<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;">Federation Family,</div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><br></div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;">Our accessible prescription label bill made it through the house subcommittee. The next step is that it must be approved by a full committee by February 20; if this does not happen, it is dead for the year.</div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;">As of tonight, no committee hearing has been scheduled for the bill. If we want it to move forward, we need to urge the committee to consider it and pass it out of committee prior to the funnel deadline of February 20.</div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;">The bill is in the commerce committee since it contains provisions that allow pharmacies to bill insurance companies, meaning it technically has to do with financial transactions.</div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;">Below is a list of the members of the house commerce committee. If you click on the links for each name, you will get their legislative pages with their phone numbers and email addresses.</div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;">We need as many of us as possible to contact these individuals, and you can ask your friends, family, and neighbors to do so as well. You might say something like:</div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><br></div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;">Dear Representative ____</div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;">My name is ____ and I\u2019m a member of the National Federation of the Blind of Iowa. I\u2019m asking that the commerce committee hold a hearing on HF 2033 prior to the first funnel deadline. This bill is important for making sure that all Iowans have the ability to safely manage their own medications and avoid needing unnecessary, and potentially costly, assistance. Please help move this important bill forward this year.</div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;">Thank you very much,</div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><br></div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><br><ul type="disc" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=33972" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">David E. Young</a> (R, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366202.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">28</a>), Chair<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=25125" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">David L. Blom</a> (R, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366229.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">52</a>), Vice Chair<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=27027" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Kenan Judge</a> (D, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366201.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">27</a>), Ranking Member<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=33976" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Austin Baeth</a> (D, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366211.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">36</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=33975" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Sean Bagniewski</a> (D, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366210.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">35</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=37386" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Brett Barker</a> (R, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366228.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">51</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=25497" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Jacob Bossman</a> (R, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366187.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">14</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=33984" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Tom Determann</a> (R, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366247.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">69</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=33971" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Austin Harris</a> (R, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366200.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">26</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=781" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Bob Kressig</a> (D, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366254.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">75</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=30651" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Shannon Latham</a> (R, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366232.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">55</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=37392" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Judd Lawler</a> (R, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366272.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">91</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=18046" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Shannon Lundgren</a> (R, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366243.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">65</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=37383" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Larry McBurney</a> (D, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366220.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">44</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=18038" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Gary M. Mohr</a> (R, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366274.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">93</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=30647" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Carter F. Nordman</a> (R, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366223.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">47</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=33973" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Dr. Megan L. Srinivas</a> (D, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366205.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">30</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=33983" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Charley Thomson</a> (R, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366235.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">58</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=33996" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Mike Vondran</a> (R, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366275.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">94</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=13794" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">John H. Wills</a> (R, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366182.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">10</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=33985" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Elizabeth Wilson</a> (D, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366252.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">73</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=33970" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Hans C. Wilz</a> (R, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366199.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">25</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=33993" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Adam Zabner</a> (D, District <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DMP/1366271.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">90</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Thank you all for your efforts.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Helen</div></div></div></div></div></body></html>