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Senate Bill 166

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Title AN ACT relating to controlled substances.
Bill Documents Bill
Impact Statements Local Mandate
Bill Request Number 1034
Sponsors J. Denton, D. Harper Angel
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to define the terms "controlled substance" and "department"; require the Department for Public Health to develop and implement by January 1, 2011, a three-year pilot program subject to the availability of sufficient funding for the safe disposal of unused or partially used controlled substances by an ultimate user through delivery to a designated facility; permit ultimate users to dispose of controlled substances through persons or entities other than law enforcement personnel or persons or entities as designated by law enforcement personnel; require the department to incorporate environmentally sound practices for the disposal of controlled substances; permit the department to use disposal methods such as incineration or the use of reverse distributors; require the department to coordinate with local and state law enforcement agencies, local health departments, local governments, health facilities, pharmacists, health care providers, and other agencies, facilities, departments, or entities deemed appropriate by the department to establish and maintain the pilot program; require the department to request any necessary waivers of federal law or regulations; permit the department to accept any grant or award of funds from federal or private sources to implement the pilot program; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations; require the department to provide a report on the pilot program by July 1, 2011, and quarterly thereafter to the Legislative Research Commission, the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare, the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary, the Office of Drug Control Policy, the secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, the commissioner of the Department for Public Health, and the Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
Index Headings of Original Version Drugs and Medicines - Controlled substances, disposal, pilot program, establishment of
Federal Laws and Regulations - Controlled substances, disposal, pilot program, establishment of
Health and Medical Services - Controlled substances, disposal, pilot program, establishment of
Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Controlled substances, disposal, pilot program, establishment of
Nurses - Controlled substances, disposal, pilot program, establishment of
Pharmacists - Controlled substances, disposal, pilot program, establishment of
Police, City and County - Controlled substances, disposal, pilot program, establishment of
Police, State - Controlled substances, disposal, pilot program, establishment of
Public Health - Controlled substances, disposal, pilot program, establishment of
Local Mandate - Controlled substances, disposal, pilot program, establishment of

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02/22/10
  • introduced in Senate
02/24/10
  • to Judiciary (S)


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