SB82

AN ACT relating to administrative regulations for medications for substance use disorder and declaring an emergency.

Introduced·1/13/26
Bill Text

Kentucky SB82 prohibits certain boards from restricting medications for substance use disorder.

Kentucky SB82 creates new sections in the Kentucky Revised Statutes to prevent the State Board of Medical Licensure, the Kentucky Board of Dentistry, the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy, and the Kentucky Board of Nursing from restricting or limiting the prescribing, dispensing, or administering of buprenorphine-mono-product, buprenorphine-combined-with-naloxone, or any other Schedule III, IV, or V medication approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of a substance use disorder. The bill declares an emergency and takes effect upon passage and approval.

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History

Jan 13

Senate

introduced in Senate

Jan 13

Senate

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