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KS HB2785
Bill
Status
2/18/2026
Primary Sponsor
Appropriations
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AI Summary
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Renames Kansas's "utilization of unused medications act" to the "medication donation program" and expands eligible recipients to include uninsured and underinsured patients, not just medically indigent persons
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Requires qualifying centers (indigent healthcare clinics, federally qualified health centers, pharmacies, community mental health centers) to register annually with the Board of Pharmacy by June 30, with no registration fee
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Establishes strict drug eligibility requirements: must be in original/tamper-evident packaging, unexpired, properly stored, and excludes controlled substances, compound drugs, radiopharmaceuticals, and FDA risk-evaluation drugs
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Caps patient handling fees at $20 per prescription (replacing previous 200% of Medicaid dispensing fee), prohibits fees on drug samples, and limits total fees collected to actual restocking and dispensing costs
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Provides civil and criminal liability protection for donors, qualifying centers, pharmacists, and manufacturers absent bad faith or gross negligence, and requires qualifying centers to submit annual reports to the Board by July 15, 2027
Legislative Description
Renaming the medication donation program providing for the registration of qualifying centers to accept, administer, supply or dispense certain donated drugs or devices.
Last Action
House Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations; Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
3/13/2026