Pharmacists

State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the protection of born-alive infants and abortion 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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer Vetoed on 04/24/2020

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State (Kentucky)
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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley Posted In Committee on 01/21/2020

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 31st Legislature

Renewal Of Vaccine Assessment Program [SB-37]
An Act relating to the statewide immunization program; and providing for an effective date.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Wilson Effective Date(s) Of Law 8/9/19 on 10/23/2019

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 31st Legislature

Controlled Sub. Data: Exempt Veterinarian [HB-184]
An Act exempting veterinarians from the requirements of the controlled substance prescription database.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Talerico Prime Sponsor: Talerico on 01/29/2020

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State (Kentucky)
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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Marzian To Health And Family Services (h) on 01/13/2020

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State (Kentucky)
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

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to qualified mental health professionals. [HB-118]
Amend KRS 202A.011 to expand the definition of qualified mental health professional to include a licensed pharmacist who is board certified as a psychiatric pharmacist.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley Introduced In House on 01/07/2020

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to insulin assistance and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-23]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to define terms; establish the insulin assistance program; establish the process by which individuals may qualify for the program; establish the process by which pharmacies may voluntarily participate in the program; establish an insulin product fee; establish reporting requirements; establish the insulin assistance fund; authorize the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act; APPROPRIATION.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler Reassigned To Banking & Insurance (s) on 02/26/2020

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to Medicaid managed care contracts and declaring an emergency. [SB-30]
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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll Taken From Health And Family Services (h) on 03/19/2020

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to enact the Lower Health Care Costs Act. [HCR-4]
Urge the United States Congress to enact the Lower Health Care Costs Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wiederstein Introduced In House on 01/07/2020

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to prescription drugs. [HB-72]
Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to define "financial assistance" and "generic alternative;" and to require an insurer to apply financial assistance received by an insured toward any cost sharing owed by the insured with certain exceptions; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/17/2020

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to controlled substances. [HB-71]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require a practitioner to offer a prescription for naloxone hydrochloride or another drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the complete or partial reversal of opioid depression when prescribing an opioid drug and to provide education on overdose prevention and on use of an opioid depression reversal drug; amend KRS 218A.172 to delete reference to Schedule III controlled substances containing hydrocodone and to add issues that a practitioner is required to discuss with a patient prior to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley Introduced In House on 01/07/2020

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2020 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)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Mizuno Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2020 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)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Roy Takumi Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2020 Regular Session

Relating To Vaccinations. [HB-686]
Clarifies that pharmacists may perform certain vaccinations or immunizations and are required to maintain immunization records.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Mizuno Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2020 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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gil Keith-agaran Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2020 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)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Brower Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2020 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 Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 30th Legislature

Suspend Uniform Rules For Sb 37 [HCR-31]
Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning Senate Bill No. 37, relating to the Board of Pharmacy; relating to the licensing of certain entities and inspection of certain facilities located outside the state; relating to drug supply chain security; and creating a position of executive administrator for the Board of Pharmacy.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Awaiting Transmittal To Gov on 04/26/2018

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 30th Legislature

Prescription Drug Pricing [SB-209]
An Act relating to the practice of pharmacy; and relating to notifications to consumers regarding prescription drug pricing.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Wielechowski Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/19/2018

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