Pharmacists

State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to children's health. [HB-253]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit the provision of or referral for gender transition procedures to any child under the age of 18 years; define a violation as unprofessional conduct and acting recklessly for purposes of tort claims; permit an action on a violation to be taken by the parent or guardian of the child before the child attains the age of 18 years and by the child within 30 years of the child attaining the age of 18 years, with exceptions under which the time may be longer; require conditions for actions and damages; prohibit (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Melinda Prunty Introduced In House on 01/08/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to remote access to pharmacy databases. [HB-240]
Amend KRS 315.020 to establish that provisions related to remote access of a pharmacy's electronic database does not apply to pharmacies located in a hospital licensed under KRS Chapter 216B.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 72) on 03/31/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to opioid antagonists designed to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. [SB-56]
Amend KRS 15.291, 217.177, and 217.186 to define "opioid antagonist" as naloxone or any United States Food and Drug Administration-approved opioid antagonist designed to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose; replace references to naloxone with opiod antagonist.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 154) on 04/08/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to consumer protection through regulation of pharmacy-related trade practices. [HB-203]
Create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish definitions for pharmacy-related insurance practices; amend KRS 304.17A-164 to prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from imposing certain requirements on health plan insureds; create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require pharmacy benefit managers to establish reasonably adequate and accessible pharmacy networks; require pharmacy benefit managers to file, and the insurance commissioner to review, an annual (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser Withdrawn on 02/07/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program. [SB-45]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to limit the number of managed care organization contracts to operate the Medicaid program to three; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll Received In House on 01/26/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to individual-directed care at the end of life. [HB-149]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; establish a qualified terminally ill individual's right to voluntarily request medication to self-administer to cause death; require conditions for making request; permit individual to rescind request at any time; permit an attending health care provider to provide medication; establish requirements for attending health care provider to inform individuals and document request; require disposal of unused medications; establish residency requirements for qualified individuals; require report (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Palumbo Introduced In House on 01/04/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the issuance and renewal of occupational licenses to military spouses. [HB-91]
Amend KRS 12.357 to require administrative bodies to issue or renew regular occupational licenses to spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces without payment of fees or dues.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 107) on 04/08/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to telehealth. [HB-188]
Amend KRS 211.336 to bar professional licensure boards from prohibiting the delivery of telehealth services to residents of Kentucky who are temporarily located outside of Kentucky by health service providers credentialed in Kentucky; bar professional licensure boards from prohibiting the delivery of telehealth services to nonresidents of Kentucky who are temporarily located in Kentucky by health service providers credentialed in the person's state of residence; and bar health care providers from being required to be physically present in their (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Duplessis Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 68) on 03/31/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the establishment of emergency insulin programs and declaring an emergency. [HB-42]
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; establish the Urgent-Need Insulin Program and the Continuing Access to Insulin Program; establish eligibility guidelines; establish the application process; establish the process by which insulin is dispensed to eligible individuals; establish the responsibilities of insulin manufacturers; establish the responsibilities of the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy for administering the program; require manufacturers to annually report certain information to the board; require the board to report (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham Introduced In House on 01/04/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

A JOINT RESOLUTION directing mental health professional licensure boards to strongly consider entering into an interstate compact with other states, easing reciprocity procedures with other states, or establishing reciprocity procedures with other states to increase the mental health workforce in Kentucky, and declaring an emergency. [HJR-5]
Require mental health professional licensure boards to either enter into an interstate compact or to ease or establish reciprocity procedures to increase the mental health workforce in Kentucky; report to the General Assembly; EMERGENCY

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 114) on 04/08/2022

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State (Utah)
Utah 2022 General Session

End of Life Prescription Amendments [HB-74]
End of Life Prescription Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost House/ Filed In House File For Bills Not Passed on 03/04/2022

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)

Prescriptions; public health emergency [SB-1016]
Prescriptions; public health emergency

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kelly Townsend Senate Committee Of The Whole Action: Do Pass Amended on 03/14/2022

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 32nd Legislature

Information Regarding Vaccines [HB-3010]
An Act relating to vaccines and vaccinations; relating to liability for vaccines; relating to the administration of vaccines; relating to the provision of information before vaccinations; relating to the sale and advertisement of vaccines; relating to exemptions from vaccinations; relating to pharmacists and other health care providers; relating to health care insurers; relating to schools; relating to the Board of Pharmacy; relating to the Department of Education and Early Development; relating to the Department of Health and Social Services; relating (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Eastman Read The First Time - Referrals on 09/12/2021

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 32nd Legislature

Suspend Uniform Rules For Sb 65 [HCR-5]
Suspend Uniform Rules For Sb 65

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Permanently Filed 11/17 Legis Resolve 8 on 01/18/2022

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 32nd Legislature

Controlled Sub. Data: Exempt Veterinarian [SB-132]
An Act exempting veterinarians from the requirements of the controlled substance prescription database.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Begich Fn1: (ced) on 10/05/2022

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State (Maine)
Maine 130th Legislature

An Act To Improve Access to Certain Injectable Medications Approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration [SB-1293]
An Act To Improve Access to Certain Injectable Medications Approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ned Claxton Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 06/14/2021

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 32nd Legislature

Expand Pharmacist Authority [HB-145]
An Act relating to the Board of Pharmacy; relating to health care services provided by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians; and relating to the practice of pharmacy.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Geran Tarr Effective Date(s) Of Law 9/28/22 on 07/01/2022

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State (Maine)
Maine 130th Legislature

An Act To Amend the Continuing Education Requirement for Pharmacists [HB-998]
An Act To Amend the Continuing Education Requirement for Pharmacists

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Tepler Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 05/19/2021

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2021 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the distribution and shipment of vaccine during a state of emergency and declaring an emergency. [HB-590]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to require that vaccine be distributed to a qualified and enrolled vaccine site that has storage capability, reporting ability, and a sufficient number of preregistered and scheduled patients who meet current vaccine phase criteria during a state of emergency involving an infectious disease that requires vaccine distribution; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Bray Introduced In House on 02/23/2021

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2021 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefit managers. [HB-532]
Create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit certain practices of pharmacy benefit managers; allow audits of contracts entered with pharmacy benefit managers; require certain disclosures relating to contracts with pharmacy benefit managers; require pharmacy benefit managers to file an annual report with the commissioner of insurance; provide that confidential or proprietary information disclosed to the Department of Insurance shall not be subject to disclosure under the Open Records Act; prohibit pharmacy benefit managers from (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/11/2021

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