Maryland Bill (HB 456) for Accessible Prescription Labeling Introduced
Maryland House Bill 456 was introduced January 30, 2023 and assigned to the Health and Government Operations Committee. The bill had many sponsors at introduction including Delegates Michele Guyton MD, Dalva Attar, Alethia McCaskill, Julie Palakovich Carr, Jen Terrasa, and Kris Valderrama. As of February 6th the bill had not been assigned a committee hearing date.
The bill would require "pharmacies to provide notice to customers of the availability
of accessible labels for blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled
individuals for prescription drugs and to provide the selected label on request;
establishing certain standards for accessible labels and prescription readers to be
used with accessible labels".
Read the full text and track the bill here: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0456?ys=2023RS