Disability rights advocates in Missouri say five to eight years is about the average time it takes to get a disability bill passed in Missouri. Could the introduction of Missouri House Bill 3211 be the ticket to accessible prescription labeling in Missouri this year?
Representative Yolanda Young (D) has sponsored an accessible prescription labeling bill for the last five years but in a state where there is a Republican majority in both chambers it has been hard to move the bill beyond committee.
The ADA was passed 36 years ago and the technology to do this has been around for over 25 years. So consumers want to know: Missouri, what are we waiting for?