AN ACT relating to pharmacy or pharmacist services. [HB-457]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from imposing certain requirements on health plan insureds; create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish definitions for pharmacy-related insurance practices; require pharmacy benefit managers to establish reasonably adequate and accessible pharmacy networks; require pharmacy benefit managers to file, and the insurance commissioner to review, an annual report describing pharmacy networks; provide that information
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HB-457: AN ACT relating to pharmacy or pharmacist services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 03/22/2022
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Extnd Bds Of Pharm/alcoholic Bev Control [HB-306]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
An Act extending the termination dates of the Board of Pharmacy and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; and providing for an effective date.
HB-306: Extnd Bds Of Pharm/alcoholic Bev Control
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew L. Josephson
Signed Into Law 6/29 Chapter 24 Sla 22 on 06/30/2022
AN ACT relating to prescription drugs. [SB-134]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
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; create a new section of Subtitle 17C of KRS Chapter 304 to apply the cost-sharing and rebate
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SB-134: AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 02/07/2022
Health Care Services By Telehealth [SB-175]
[Healthcare ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
An Act relating to telehealth; relating to the practice of medicine; relating to medical assistance coverage for services provided by telehealth; and providing for an effective date.
SB-175: Health Care Services By Telehealth
Sponsored by: Sen. David S. Wilson
Hss Rpt Recd W/cs Await Transmittal Nxt on 04/15/2022
AN ACT relating to the establishment of emergency insulin programs and declaring an emergency. [SB-126]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Funding ]
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; establish the Urgent-Need Insulin Program and the Continuing Access to Insulin Program; establish eligibility guidelines; establish the application process; establish the process by which insulin is dispensed to eligible individuals; establish the responsibilities of insulin manufacturers; establish the responsibilities of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for administering the program; require manufacturers to annually report certain information to the cabinet; require the
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SB-126: AN ACT relating to the establishment of emergency insulin programs and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler
To Health & Welfare (s) on 01/31/2022
AN ACT relating to licensing protection for health care providers and declaring an emergency. [HB-352]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit action against the license of a physician or physician assistant for a recommendation of medical treatment for COVID-19 including a prescription for a drug not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for COVID-19; create a new section of KRS Chapter 314 to prohibit action against the license of an advanced practice registered nurse for a recommendation of medical treatment for COVID-19, including a prescription for a drug not approved by the United States Food
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HB-352: AN ACT relating to licensing protection for health care providers and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
Introduced In House on 01/24/2022
Relating To Health. [SB-2592]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Defines "clinical laboratory director" to include certain physicians, or advanced practice registered nurses, licensed clinical laboratory scientists, or pharmacists for the purpose of certain tests or examinations. Amends the definition of "practice of pharmacy" to include the ordering and performing of certain Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments-waived tests. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD2)
SB-2592: Relating To Health.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy A. San Buenaventura
Pass First Reading on 03/10/2022
Relating To Health. [HB-1667]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Defines "clinical laboratory director" to include certain physicians, licensed clinical laboratory scientists, and pharmacists. Amends the definition of "practice of pharmacy" to include the ordering and performing of certain Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments waived tests. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD2)
HB-1667: Relating To Health.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto
Reported From Cpc (stand. Com. Rep. No. 538-22) As Amended In Hd 2, Recommending Referral To Fin. on 02/17/2022
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Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines. [SB-672]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines. Allows pharmacists and pharmacy technicians acting under the supervision of a pharmacist to initiate treatment with and dispense and administer vaccines for COVID-19, nicotine replacement and other tobacco cessation therapies, and tests for COVID-19 and other coronaviruses to persons aged 18 years and older and vaccines included on the Immunization Schedule published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and vaccines for
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SB-672: Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines.
Sponsored by: Sen. Siobhan S. Dunnavant
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 790 (effective 7/1/22) on 05/27/2022
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Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines. [HB-1323]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Children and Youth ]
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines. Allows pharmacists and pharmacy technicians acting under the supervision of a pharmacist to initiate treatment with and dispense and administer vaccines for COVID-19, nicotine replacement and other tobacco cessation therapies, and tests for COVID-19 and other coronaviruses to persons aged 18 years and older and vaccines included on the Immunization Schedule published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and vaccines for
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HB-1323: Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert D. Orrock
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0791) on 05/27/2022
AN ACT relating to electronic prescription records. [HB-328]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A requiring the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide a copy of a patient's electronic prescription record upon request of the patient, the patient's legal guardian, or the patient's parent or legal guardian if the patient is a minor; require the cabinet to make corrections to a patient's electronic prescription record; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement a process for requesting records; require the cabinet to respond to a request within at least 30 days of
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HB-328: AN ACT relating to electronic prescription records.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel B. Elliott
Introduced In House on 01/20/2022
Relating To Treatment Of Coronavirus Disease 2019. [SB-2199]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Protects physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and pharmacists from civil and criminal liability for prescribing or administering early treatment for the coronavirus disease 2019 in good faith to prevent hospitalization and death.
SB-2199: Relating To Treatment Of Coronavirus Disease 2019.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bennette Misalucha
Referred To Hth, Cpn/jdc. on 01/24/2022
Relating To Prescription Drugs. [SB-2030]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Animals ]
Requires a prescriber to offer a prescription of certain drugs under certain circumstances related to opioid overdose. Requires a prescriber to offer patient education under certain circumstances related to opioid overdose. Exempts veterinarians or prescriptions for animals. Requires a pharmacist who dispenses a prescription order for an opioid to notify the individual of the potential dangers of a high dose of an opioid and to offer to dispense to the individual an opioid antagonist; provided that the individual is prescribed specific opioids at
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SB-2030: Relating To Prescription Drugs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jarrett K. Keohokalole
Referred To Hhh, Cpc, Referral Sheet 24 on 03/10/2022
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Health Care Services By Telehealth [HB-265]
[Healthcare ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
An Act relating to telehealth; relating to the practice of medicine and the practice of nursing; relating to medical assistance coverage for services provided by telehealth; and providing for an effective date.
HB-265: Health Care Services By Telehealth
Sponsored by: Rep. Geran Tarr
Signed Into Law 7/13 Chapter 38 Sla 22 on 07/14/2022