AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.
Summary
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.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 6, 2025
Last action Mar 13, 2025
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The bill text has been renumbered and refiled from a committee-drafted version (BR 948) to the official House Bill number (HB 389/GA). The substantive policy content of the bill remains unchanged; only the document metadata and tracking numbers were updated to reflect the bill's progression through the legislative process.
TECHNICAL
Document tracking numbers were updated from 'BR 948' to 'HB 389/GA' to reflect the bill's official House number and its status as a Georgia (GA) version.
Header information was modified to show the updated bill number in the document title line.
Floor votes · House Mar 6, 2025
How they voted
93–4
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 104
Mar 6, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican83
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
to Health Services (S)
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 90-4
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
to Health Services (H)
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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