Kentucky House Bill 389

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-06 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 205.529, 218A.172, 218A.205, and 304.17A.165 to remove references to a Schedule III controlled substance containing hydrocodone; amend KRS 218A.010 to add optometrist and physician assistant to the definition of "practitioner" licensed in other states; amend KRS 218A.182 to exempt charitable health care practitioners from electronic prescription requirement; amend KRS 218A.202 to require an active account with the electronic monitoring system be maintained by practitioners or pharmacists prescribing or dispensing Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substances; amend KRS 218A.245 to permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to enter reciprocal agreements or contracts with any federal agency of the United States or its territories.

AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.

Rep. Robert Duvall [R]

Rep. Kimberly Moser [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-06	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2025-02-06	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb389.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb389/orig_bill.pdf