Pharmacists
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prescription drugs. [SB-12]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to define terms; 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 prescription drug 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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 01/09/2025
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AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical manufacturers. [SB-14]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Received In House on 02/14/2025
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Utah 2025 General Session
Medication Amendments [SB-69]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Medication Amendments
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Eliason
Became Law W/o Governor Signature In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/27/2025
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Utah 2025 General Session
Fluoride Amendments [HB-81]
[Public Health ]
Fluoride Amendments
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Schultz
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/27/2025
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Utah 2025 General Session
Health Insurance Modifications [HB-52]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
Health Insurance Modifications
Sponsored by: Rep. Candice Pierucci
House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/07/2025
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Pharmacy technician profession; Board of Pharmacy to review framework. [HB-1497]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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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Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Willett
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Louisiana 2024 Regular Session
Provides for pharmacy record audits. (8/1/24) [SB-281]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Provides for pharmacy record audits. (8/1/24)
Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Edmonds
Effective Date 8/1/2024. on 06/10/2024
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Louisiana 2024 Regular Session
Provides relative to pharmacist authorization to dispense HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis [HB-579]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Provides relative to pharmacist authorization to dispense HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Bacala
Effective Date: 08/01/2024. on 06/19/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to health service providers. [SB-324]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Health Services (s) on 02/29/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Prescription Drug Affordability Board and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-823]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Insurance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
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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Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Stalker
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical manufacturers. [HB-806]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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."
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system. [HB-764]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
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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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Duvall
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/27/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of medical professionals and declaring an emergency. [SB-239]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Ethics ]
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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Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
Received In House on 03/22/2024
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Medical Review Organizations [SB-249]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/21/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to children. [SB-238]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Education ]
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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Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Berg
To Education (s) on 02/22/2024
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Medical Review Organizations [HB-371]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Justin Ruffridge
Effective Date(s) Of Law 11/26/24 on 08/28/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to contraceptives. [HB-536]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
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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Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/14/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to drug disposal. [HB-543]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
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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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drug price discrimination. [HB-490]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Reassigned To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/27/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to patient access to pharmacy benefits. [SB-188]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
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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Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 104) on 04/05/2024