KansasAdult care home residents could choose their pharmacies without penalties
If enacted, adult care homes would have to let residents choose their pharmacy, whatever medication system the home uses, without a choice fee or penalty.
What it does
Adult care home residents could choose their pharmacy, regardless of the home’s medication system. The home could not charge or offer a financial incentive or penalty for choosing a pharmacy outside its preferred one.
Argument forResidents could use a pharmacy that suits them without the home charging or offering a financial incentive or penalty for choosing one outside its preferred pharmacy.
Argument againstResidents might still face repackaging charges when the cost cannot be included in the nursing facility’s financial and statistical report.
More detail
Adult care homes would have to let residents choose their pharmacy and would not be able to charge or offer a financial incentive or penalty for choosing one outside the home’s preferred pharmacy. This applies to residents of adult care homes choosing a pharmacy other than the home’s preferred pharmacy. The choice right applies regardless of the home’s medication distribution system. The home could not charge for repackaging when that cost can be included in the nursing facility financial and statistical report. If enacted, the act would take effect after publication in the statute book.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Died
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 10Died in CommitteeDied
- Feb 5IntroducedMinor
- Feb 5Referred to House Committee on Health and Human ServicesIntroduced
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