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Committee Hears Support for HB 374 to Require Accessible Prescription Labels
Summary
Proponents told the House Insurance Committee that accessible label readers, RFID stickers and braille can prevent medication errors for blind and print‑disabled Ohioans; witnesses demonstrated device readouts and urged the bill advance from committee. No vote was taken.
Proponents of House Bill 374 told the Ohio House Insurance Committee that requiring pharmacies to offer accessible prescription labeling would reduce medication errors and help blind and other print‑disabled Ohioans manage medications independently.
Richard Payne of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio described personal experience with similar pills and printed instructions that are unreadable to blind patients, saying the result can be dangerous: "I accidentally took 2 of those pills, at the wrong time," he said, describing…
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