Senate
Signed By Governor
2025 Regular Session

SJR26

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A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Department for Medicaid Services to provide the Legislative Research Commission with a report regarding pharmacist payment parity.

Direct the Department for Medicaid Services to provide the Legislative Research Commission with a report regarding pharmacist payment parity.

Introduced: February 4, 2025

Last action: March 17, 2025

Signed By Governor (Acts Ch. 23)
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This resolution directs the state's Medicaid agency to prepare a report for the legislature about pharmacist payment parity, meaning whether pharmacists are paid fairly compared to other healthcare providers for similar services. The report is intended to give lawmakers better information on this issue before any future policy decisions are made. Who it may affect: pharmacists, Medicaid patients, and lawmakers reviewing healthcare payment policies.

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Legislative History

Feb 4, 2025 · Senate
Introduced In Senate
Feb 4, 2025 · Senate
To Committee On Committees (S)
Feb 6, 2025 · Senate
To Health Services (S)
Feb 12, 2025 · Senate
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar
Feb 13, 2025 · Senate
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Feb 13, 2025 · Senate
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Friday, February 14, 2025 (clerical)
Feb 14, 2025 · Senate
3rd Reading, Adopted 34-0
Yea: 34
Nay: 0
Absent: 4
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Feb 18, 2025 · House
Received In House
Mar 12, 2025 · House
3rd Reading, Passed 93-0
Yea: 93
Nay: 0
Absent: 7
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Primary Sponsor

Portrait of Craig Richardson
Craig Richardson

Senator · Senate District 03

Primary sponsor
craig.richardson@kylegislature.gov
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Co-sponsors (5)

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Jared Carpenter

Senator · Senate District 34

Co-sponsor
Jared.Carpenter@kylegislature.gov
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Rick Girdler

Senator · Senate District 15

Co-sponsor
Rick.Girdler@kylegislature.gov
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David Givens

Senator · Senate District 09

Co-sponsor
David.Givens@kylegislature.gov
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Steve Rawlings

Senator · Senate District 11

Co-sponsor
steve.rawlings@kylegislature.gov
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Mike Wilson

Senator · Senate District 32

Co-sponsor
Mike.Wilson@kylegislature.gov

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