15RS House Bill 61

House Bill 61

Actions

Last Action	to Judiciary (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to controlled substances.
Bill Documents	Bill
Impact Statements	Corrections Impact Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	332
Sponsor	D. St. Onge
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 72.026 to increase the scope of mandatory coroner and medical examiner examinations and reporting in deaths involving a Schedule I controlled substance; amend KRS 196.286 and 196.288 to increase the scope of the required cost-savings calculations; direct that a portion of recaptured savings from criminal justice reforms be directed to funding of KY-ASAP programs operating in or under the supervision of county jails, and a portion to community mental health centers offering substance abuse treatment for heroin and other opiate abuse disorders; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to specify the controlled substance treatment services to be offered under Medicaid; amend KRS 217.186 to increase the availability of Naloxone for use as a rescue drug for narcotic overdose situations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to provide an opportunity for deferred prosecution for persons seeking emergency help in drug overdose situations; amend KRS 218A.1412 to establish a 50 percent minimum time service requirement for higher-level traffickers in heroin and to remove the quantity thresholds in heroin and fentanyl prosecutions; amend KRS 218A.500 to provide the ability to deviate from the service requirement in cases where the defendant provides assistance to the prosecution; amend KRS 439.3401 to require a minimum 50 percent time service requirement for homicide and fetal homicide offenders in situations in which the decedent died due to a Schedule I drug overdose; direct the Department of Criminal Justice Training to conduct regionalized heroin-specific in-service training for law enforcement officers by December 31, 2015.
Index Headings of Original Version	Corrections Impact - Controlled substances, penalties and protocols relating to Local Mandate - Controlled substances, penalties and protocols relating to Crimes and Punishments - Controlled substances, penalties and protocols relating to Criminal Procedure - Controlled substances, penalties and protocols relating to Drugs and Medicines - Controlled substances, penalties and protocols relating to Emergency Medical Services - Controlled substances, penalties and protocols for deaths relating to Health and Medical Services - Controlled substances, penalties and protocols relating to Physicians and Practitioners - Controlled substances, penalties and protocols relating to Probation and Parole - Controlled substances, penalties and protocols relating to Coroners - Controlled substances, penalties and protocols for deaths relating to

11/20/14	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
01/06/15	introduced in House to Judiciary (H)