Kentucky House Bill 543

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-14 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 disposal method; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval as necessary.

AN ACT relating to drug disposal.

Rep. Rachel Roarx [D]

Rep. George Brown [D]

Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-14	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-02-14	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb543.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb543/orig_bill.pdf