HOUSE BILL 195

File Code: Public Health

Sponsored By:

Delegate Hixson

Entitled:

Prescription Drugs - Label with Audible Capability

Synopsis:

Requiring a pharmacy to have the capability to provide, on the request of a patient with a documented vision impairment, a prescription drug label with audible capability; making a pharmacy eligible for a tax credit under specified circumstances; establishing limits on the tax credit; defining a term; and providing for the application of the Act.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

1/21

First Reading Ways and Means & Health and Government Operations

1/26

Hearing 2/9 at 1:00 p.m.

(Ways and Means & Health and Government Operations)

Senate Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

BLIND PERSONS

DISABILITIES -see also- BLIND; DEAF; DEVELOPMENTAL

DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE

EQUIPMENT -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT

INCOME TAX

LABELING

PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES

TAX CREDITS -see also- CIRCUIT BREAKER

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General

( 21-221 )

Tax - General

( 10-725 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments: None offered