Bill > H833

This bill mandates that insurance providers offering prescription drug coverage must cover the cost of medically prescribed voice synthesizers, which are devices that attach to prescription bottles and read the label information aloud for individuals who are legally blind or visually impaired. The bill defines a "voice synthesizer" as a product that electronically reads a code on a prescription label and verbally converts this textual information for oral reproduction, essentially acting as a screen-reader for medication containers. This provision applies to insurance policies delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed within the Commonwealth, and it clarifies that policyholders are responsible for returning the container to a pharmacist for refills. Furthermore, the Commissioner of the Division of Insurance is required to create regulations within 90 days to implement this new law, and any entity regularly providing services to disabled individuals may inform them about the availability of these voice synthesizers.