MA H1937 | 2013-2014 | 188th General Court
Note: Legislation replaced by H4147
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-06-09 - Accompanied a study order, see H4147
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 22 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-06-09 - Accompanied a study order, see H4147
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Relativerelative to printing information on prescription medication labels in a formant accessible to print challanged persons. Public Health.
Title
Relative to requiring that blind and cross-disability agencies receiving state funding from the Massachusetts state fiscal budget work in conjunction with pharmacies and pharmacists across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to set practices to put information contained on prescription medication labels into accessible format for those who are print challenged. This shall also include public schools, state community colleges, state senior colleges, or universities that offer English as a second language, ESL programs.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-09 | House | Accompanied a study order, see H4147 |
| 2013-04-02 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 04/02/2013 from 12:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1 |
| 2013-01-22 | Senate | Senate concurred |
| 2013-01-22 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Public Health |
Same As/Similar To
H4147 (Replaced by) 2014-06-09 - Discharged to the committee on House Rules
Massachusetts State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/188/House/H1937 |
| Text | http://www.malegislature.gov/Document/Bill/188/House/H1937.pdf |
