Pharmacists
Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To The Practice Of Pharmacy. [HB-153]
Establishes the public health and pharmacy formulary advisory committee to advise the Board of Pharmacy in developing a formulary of drugs and devices that a pharmacist may prescribe and dispense. Authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to allow pharmacists to prescribe vaccines as well as drugs and devices from the formulary developed with the assistance of the advisory committee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Takashi Ohno
Referred To Hlt, Cpc, Fin, Referral Sheet 2 on 01/22/2019
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Arizona Fifty-fourth Legislature
Electronic prescribing; exceptions; deadlines [HB-2075]
Electronic prescribing; exceptions; deadlines
Sponsored by: Rep. Russell Bowers
Chapter 4 on 02/14/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prior authorization. [SB-54]
Create a new section of subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require an insurer develop processes for electronic prior authorizations; to establish an extended length of authorization under certain circumstances; amend KRS 205.522 to require the Department for Medicaid Services or a Medicaid managed care organization to comply with Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of this Act; amend KRS 217.211 to require governmental units of the Commonwealth to promulgate administrative regulations for electronic prescribing that include electronic prior authorization
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 190) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to service improvements in the Medicaid program. [SB-42]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to limit the number of (MCO) contracts to operate the Medicaid program to three and to establish a process for selecting the three MCOs to be awarded the contracts; require that services provided in rural counties be reimbursed at least at the median amount paid to an urban health care provider within the nearest metropolitan statistical area; establish a penalty that goes to the underpaid provider.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
To Health & Welfare (s) on 01/11/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Kentucky's electronic system for monitoring controlled substances. [SB-247]
Amend KRS 218A.202 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish secure connections between Kentucky's electronic system for monitoring controlled substances and a prescribing or dispensing health care practitioner’s electronic health recordkeeping system.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
To Health & Welfare (s) on 02/19/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency. [SB-227]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit a person from denying or depriving an infant of nourishment with the intent to cause or allow the death of an infant; prohibit a person from denying or depriving an 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; provide that a born alive infant shall be treated as a legal person under the laws
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Sponsored by: Sen. C.B. Embry
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Tuesday, March 12, 2019 on 03/07/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pharmacy. [SB-197]
Amend KRS 315.020 to insert gender-neutral language.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (s) on 02/19/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for pharmacy and pharmacist services. [SB-139]
Create new sections of KRS 304-17A to set requirements for reasonably adequate and accessible pharmacy benefit manager networks; permit the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to review and approve a compensation program that is fair and reasonable; except information and data collected by the department from KRS 61.870 to 61.884; prohibit pharmacy benefit managers from taking actions related to payment and practices; permit the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations prohibiting practices by pharmacy benefit managers; amend
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Sponsored by: Sen. Julian Carroll
Taken From Banking & Insurance (s) on 02/25/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to discussion with patients on the risks, benefits, and limitations of treatment with controlled substances. [SB-106]
Amend KRS 218A.172 to add issues that a practitioner is required to discuss with a patient prior to prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance to a patient; require that the same information is discussed prior to a third sequential prescription; require any discussion records to be kept by the practitioner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alice Kerr
To Health & Welfare (s) on 02/08/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pharmacists. [HB-64]
Amend KRS 217.215 to permit pharmacists to dispense a prescription refill in an amount equal to the standard unit of dispensing for the drug without authorization by the prescribing practitioner in emergency situations in which such authorization may not be readily or easily obtained; require the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out these provisions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch.185) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the safe disposal of prescription medications. [HB-512]
Create a new section of KRS 217.905 to 217.919 to require a pharmacist or a pharmacist’s designee to inform persons verbally, in writing, or by posted signage of methods for the sequestration or deactivation and disposal of specified unused, unwanted, or expired legend drugs anytime a legend drug is dispensed; require a pharmacist or a pharmacist’s designee to make available at no charge a nontoxic composition for the sequestration or deactivation and disposal of specified unused, unwanted, or expired legend drugs when a legend drug is dispensed;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Booker
To Health And Family Services (h) on 02/21/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Kentucky's electronic system for monitoring controlled substances. [HB-506]
Amend KRS 218A.202 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish secure connections between Kentucky's electronic system for monitoring controlled substances and a prescribing or dispensing health care practitioner’s electronic health recordkeeping system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
To Health And Family Services (h) on 02/21/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prescription drugs. [HB-502]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to annually compile a list of certain prescription drugs deemed to be essential to treating diabetes and a list of such drugs that have been subject to a price increase greater than a certain percentage; 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 a price increase; require pharmacy benefit managers to annually report
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/21/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to controlled substances. [HB-470]
Amend KRS 217.186 to allow a pharmacist to dispense naloxone to a person or agency who provides training on the use of naloxone as a part of a harm reduction program; amend KRS 218A.1412 to make a technical correction to clarify that heroin trafficking is not eligible for a Class D felony; amend KRS 507.040 to add the unlawful distribution for remuneration of a Schedule I or II drug where the drug is the proximate cause of death to the elements of manslaughter in the second degree.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chad McCoy
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 130) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pharmacy reimbursement practices. [HB-394]
Amend KRS 304.9-440 to authorize administrative action against a pharmacy benefit manager if the manager engages in certain practices relating to pharmacy wholesalers; amend KRS 205.647 to require pharmacy benefit managers contracted with a Medicaid managed care organization to comply with KRS 304.9-440; require the Department of Medicaid Services to not approve contracts with certain requirements relating to pharmacy wholesalers or to directly impose any of those requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bart Rowland
Taken From Banking & Insurance (s) on 03/06/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to insurance for prescription drugs. [HB-374]
Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to add definition for "financial assistance"; prohibit insurers from prohibiting financial assistance for prescription drugs received by an insured from applying toward any cost sharing owed by the insured under a health benefit plan unless the prohibition is required to comply with federal law; require amounts paid on a insured's behalf to apply towards any out-of-pocket maximums.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/15/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to electronic prescribing of controlled substances. [HB-342]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require that all prescriptions for controlled substances be submitted electronically except for certain conditions; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promultate administrative regulations; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Sheldon
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 106) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medication-assisted treatment program licensing. [HB-310]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to entitle this Act the "Medication-Assisted Treatment Program Licensing Act"; define terms; establish the licensure for opioid treatment programs; require oversight by the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities; set forth three licensure categories and the requirements for each; set forth the documentation required for applications; require inspections; establish the licensure for office-based medication-assisted treatment programs; require oversight by the Department
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Health And Family Services (h) on 02/12/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to dialysate solutions and devices. [HB-218]
Amend KRS 315.0351 and 315.040 to allow a person or pharmacy located outside this Commonwealth to sell or distribute dialysate drugs or devices necessary to perform home peritoneal kidney dialysis to patients with end-stage renal disease, provided that certain criteria are followed; amend KRS 315.400 to change the definition of "wholesale distribution."
Sponsored by: Rep. Sal Santoro
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 157) on 03/26/2019
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Arizona Fifty-third Legislature - First Special Session (2018)
Controlled substances; regulation; appropriation [HB-2001]
Controlled substances; regulation; appropriation
Sponsored by: Sen. Javan Mesnard
House Majority Caucus: Do Pass on 01/25/2018