<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Chapter members and friends,</div><div>Please make these phone calls if you can today. Read below.</div><div><div dir="ltr">Christopher Walker<div>Vice President,Winchester Chapter</div><div>National Federation of the Blind of Virginia</div><div>540 303 0080</div><div>chrisvinson1@gmail.com</div><div>www.nfb.org</div><div>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "tracy.soforenko--- via NFBV-Announce" <nfbv-announce@nfbnet.org><br><b>Date:</b> February 22, 2024 at 4:42:50 AM EST<br><b>To:</b> Sarah Patnaude via NFBV-Announce <nfbv-announce@nfbnet.org><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NFBV-Announce] Call 5 state Senators today (2/22) to request passage of HB516 Accessible Prescription Labels</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> tracy.soforenko@gmail.com<br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: Wingdings; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.25pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Your action is Needed on Thursday (2/22) to ensure virginia Senate passage of HB516 accessible Prescription Labels.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.25pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Thanks to our collective efforts, HB516, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#42585C;mso-ligatures:none">the accessible prescription labeling bill</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#42585C;mso-ligatures:none">which would require that an accessible label be placed on a prescription bottle at the request of a blind person, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">passed the Virginia House of Delegates. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#42585C;mso-ligatures:none">Very early Friday (2/23) morning, the bill will be </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">voted on in the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#42585C;mso-ligatures:none">Senate Subcommittee on Health Professions. We need your help in getting the bill passed through the subcommittee</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> which meets super early on Friday morning</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#42585C;mso-ligatures:none">. The lobbyists for the pharmacy industry have come out in opposition to the bill. Thanks to your advocacy and the over 40 people who made comments on the necessity of accessible prescription labeling, the bill has passed the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">H</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#42585C;mso-ligatures:none">ouse</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> of Delegates</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#42585C;mso-ligatures:none">. With your advocacy</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> on Thursday</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#42585C;mso-ligatures:none">, we have a strong chance of getting our bill through the Senate as well.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.25pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">We are simply asking you to make 5 calls on Thursday (2/22) between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM to simply talk to the receptionist who answers the phone for each Senator. You can also leave a voicemail if you get their voicemail. </span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.25pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Provide them your name, tell them that you are a blind person and you support HB516 Accessible Prescription Labels which will be heard in Sub-committee on Friday. They may ask for your address. If you happen to be a constituent of the State Senator, please make certain to mention that fact.</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.25pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.25pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#42585C;mso-ligatures:none">Please take five minutes of your time to call the five subcommittee members whose names appear below and ask for their support of HB516.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.25pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.vpap.org/legislators/82434-jennifer-boysko/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#004A80;mso-ligatures:none">Boysko, Jennifer</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#42585C;mso-ligatures:none"> D</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">emocrat</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#42585C;mso-ligatures:none"> 804 698-9538<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#42585C;margin-top:2.25pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.vpap.org/legislators/254029-lamont-bagby/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#004A80;mso-ligatures:none">Bagby, Lamont</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> D</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">emocrat</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> 804 698-7514<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#42585C;margin-top:2.25pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.vpap.org/legislators/162092-christopher-head/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#004A80;mso-ligatures:none">Head, Christopher</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> R</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">epublican</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> 804 698-7503<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#42585C;margin-top:2.25pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.vpap.org/legislators/300592-stella-pekarsky/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#004A80;mso-ligatures:none">Pekarsky, Stella</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> D</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">emocrat</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> 804 698-7536<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#42585C;margin-top:2.25pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.vpap.org/legislators/66695-todd-pillion/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#004A80;mso-ligatures:none">Pillion, Todd</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> R</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">epublican</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> 804 698-7506<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.25pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;background:white"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">We recognize this is a last minute request and calls after Thursday will not be relevant to this sub-committee vote.</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bonnie O’Day<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">NFB of Virginia Legislative Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFBV-Announce mailing list</span><br><span>NFBV-Announce@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbv-announce_nfbnet.org</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>