IN HB1301

Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services must establish and implement a pilot project beginning January 1, 2013, in Indiana counties with at least 200,000 residents to provide accessible prescription drug labeling for blind or visually impaired customers.

Selected pharmacies must dispense prescriptions with labels accessible through braille labels, recorded audio devices, or other audio technology affixed to the prescription container upon customer request.

Pharmacies participating in the pilot project are entitled to a tax credit against state tax liability for expenditures on equipment, supplies, and tangible property needed to meet pilot project requirements, applicable to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012.

Tax credits may be carried forward to succeeding taxable years for up to four years if they exceed a pharmacy's state tax liability, with credits reduced annually by amounts used in the previous year.

Participating pharmacies not in state employee health plan networks may fill prescriptions for state employees and receive reimbursement as if they were network providers; all provisions expire January 1, 2018.