Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky SB82: AN ACT relating to administrative regulations for medications for substance use disorder and declaring an emergency.
Status: In committee, January 13, 2026
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to find 201 KAR 9:270 and 201 KAR 20:065 deficient and void; create new sections of KRS Chapters 311, 313, 314, and 315 to establish that the State Board of Medical Licensure, Board of Dentistry, Kentucky Board of Nursing, and Kentucky Board of Pharmacy shall not promulgate administrative regulations that restrict or limit 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; EMERGENCY.
What the bill says
An act relating to administrative regulations for medications for substance use disorder and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to administrative regulations for medications for substance use disorder and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 13A IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) The General Assembly finds that the following administrative regulations and any proposed amendments to the following administrative regulations are deficient: (a) 201 KAR 9:270, Professional standards for prescribing, dispensing, or administering Buprenorphine-Mono-Product or Buprenorphine-Combinedwith-Naloxone; and (b) 201 KAR 20:065, Professional standards for prescribing BuprenorphineMonoProduct or Buprenorphine-Combined-with-Naloxone by APRNs for medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. (2) Contrary provisions of any section of the Kentucky Revised Statutes notwithstanding, the administrative regulations and any proposed amendments to the administrative regulations referenced in subsection (1) of this section shall be null, void, and unenforceable as of the effective date of this Act. (3) Contrary provisions of any section of the Kentucky Revised Statutes notwithstanding, the administrative bodies shall be prohibited from promulgating administrative regulations that are identical to, or substantially the same as, the administrative regulations and any proposed amendments to the administrative regulations referenced in subsection (1) of this section. (4) The administrative regulations and any proposed amendments to the administrative regulations referenced in subsection (1) of this section shall be available to the public, in the …
Sponsors
- Julie Raque Adams (R, SD-036) · primary sponsor
- Scott Madon (R, SD-029)
- Mike Nemes (R, SD-038)
- Steve Rawlings (R, SD-011)
- Aaron Reed (R, SD-007)
- Lindsey Tichenor (R, SD-006)
Latest actions
- : recommitted to Banking & Insurance (H)
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- : to Banking & Insurance (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : received in House
- : 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 12 2026
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
Subjects: Effective Dates, Emergency, Health Care Professionals, Physicians, Drugs And Medicines, Pharmacists, Health And Medical Services, Public Health, Nurses
Common questions
- What is SB82?
- SB82 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to administrative regulations for medications for substance use disorder and declaring an emergency.
- What does SB82 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to administrative regulations for medications for substance use disorder and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of SB82?
- In committee as of January 13, 2026. Latest action: recommitted to Banking & Insurance (H) (March 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB82?
- Julie Raque Adams (R, SD-036), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB82?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/sb82.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.