Kentucky House Bill 300 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-5)
Status: Passed on March 24 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-03-24 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 22)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to authorize the Governor during a declared state of emergency to grant to pharmacists the emergency authority to dispense up to a 30 day supply of medication, administer immunizations to children, operate temporarily a pharmacy in an area not designated on the pharmacy permit, and dispense drugs as needed to treat or prevent the ailment that caused the emergency; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to permit the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 39A.100 to permit the Governor to grant emergency authority to pharmacists; amend KRS 217.215 to permit pharmacist to administer up to a 30 day supply of maintenance medication; amend KRS 315.010 to include the administration of immunizations of children during a declared state of emergency in the definition of "practice of pharmacy"; amend KRS 315.035 to authorize pharmacists to temporarily operate a pharmacy in an area not designated on the pharmacy permit; amend KRS 315.121 to conform.

AN ACT relating to emergency authority for pharmacists.

Rep. Dwight Butler [R]	Rep. Mike Cherry [D]	Rep. Will Coursey [D]	Sen. C.B. Embry [R]
Rep. Jeff Greer [D]	Rep. Melvin Henley [D]	Rep. Martha King [D]	Rep. Fred Nesler [D]
Rep. Tom Riner [D]	Rep. Steven Rudy [R]	Rep. Sal Santoro [R]	Rep. Thomas Thompson [D]
Rep. Ken Upchurch [R]	Rep. Brent Yonts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-24		signed by Governor (Acts ch. 22)
2010-03-22		delivered to Governor
2010-03-22		enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2010-03-19		enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2010-03-19		received in House
2010-03-18		3rd reading, passed 38-0
2010-03-17		posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 18, 2010
2010-03-11		2nd reading, to Rules
2010-03-10		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2010-02-16		to Health & Welfare (S)
2010-02-11		received in Senate
2010-02-10		3rd reading, passed 99-0 with floor amendment (1)
2010-02-09		floor amendment (1) filed
2010-02-09		taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
2010-02-05		posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 10, 2010
2010-02-05		2nd reading, to Rules
2010-02-04		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2010-01-26		posted in committee
2010-01-22		reassigned to State Government (H)
2010-01-21		to Health & Welfare (H)
2010-01-20		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB300.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB300/bill.doc