Bill Number: HB 61(BR-332)/LM/CI(click bill number to view bill details.)
Title: AN ACT relating to controlled substances. Sponsor(s): St. Onge , Diane Current Status: to Judiciary (H) In House Summary: Amend KRS 72.026 to increase the scope of mandatory coroner and medical examiner examinations and reporting in deaths involving a Schedule I controlled substance; amend KRS 196.286 and 196.288 to increase the scope of the required cost-savings calculations; direct that a portion of recaptured savings from criminal justice reforms be directed to funding of KY-ASAP programs operating in or under the supervision of county jails, and a portion to community mental health centers offering substance abuse treatment for heroin and other opiate abuse disorders; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to specify the controlled substance treatment services to be offered under Medicaid; amend KRS 217.186 to increase the availability of Naloxone for use as a rescue drug for narcotic overdose situations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to provide an opportunity for deferred prosecution for persons seeking emergency help in drug overdose situations; amend KRS 218A.1412 to establish a 50 percent minimum time service requirement for higher-level traffickers in heroin and to remove the quantity thresholds in heroin and fentanyl prosecutions; amend KRS 218A.500 to provide the ability to deviate from the service requirement in cases where the defendant provides assistance to the prosecution; amend KRS 439.3401 to require a minimum 50 percent time service requirement for homicide and fetal homicide offenders in situations in which the decedent died due to a Schedule I drug overdose; direct the Department of Criminal Justice Training to conduct regionalized heroin-specific in-service training for law enforcement officers by December 31, 2015. Amendments There are No Amendments for this Bill. History Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - to Judiciary (H) Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - introduced in House Thursday, November 20, 2014 - Prefiled by the sponsor(s). |
Legislative
Medical Marijuana Archives
December 2015
Categories |