Drugs And Medicines
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to treatment for Lyme disease. [HB-435]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to permit a physician to provide long-term antibiotic therapy for a therapeutic purpose for a patient diagnosed with Lyme disease and not be subject to punishment by the State Board of Medical Licensure; require written information on laboratory testing for Lyme disease to be provided when a test is ordered; exempt physicians from civil liability for providing information; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plan coverage of long-term antibiotic therapy for covered
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/17/2020
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AN ACT relating to the cost of insulin. [HB-423]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; prohibit certain conduct of health plans and pharmacy benefit managers related to the coverage of certified insulin; provide a process by which manufacturers may have an insulin product determined certified insulin; impose requirements on the commissioner relating to the certification of an insulin product; provide short title.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/14/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pharmacy or pharmacist services. [HB-398]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A, KRS Chapter 304 to define "health plan," "insurer," "pharmacy benefit manager," and "pharmacy or pharmacist services"; provide exceptions for federal laws that conflict with legislation; require Cabinet for Health and Family Services to take any steps necessary to effectuate legislation; amend KRS 304.17A-164 to define "pharmacy affiliate"; prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from imposing certain requirements on patients covered under a health plan; create
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/10/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to utilization reviews. [HB-389]
Amend KRS 304.17A-611 to prohibit insurers from requiring or using certain utilization reviews for certain prescription drugs used to treat alcohol or opioid use disorder; amend KRS 205.536 to prohibit the Department for Medicaid Services or a Medicaid- managed care organization from requiring or using certain utilization reviews for certain prescription drugs used to treat alcohol or opioid use disorder; effective January 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coroners. [SB-144]
Amend KRS 72.410 to require a coroner to collect, secure, and provide for the disposal of any prescription medications of a decedent; amend KRS 72.992 to establish fines for violations of those duties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to drug treatment and prevention and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-338]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to establish the Kentucky addiction prevention, recovery, and enforcement fund; establish administering committee membership; direct all revenues from the Commonwealth related to the drug epidemic to the fund; describe authorized fund expenditures; require fund reporting; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joni Jenkins
To Health And Family Services (h) on 01/30/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits in the Medicaid program and declaring an emergency. [SB-50]
Amend KRS 205.647 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to establish and directly administer an outpatient pharmacy benefit program for all Medicaid beneficiaries; permit the department to contract with a third-party administrator on a fee-for-service reimbursement basis; require a third-party administrator to utilize the outpatient pharmacy benefit program established by the department; exempt outpatient pharmacy services provided by a health care facility that is registered as a covered entity pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec. 256b from the
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 70) on 03/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting. [HB-344]
Amend KRS 218A.240 to add permission for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or applicable licensing board to access KASPER data to notify patients of a practitioner's emergency closure; amend KRS 218A.245 to delete reporting requirement on reciprocal interstate agreements for prescription drug monitoring program data exchanges.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 20) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prescription insulin. [SB-118]
Amend KRS 304-17A.148 to cap the cost-sharing requirements for prescription insulin at $100 per 30-day supply; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
Floor Amendment (1) Filed on 02/19/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sales and use tax. [SB-117]
Amend KRS 139.472 to delete the words "in humans" and "human" from the definition of "drug"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt drugs and over-the-counter drugs that are purchased by a farmer and used in the treatment of certain farm animals; apply to sales made after August 1, 2020, but before August 1, 2024; require the Department of Revenue to report the claimed exemptions to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to give the department the authority to report the information to the Legislative Research Commission;
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/29/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Congress to reassess the federal definition of hemp, allowing the product to contain up to one percent (1%) delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). [HCR-57]
Urge Congress to reassess the federal definition of hemp, allowing the product to contain up to one percent (1%) delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
To Agriculture (s) on 02/14/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to health care for inmates. [SB-108]
Amend KRS 441.053, relating to jail health care operations, to remove the prohibition that an entity that provides medical, dental, psychological, or pharmacy services to the Department of Corrections and local jails cannot also provide claims management or plan evaluation services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stan Humphries
To Judiciary (s) on 01/29/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medicinal marijuana and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-107]
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms; to exempt the medicinal marijuana program from existing provisions in Kentucky law to the contrary; to require the Department for Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control to implement and regulate the medicinal marijuana program in Kentucky; to establish the Division of Medicinal Marijuana within the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; to establish restrictions on the possession of medicinal marijuana by qualifying patients, visiting patients, and designated caregivers;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Judiciary (s) on 01/29/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-105]
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 245 to define terms; to allow for possession, growth, use, processing, purchasing, transfer, and consumption of cannabis; to establish limits for transfer; to allow for purchasing and manufacture of cannabis accessories; to authorize activities and operation of retail stores, consumption establishments, cultivation facilities, cannabis testing facilities, and product manufacturing facilities; to establish possession limits; to prohibit smoking cannabis in public and to establish a fine for violation; to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Perry Clark
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/24/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prescription drugs. [HB-248]
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; to prohibit manufacturers and wholesalers of off-patent or generic prescription drugs from engaging in unrestricted price increases; to require the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to report certain price increases to the Attorney General; to establish that certain price increases for off-patent or generic drugs constitute a violation of KRS 367.170; establish penalties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Health And Family Services (h) on 01/15/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prescription drugs. [HB-249]
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to define terms; to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to annually compile lists of certain prescription drugs deemed to be essential to treating diabetes; to require drug manufacturers to annually report to the cabinet certain information related to the cost of manufacturing and marketing such drugs and factors that contributed to any price increase; require pharmacy benefit managers to annually report to the cabinet certain information related to prescription drug rebates for such
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Posted In Committee on 01/21/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to patient-directed care at the end of life. [HB-224]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; establish a qualified terminally ill patient's right to voluntarily request medication to self-administer to cause death; require conditions for making request; permit patient to rescind request at any time; permit an attending physician to provide medication; establish requirements for attending physician to inform patients and document request; require disposal of unused medications; establish residency requirements for qualified patients; require report by the Cabinet for Health and Family
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Marzian
To Health And Family Services (h) on 01/13/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish the Task Force on Services for Persons with Brain Injuries. [SJR-35]
Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish the Task Force on Services for Persons with Brain Injuries; establish duties of the task force; establish members of the task force; require a report to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2020; cease the task force by December 31, 2020, unless otherwise authorized by the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Posted In Committee on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to marijuana possession. [HB-221]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make the penalty for possession of a personal use quantity of marijuana a prepayable non-criminal fine; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "personal use quantity of marijuana" and "marijuana accessory"; amend KRS 218A.1422 regarding marijuana possession to conform; amend KRS 218A.500 regarding drug paraphernalia to exempt personal use marijuana accessories; amend KRS 431.450 to include violations for possession of personal use quantities of marijuana in the uniform citation form; amend KRS 500.080 to exclude
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Marzian
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to controlled substance prescription pill counts for pain management facility patients. [HB-202]
Amend KRS 218A.175 to require pain management facilities to require patients prescribed controlled substances to report for pill counts every 3 months; require the pain management facility to report on pill counts to the electronic system for monitoring controlled substances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Lewis
To Health And Family Services (h) on 01/10/2020