Drugs And Medicines
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the right to refuse medical treatment. [HB-57]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to recognize a competent adult's right to bodily autonomy and inherent and absolute right to refuse medical treatment; prohibit any person, employer, entity, or health care provider from mandating medical treatment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
Introduced In House on 01/03/2023
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AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-22]
Establish KRS Chapter 245, relating to cannabis, to administer its cultivation, processing, transportation, sale, use, taxation, and licensing; define terms; establish the Cannabis Control Board and its membership, procedures, powers, and duties; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration and enforcement of the chapter; set up advisory committees appointed by the board; create the Department of Cannabis Control within the Public Protection Cabinet for the oversight of cannabis operations and to provide administrative
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the possession of cannabis. [HB-48]
Propose to create a new section of the Kentucky Constitution to guarantee the right of an individual 21 years of age or older to possess, use, buy, or sell one ounce or less of cannabis and to cultivate, harvest, and store up to 5 cannabis plants for personal use; and for the production, processing, and sale of cannabis and cannabis-derived products to be controlled by the General Assembly; specify the question to be printed on the ballot; direct the Secretary of State to publish the proposed amendment in a newspaper of general circulation; direct
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/03/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to health benefit coverage of chronic pain treatments. [HB-67]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish that any health benefit plan issued or renewed in the Commonwealth that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical expenses shall include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require Medicaid and Medicaid managed care organizations to include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; amend KRS 218A.172 to require that a health care practitioner discuss and refer
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/03/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program. [SB-29]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish eligibility criteria for Medicaid managed care organizations and limit the number of managed care organizations contracted by the Department for Medicaid Services to no more than three; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/10/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cannabis. [HB-47]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make possession of a personal use quantity of cannabis exempt from civil or criminal penalty; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "cannabis," "personal use quantity of cannabis," and "cannabis accessory"; amend KRS 218A.1422 regarding cannabis possession to conform; amend KRS 218A.1423 regarding cannabis cultivation to conform; amend KRS 218A.500 regarding drug paraphernalia to exempt personal use cannabis accessories; amend KRS 218A.1421 on cannabis trafficking to exempt personal use quantities; amend KRS 138.872
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION declaring the week of May 1 to 7, 2022, to be Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. [HR-147]
Declaring the week of May 1 to 7, 2022, to be Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Bray
Taken From Committee On Committees (h) on 04/14/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to information on emergency use drugs and declaring an emergency. [SB-336]
Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to require that any individual who administers an unapproved drug that has been approved for emergency use by the secretary of the United States Food and Drug provides information; prohibits any person from being require to have an unapproved drug administered; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Health & Welfare (s) on 03/11/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to medical rights. [HB-697]
Propose to create a new section of the Kentucky Constitution to guarantee that the right of an individual to refuse any medical procedure, treatment, injection, device, or prophylactic may not be questioned or interfered with; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
Introduced In House on 03/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to controlled substances. [HB-776]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to establish a program for harm reduction centers; amend possession of controlled substance statutes to reduce penalty; amend KRS 218A.275 to provide for referrals to treatment for persons charged with possession of controlled substances; amend KRS 218A.500 to decriminalize possession of items to test, store, or consume controlled substances; repeal KRS 218A.14151, 218A.1450, 218A.1451, 218A.1452, and 218A.276.
Sponsored by: Sen. Keturah Herron
Introduced In House on 03/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to amend the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 to authorize the study of medical cannabis. [SCR-155]
Urge the United States. Congress to remove cannabis as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Health & Welfare (s) on 03/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the emergency administration of medication in schools. [HB-616]
Amend KRS 158.838 to include an opioid reversal agent, if a local board requires it, among the medications each school shall have an employee trained to administer to assist with self-administrations; require training for opioid reversal agent, if required; and make conforming changes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Lewis
Introduced In House on 02/28/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to drugs and medicines and declaring an emergency. [SB-246]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to provide that an independent institution or postsecondary educational institution that requires a student to receive an immunization for disease must allow exemptions; establish a cause of action related to any violations of the requirement; amend KRS 209.52 to allow vaccine requirement exemptions at long-term care facilities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to provide that a health facility that requires an employee to receive an immunization for disease must allow exemptions; establish a cause
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Health & Welfare (s) on 03/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to governmental agencies, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-604]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky Center for Cannabis Research at the University of Kentucky; define the role, mission, and responsibilities of the center; establish the university's duties related to the center; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Line Items Vetoed (acts Ch. 239) on 04/26/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation. [HB-598]
Amend KRS 342.610 to exclude certain levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the blood from the presumption that an injury was caused by the introduction of certain substances into the employee's body.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Gentry
Introduced In House on 02/25/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-582]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and establish a medicinal cannabis program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish an excise tax on certain transfers of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so would subject the authority to a violation of state or federal law; amend KRS 139.470 to exempt the sale of medical cannabis from the state sales tax; amend KRS 138.870 to exempt medicinal cannabis
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Sponsored by: Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson
Introduced In House on 02/24/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to narcotic treatment programs. [HB-547]
Amend KRS 222.231 to allow licensed narcotic treatment programs to choose which medication treatments they offer patients; require the promulgation of administrative regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joni Jenkins
Introduced In House on 02/22/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reproductive health care. [HB-535]
Amend KRS 205.592 to expand Medicaid eligibility to include pregnant women of any immigration status; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define new terms; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a family planning program to provide family planning services and family planning-related services to Medicaid-eligible individuals, including individuals who would otherwise be eligible for Medicaid except for their immigration status; require the Department for Medicaid Services to promulgate administrative regulations and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
Introduced In House on 02/17/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to patient-directed care at the end of life. [HB-534]
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. Nima Kulkarni
Introduced In House on 02/17/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-521]
Establish KRS Chapter 245, relating to cannabis, to administer its cultivation, processing, transportation, sale, use, taxation, and licensing; define terms; establish the Cannabis Control Board and its membership, procedures, powers, and duties; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration and enforcement of the chapter; set up advisory committees appointed by the board; create the Department of Cannabis Control within the Public Protection Cabinet for the daily oversight of cannabis operations and to provide
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Roberts
Introduced In House on 02/17/2022