HB-527: Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the licensure and practice of pharmacy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Welfare Committee
Reported Signed By Governor On March 18, 2024 Session Law Chapter 69 Effective: 07/01/2024 on 03/19/2024
AN ACT relating to prescription drugs. [SB-149]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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
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Relating To Pharmacists. [HB-2553]
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[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizes pharmacists to administer vaccines to persons three years of age or older. Authorizes pharmacy interns and pharmacy technicians under the direct supervision of a pharmacist to administer vaccinations to persons three years of age or older, if certain requirements are met. Authorizes pharmacists to order vaccines for administration to persons three years of age or older. Effective 1/1/2025. (CD1)
HB-2553: Relating To Pharmacists.
Sponsored by: Rep. Della au Belatti
Act 104, On 06/27/2024 (gov. Msg. No. 1205). on 06/28/2024
Relating To Pharmacies. [HB-2554]
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[Consumer Protection ]
Requires pharmacies, other than on-site pharmacies in institutional facilities, to make a pharmacy intern, pharmacy technician, pharmacy employee, or an employee of the retail establishment the pharmacy is located in available to assist a registered pharmacist at all times the pharmacy is open to the public.
HB-2554: Relating To Pharmacies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jenna Takenouchi
The Committee(s) On Cpc Recommend(s) That The Measure Be Deferred. on 02/06/2024
Relating To Health. [HB-2147]
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[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Authorizes pharmacists to order and administer immunizations and vaccinations to children three years of age and older under state law.
HB-2147: Relating To Health.
Sponsored by: Rep. Della au Belatti
Referred To Hlt, Cpc, Jha, Referral Sheet 2 on 01/24/2024
Relating To Pharmacists. [SB-2899]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Insurance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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Requires the auditor to conduct an assessment on the social and financial impacts of mandating health insurance coverage for care provided by a participating registered pharmacist practicing within the scope of the pharmacist's license. Requires a report to the legislature before the 2025 regular session. Declares that the general fund expenditure is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.
SB-2899: Relating To Pharmacists.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Kalani Lee
Referred To Hhs/cpn, Wam. on 01/24/2024
Relating To Pharmacy. [HB-2113]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
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Establishes the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy Special Fund to support pharmacist workforce assessment and planning efforts. Establishes the pharmacist workforce assessment fee. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
HB-2113: Relating To Pharmacy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Della au Belatti
Referred To Hre/cpn, Wam. on 03/07/2024
Relating To Health. [SB-2568]
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[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Authorizes pharmacists to order and administer immunizations and vaccinations to children three years of age and older under state law.
SB-2568: Relating To Health.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy A. San Buenaventura
Referred To Cpn/hhs, Jdc. on 01/24/2024
Pharmacy technician profession; Board of Pharmacy to review framework. [HB-1497]
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[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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HB-1497: Pharmacy technician profession; Board of Pharmacy to review framework.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Turner Willett
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
Relating To Out-of-state Prescriptions. [HB-1825]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizes out-of-state pharmacists to transfer prescription information for the initial fill of an out-of-state prescription. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
HB-1825: Relating To Out-of-state Prescriptions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Della au Belatti
Received From House (hse. Com. No. 226). on 03/07/2024
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Relating To Health. [HB-1836]
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[Disaster Relief ]
Allows registered pharmacists during declared states of emergency to refill prescriptions for persons directly impacted by the emergency for up to a thirty-day supply if the practitioner is unavailable or cannot be contacted to authorize the refill and if, in the pharmacist's professional judgment, failure to refill the prescription might interrupt the patient's ongoing care and have a significant adverse effect on the patient's well-being. (CD1)
HB-1836: Relating To Health.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Act 100, On 06/27/2024 (gov. Msg. No. 1201). on 06/28/2024
AN ACT relating to individual-directed care at the end of life. [HB-285]
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[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; establish a qualified terminally ill individual's right to voluntarily request medication to self-administer to cause death; require conditions for making the request; permit individual to rescind the request at any time; permit an attending health care provider to provide medication; establish requirements for the attending health care provider to inform individuals and document request; require disposal of unused medications; establish residency requirements for qualified individuals; require
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HB-285: AN ACT relating to individual-directed care at the end of life.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 01/17/2024
Relating To Pharmacists. [SB-693]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Insurance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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Requires the auditor to conduct an assessment on the social and financial impacts of mandating health insurance coverage for care provided by a participating registered pharmacist practicing within the scope of the pharmacist's license. Requires a report to the legislature before the 2024 regular session. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Kalani Lee
Received Notice Of Discharge Of All Conferees (hse. Com. No. 457). on 03/25/2024
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Relating To Out-of-state Prescriptions. [SB-2119]
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Authorizes out-of-state pharmacies to transfer prescription information for the initial fill of an out-of-state prescription in the State. (CD1)
SB-2119: Relating To Out-of-state Prescriptions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy A. San Buenaventura
Act 096, On 06/27/2024 (gov. Msg. No. 1197). on 06/28/2024