KY HB764 | 2024 | Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 764

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-03-27 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Pending: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

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 to require an active account with the electronic monitoring system to prescribe and dispense controlled substances; amend KRS 218A.205 to remove reference to a Schedule III controlled substance containing hydrocodone in the medications regulated and prohibition on dispensing greater than a 48-hour supply of a Schedule II controlled substance; amend KRS 218A.245 to allow the cabinet to enter into contract with any federal agency of the United States; amend KRS 304.17A-165 to remove reference to a Schedule III controlled substance containing hydrocodone in the list of controlled substances allowed under a health benefit plan.

Title

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-27	House	recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2024-03-27	House	taken from the Orders of the Day
2024-03-15	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2024-03-14	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2024-03-08	House	to Health Services (H)
2024-02-26	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-02-26	House	introduced in House