[jackibruce6 at gmail.com]

From: Deepa Goraya 

 

Hello Colleagues,

 

One more legislative action item for this upcoming week. Please urge your
House representative to cosponsor the Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility
Act, H.R. 5605. This bill was just introduced on Friday, September 26, and
will require Class II and Class III medical devices (such as glucose
monitors, insulin pumps, CPAP machines, etc.) with digital user interfaces
to meet a designated nonvisual accessibility standard ensuring that blind
Americans are able to safely and independently administer our in-home
medical care.

 

Background:

Advanced digital interfaces create barriers that prevent blind individuals
from independently and safely operating home-use medical devices that are
essential to our daily healthcare needs.

The Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act will end unequal access to
home-use medical devices for blind Americans by requiring manufacturers of
Class II and Class III medical devices to make their products nonvisually
accessible.

 

Sample Script:

When you call or email you might say:

"My name is [YOUR NAME] and I want to urge [REPRESENTATIVE NAME] to support
the Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act, H.R. 5605. This bill will
create new nonvisual access standards for Class II and Class III medical
devices with digital user interfaces, such as continuous glucose monitors
and insulin pumps, that manufacturers will be required to meet. Also note
that this legislation will only apply to new applications. Please cosponsor
the Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act, H.R. 5605."

We suggest a subject like: "Ensure blind Americans can safely and
independently monitor their health by cosponsoring H.R. 5605" If you email,
please also copy Justin Young at the National Center at jyoung at nfb.org
<mailto:jyoung at nfb.org> .

 

As of right now, we have twelve cosponsors in the House, none of which are
Virginia representatives.

 

The below spreadsheet contains the email address for the staff members for
most of the Virginia House representatives. You can also call the Capitol
Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for the office in question.

 

Deepinder K. Goraya, Esq.

 

US House of Representatives  Members as of 9/1/2025

 

If you do not know who is your member of the House of Representatives,
please use the easy look up tool found at:

https://www.house.gov/

Simply go to the find  your Representative field and enter your ZIP code.

 

Below, you will find our Representatives from Virginia.

Please note that  the election to fill the VA-11 Congressional seat formerly
held by the late Congressman Jerry Connolly   will be held on September 9 so
this seat is currently vacant.

 

 


#

Contact First Name

Contact Last Name

Contact Title

Member of Congress

Party

Legislator Title

Member Last Name

Contact Email Address

House Office Phone Number


VA-08

Kate

Schisler

Legislative Director

Representative Don Beyer

Democratic

Representative

Beyer

kate.schisler at mail.house.gov

202-225-4376


VA-06

Nicole

Manley

Deputy Chief of Staff/Legislative Director

Representative Ben Cline

Republican

Representative

Cline

nicole.manley at mail.house.gov

202-225-5431


VA-09

James

Decker

Chief of Staff

Representative Morgan Griffith

Republican

Representative

Griffith

james.decker at mail.house.gov

202-225-3861


VA-02

Maddie

Mitchell

Deputy Chief of Staff/Legislative Director

Representative Jen Kiggans

Republican

Representative

Kiggans

maddie.mitchell at mail.house.gov

202-225-4215


VA-04

Donald

Pollard

Legislative Director

Representative Jennifer McClellan

Democratic

Representative

McClellan

donald.pollard at mail.house.gov

202-225-6365


VA-05

John

Castillo

Legislative Director

Representative John McGuire

Republican

Representative

McGuire

john.castillo at mail.house.gov

202-225-4711


VA-03

Paige

Schwartz

Legislative Director

Representative Bobby Scott

Democratic

Representative

Scott

paige.schwartz at mail.house.gov

202-225-8351


VA-10

Chris

Katson

Legislative Director

Representative Suhas Subramanyam

Democratic

Representative

Subramanyam

chris.katson at mail.house.gov

202-225-5136


VA-07

Eli

Taichman

Legislative Director

Representative Eugene Vindman

Democratic

Representative

Vindman

elya.taichman at mail.house.gov

202-225-2815


VA-01

Katherine

Getty

Legislative Director

Representative Rob Wittman

Republican

Representative

Wittman

katherine.getty at mail.house.gov

202-225-4261


VA-11

 

 

 

Representative James Walkinshaw

Democrat

Representative

Walkinshaw

 

202-225-1492

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace,

 

Jacki Bruce

 

Corresponding Secretary NFBV

mailto:jackibruce6 at gmail.com

tel:(757)291-1789

 

Membership Chair

mailto:membership at nfbv.org

 

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