Kentucky Senate Bill 78 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 6 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-03-02 - floor amendment (6) filed
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 314.011 to allow designated advanced practice registered nurses certified in psychiatric-mental health nursing to prescribe up to two sequential refills for a 30 day supply of psychostimulants; amend KRS 314.042 to remove the one-year practice requirement before an APRN may prescribe controlled substances under a CAPA-CS; establish conditions for an APRN to prescribe controlled substances without a CAPA-CS after four years of controlled substance prescribing authority under a CAPA-CS; require an APRN to confirm with the nursing board that the APRN's license is in good standing before prescribing without a CAPA-CS; set procedures for the nursing board's license review; prohibit any attempt to require or compel an APRN to maintain a CAPA-CS to prescribe after the four year threshold; exempt an equivalently qualified out-of-state APRN from the CAPA-CS requirement to prescribe under licensure by endorsement; require an APRN with less than four years of prescribing controlled substances to maintain a CAPA-CS until the four years are completed.

AN ACT relating to the prescriptive authority of advanced practice registered nurses.

Sen. Julie Raque Adams [R]	Sen. Paul Hornback [R]	Sen. Karen Berg [D]	Sen. Tom Buford [R]
Sen. Rick Girdler [R]	Sen. Morgan McGarvey [D]	Sen. Reginald Thomas [D]	Sen. David Yates [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-02	Senate	floor amendment (6) filed
2021-02-24	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2021-02-23	Senate	floor amendments (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) filed
2021-02-23	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2021-02-04	Senate	to Licensing & Occupations (S)
2021-01-06	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2021-01-06	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb78.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb78/orig_bill.pdf