Pharmacists
Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prescription drugs. [HB-114]
Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to redefine "cost-sharing" and define "generic alternative," "health plan," "insured," and "person"; prohibit an insurer or pharmacy benefit manager from excluding any cost-sharing amount paid by or or behalf of an insured when calculating the insured's contribution to any applicable cost-sharing requirement; exempt fully insured or self-insured health benefit plans provided to state employees under KRS 18A.225; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.
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Gettr Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reimbursement for pharmacist services. [HB-48]
Create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish certain insurance practices relating to the reimbursement of pharmacists; amend KRS 304.14-135 to establish a clean claim form for the reimbursement of certain pharmacist services or procedures; amend KRS 304.17A-844 and 304.17B-011 to conform; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with pharmacist reimbursement requirements; amend KRS 342.020 to require workers' compensation employers, insurers, and payment obligors to comply with pharmacist reimbursement
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to governmental emergencies and declaring an emergency. [HB-171]
Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 39A.100 to limit declarations of emergency, including executive orders relating to an emergency, to 15 days unless extended by the General Assembly; prohibit the Governor from declaring a new emergency based on the same facts upon the expiration of the initial declaration; prohibit the Governor from suspending statutes or administrative regulations unless the subject matter is authorized by statute; limit declarations of emergency by local chief executive officers to 15 days unless terminated earlier or extended by
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for the mailing or delivery of covered prescription drugs. [HB-117]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans that provide benefits for prescription drugs to include coverage for the mailing or delivery of covered prescription drugs to insureds; provide that the coverage shall not be subject to higher copayments, fees, or other cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 205.522, KRS 205.6485, and KRS 18A.225 to require Medicaid managed care organizations, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, and the state employee health plan to comply with prescription drug delivery
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prescription drugs. [SB-45]
Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to redefine "cost sharing" and define "generic alternative," "health plan," "insured," and "person"; prohibit an insurer or pharmacy benefit manager from excluding any cost-sharing amount paid by or or behalf of an insured when calculating the insured's contribution to any applicable cost-sharing requirement; exempt fully insured or self-insured health benefit plans provided to state employees under KRS 18A.225; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the establishment of emergency insulin programs and declaring an emergency. [HB-122]
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 for both programs; establish the application process; establish the process by which insulin is dispensed to eligible individuals; establish the responsibilities of insulin manufacturers for facilitating the dispensing of insulin to eligible individuals; establish the responsibilities of the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy for administering the program; require manufacturers
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program. [SB-56]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to limit the number of managed care organization (MCO) contracts to operate the Medicaid program to three; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of born-alive infants and declaring an emergency. [SB-9]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit a person from denying or depriving a born-alive infant of nourishment with the intent to cause or allow the death of the infant; prohibit a person from denying or depriving a born-alive infant of medically appropriate and reasonable medical care, medical treatment, or surgical care; require a physician performing an abortion to take all medically appropriate and reasonable steps to preserve the life and health of a born-alive infant; specify that if the physician is unable to perform those duties
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Louisiana 2019 Regular Session
Provides relative to Board of Pharmacy member qualifications. (8/1/19) [SB-99]
Provides relative to Board of Pharmacy member qualifications. (8/1/19)
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Louisiana 2019 Regular Session
Provides relative to pharmacy reimbursement [HB-557]
Provides relative to pharmacy reimbursement
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Louisiana 2019 Regular Session
Provides relative to pharmacy record audits [HB-538]
Provides relative to pharmacy record audits
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Louisiana 2019 Regular Session
Authorizes a pharmacist to decline to dispense a covered prescription drug if the coverage provider reimburses the pharmacy in an amount less than the drug's acquisition cost [HB-433]
Authorizes a pharmacist to decline to dispense a covered prescription drug if the coverage provider reimburses the pharmacy in an amount less than the drug's acquisition cost
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Idaho 2019 Regular Session
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding products that may be prescribed. [HB-182]
PHARMACISTS -- Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding products that may be prescribed.
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Pharmacists Prescribing And Dispensing Of Opioid Antagonist. [SB-535]
Authorizes pharmacists, acting in good faith and exercising reasonable care, to prescribe and dispense an opioid antagonist to patients at risk of overdose, and family members and caregivers of patients at risk of overdose. Sunsets 6/30/2024. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Vaccinations. [SB-304]
Authorizes pharmacists to administer vaccines to persons between eleven and seventeen years pursuant to a valid prescription. Specifies requirements pharmacists must meet prior to administering any vaccine to a person between eleven and seventeen years.
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Vaccinations. [SB-203]
Clarifies that pharmacists may perform certain vaccinations or immunizations and are required to maintain immunization records. (SB203 HD2)
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Vaccinations. [HB-900]
Authorizes pharmacists to administer vaccines to persons between eleven and seventeen years pursuant to a valid prescription. Specifies requirements pharmacists must meet prior to administering any vaccine to a person between eleven and seventeen years. (HB900 HD1)
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Pharmacists Prescribing And Dispensing Of Opioid Antagonist. [HB-700]
Authorizes pharmacists, acting in good faith and exercising reasonable care, to prescribe and dispense an opioid antagonist to patients, and family members and caregivers of opioid patients. (HB700 HD2)
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Vaccinations. [HB-686]
Clarifies that pharmacists may perform certain vaccinations or immunizations and are required to maintain immunization records.
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Health. [HB-667]
Allows for the use of either words or figures to indicate quantity in prescriptions where electronic prescriptions are permitted. (HB667 HD1)