Bill Commons

KS HB 2068

enacted

Establishing the remote practice of pharmacy, requiring certain conditions for such practice and limiting activities performed under such practice, permitting a pharmacist to initiate therapy for certain conditions consistent with the pharmacist's education, training and experience, adding pharmacists who initiate such therapy to the healthcare stabilization fund and allowing a pharmacist to dispense a one-time emergency refill of a noncontrolled prescription drug for up to a 90-day supply when no refills remain, adopting compounding standards established by the United States pharmacopeia and allowing for exemptions from such standards and removing the authority of the state board of pharmacy to authorize individuals to access the prescription monitoring program database by rules and regulations.

Kansas · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did KS HB 2068 pass?

Yes. KS HB 2068 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-09): Engrossed on Wednesday, April 1, 2026

What is KS HB 2068 about?

KS HB 2068 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Establishing the remote practice of pharmacy, requiring certain conditions for such practice and limiting activities performed under such practice, permitting a pharmacist to initiate therapy for certain conditions consistent with the pharmacist's education, training and experience, adding pharmacists who initiate such therapy to the healthcare stabilization fund and allowing a pharmacist to dispense a one-time emergency refill of a noncontrolled prescription drug for up to a 90-day supply when no refills remain, adopting compounding standards established by the United States pharmacopeia and allowing for exemptions from such standards and removing the authority of the state board of pharmacy to authorize individuals to access the prescription monitoring program database by rules and regulations.”.

Who sponsors KS HB 2068?

Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development is the primary sponsor of KS HB 2068.

Introduced
2025-01-23
Latest action
2026-04-09 — Engrossed on Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Developmentprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-09

    Engrossed on Wednesday, April 1, 2026

  2. 2026-04-09

    Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026

  3. 2026-04-09

    Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026

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  4. 2026-03-26

    Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a conference committee failed

  5. 2026-03-26

    Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 107, Nay 18

  6. 2026-03-25

    Conference committee report now available

  7. 2026-03-25

    Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0

  8. 2025-03-20

    Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce and Rep. Susan Ruiz

  9. 2025-03-20

    Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford and Sen. Cindy Holscher appointed as conferees

  10. 2025-03-19

    Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0

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  11. 2025-03-18

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    passage

  12. 2025-03-18

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

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  13. 2025-03-10

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare

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  14. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare

    referral-committee

  15. 2025-02-17

    Received and Introduced

    introduction

  16. 2025-02-14

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed

    passage

  17. 2025-02-14

    Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted

  18. 2025-02-14

    Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 119, Nay 0, Absent 6

    passage

  19. 2025-02-06

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Health and Human Services

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  20. 2025-01-23

    Introduced

    introduction

  21. 2025-01-23

    Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services

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Official source

https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2068/

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