KY HB11 | 2020 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-07 - to Health and Family Services (H)
Pending: House Health and Family Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and to establish a voluntary non-opioid directive form to inform practitioners that an opioid drug shall not be prescribed, ordered, or administered to a patient who has filed the form with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 218A.172 to require a practitioner to determine if a patient has filed a voluntary non-opioid directive and to provide the patient with a copy of the form prior to prescribing an opioid drug; amend KRS 218A.202 to establish that the electronic monitoring system established in this section shall permit the cabinet to report and document receipt of a voluntary non-opioid directive and to permit a practitioner to determine if a patient has filed a voluntary non-opioid directive.

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Title

AN ACT relating to voluntary non-opioid directives.

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History

DateChamberAction
2020-01-07Houseto Health and Family Services (H)
2020-01-07Houseintroduced in House
2019-06-04HousePrefiled by the sponsor(s).

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