Pharmacy technician profession; Board of Pharmacy to review framework. [HB-1497]
Board of Pharmacy; pharmacy technician profession; work group; report. Requires the Board of Pharmacy to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to review and make recommendations related to the regulatory framework for the pharmacy technician profession, educational barriers to the pharmacy technician profession, compensation of pharmacy technicians, and the educational requirements of pharmacy technicians. The bill requires the Board to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health and Human Services
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HB-1497: Pharmacy technician profession; Board of Pharmacy to review framework.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Willett
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
AN ACT relating to health service providers. [SB-324]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "covenant not to compete," "employee," and "health service provider"; prohibit a health service provider from requiring an employee to enter a covenant not to compete; set forth civil remedy, damages that can be recovered, and limitations to bring claim; require notice of prohibited covenant not to compete be posted by the health service provider; prohibit an employer from retaliating against an employee for bringing a civil action; make any covenant not to complete void and unenforceable.
SB-324: AN ACT relating to health service providers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Health Services (s) on 02/29/2024
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Prescription Drug Affordability Board and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-823]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Kentucky Prescription Drug Affordability Board; establish the duties and membership of the board; provide that the board be a budgetary unit of the Office of Data Analytics; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations; establish conflict of interest requirements for board members, staff, and third-party contractors; create the Kentucky Prescription Drug Affordability Board fund; require the Office of Data Analytics to assess and collect an annual fee from manufacturers and
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HB-823: AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Prescription Drug Affordability Board and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Stalker
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical manufacturers. [HB-806]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to define terms; prohibit discrimination against 340B covered entities by pharmaceutical manufacturers; authorize the Attorney General to investigate violations; amend KRS 315.010 to include pharmacists who compound drugs intended for human use without a valid prescription in the definition of "manufacturer."
HB-806: AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system. [HB-764]
Amend KRS 205.529 to remove reference to a Schedule III controlled substance containing hydrocodone in the program for synchronization of medications; amend KRS 218A.010 to add optometrist and physician assistant to the definition of "practitioner"; amend KRS 218A.172 to remove reference to a Schedule III controlled substance containing hydrocodone in the medications regulated; amend KRS 218A.182 to add charitable health care providers to the exemption from the requirement for an electronic prescription for a controlled substance; amend KRS 218A.202
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HB-764: AN ACT relating to the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Duvall
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/27/2024
AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of medical professionals and declaring an emergency. [SB-239]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; define terms; prohibit discrimination against medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience; exempt providers from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit the State Board of Medical Licensure from reprimanding medical practitioners and require the board
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SB-239: AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of medical professionals and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
Received In House on 03/22/2024
Medical Review Organizations [SB-249]
An Act relating to medical review organizations; relating to the definitions of 'health care provider' and 'review organization'; and relating to the duties of the chief medical officer in the Department of Health.
SB-249: Medical Review Organizations
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/21/2024
AN ACT relating to children. [SB-238]
Amend KRS 158.1415 to remove provisions related to parental rights and courses, curriculums, or programs on human sexuality; provide for a process for parents to opt out of their child receiving instruction on the subject of human sexuality; amend KRS 158.191 to remove language limiting Kentucky Board of Education or Department of Education policies regarding student confidential information and the use of pronouns; require a local school district to use pronouns for students upon a request from a parent along with a note from a medical provider
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SB-238: AN ACT relating to children.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Berg
To Education (s) on 02/22/2024
Medical Review Organizations [HB-371]
An Act relating to medical review organizations; relating to the definitions of 'health care provider' and 'review organization'; and relating to the duties of the chief medical officer in the Department of Health.
HB-371: Medical Review Organizations
Sponsored by: Rep. Justin Ruffridge
Effective Date(s) Of Law 11/26/24 on 08/28/2024
AN ACT relating to contraceptives. [HB-536]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; provide rights related to access to contraception; create private right of action; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for contraception; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for long-acting reversible contraception administered during a postpartum hospital stay; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state
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HB-536: AN ACT relating to contraceptives.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/14/2024
AN ACT relating to drug disposal. [HB-543]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define "drug disposal method"; require the Kentucky Medicaid program to provide payment to a pharmacist or practitioner for the cost of a drug disposal method that the pharmacist or practitioner distributed upon dispensing a controlled substance that contains any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of an opioid, benzodiazepine, barbiturate, codeine, or amphetamine at no cost to a Medicaid recipient; amend KRS 218A.170 to require the Kentucky Medicaid program to provide payment for the cost of a drug
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HB-543: AN ACT relating to drug disposal.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2024
AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drug price discrimination. [HB-490]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to define terms, prohibit discrimination against 340B covered entities by pharmaceutical manufacturers, and authorize the Attorney General to investigation violations.
HB-490: AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drug price discrimination.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Reassigned To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/27/2024
AN ACT relating to patient access to pharmacy benefits. [SB-188]
Amends KRS 18A.2254 to require that the state employee health plan and state agencies comply with certain pharmacy-related insurance laws; creates new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms for pharmacy-related insurance practices, to require that insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other pharmacy benefits administrators establish reasonably adequate and accessible pharmacy networks, to require the filing of an annual report, to require that the insurance commissioner review pharmacy networks, to provide that information
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SB-188: AN ACT relating to patient access to pharmacy benefits.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 104) on 04/05/2024
AN ACT relating to prescription drugs. [SB-149]
Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to establish cost-sharing requirements for prescription drugs; require rebates to be passed through; establish confidentiality requirements for the rebate information; create a new section of KRS 365.880 to 365.900 to provide that the actual amount of rebates received is a trade secret; provide that compliance with the prescription drugs cost-sharing and rebate requirements shall not be in violation of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 304.38A-115, 18A.225, and 164.2871 to apply the cost-sharing and rebate
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SB-149: AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 02/01/2024