2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 205 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
205.561 Report on the dispensing of prescription medications.

Download as PDF 205.561 Report on the dispensing of prescription medications. (1) (2) The cabinet shall submit a report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission on the dispensing of prescription medications to persons eligible under KRS 205.560, on or before October 31, 2003, and every third year thereafter. The report shall also include current data on the most utilized and abused drugs in the Kentucky Medicaid program, a determination of factors causing high drug costs and drug usage rates of Medicaid recipients, and the effectiveness of the drug formulary and prior authorization process in managing drug costs. The report shall be reviewed by the Drug Management Review Advisory Board created under KRS 205.5636. A reasonable fee for dispensing prescription medications shall be determined by the Department for Medicaid Services. Effective: July 13, 2004 History: Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 108, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 1, effective February 21, 2002. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 521, sec. 28, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 561, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 404, sec. 40, effective July 13, 1984.