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Bradford DeYoung, an attorney for the Board of Pharmacy, told the committee the board found the prior regulation conflated two separate topics and that splitting the rule will reduce confusion for inspectors and licensees. \"68710 will only govern e‑kits or emergency kits in long‑term care facilities,\" DeYoung said, explaining the kits are statutorily created and \"ownership will remain with the pharmacy that provides the consulting services to the long‑term care facility.\" He described the kits as sealed containers that hold drugs used for sudden, unforeseen conditions such as epinephrine for anaphylaxis or glucagon for severe hypoglycemia.

The board proposes clarifications that require the pharmacy to audit kit contents after use or at least every six months, ensure the kit's labeled expiration date is no later than the earliest expiring drug inside, and prohibit pharmacies from re‑dispensing drugs returned from facilities if the drugs have been removed from their original packaging.

Legislators asked for detail on the definition of \"emergency\" and whether the kits may include drugs that address severe but non‑life‑threatening events such as acute pain. DeYoung said the regulation does not list a closed set of drugs; instead the pharmacy and its advisory committee select drugs intended \"to the prompt treatment of sudden and unforeseen changes in the patient's condition that present an imminent threat to the patient's life or well‑being.\" He agreed to take committee feedback to the board for further discussion.

Other questions focused on logistics and cost. Senator Tyson asked whether rules had changed in statute to require the regulatory revisions; DeYoung said the changes stem from the board's scheduled five‑year review of regulations and from repeated stakeholder questions and inspection findings indicating the old text was confusing. Representative Sutton and others asked who pays for kit audits and replacements; DeYoung said e‑kits are owned by pharmacies and billing for administered drugs follows normal reimbursement channels, which the board does not regulate.

Senators and representatives also asked whether the proposed changes align with federal guidance, including Drug Enforcement Administration practice for emergency kits; DeYoung said he would bring the committee’s feedback back to the board and inspectors for further consideration.

The committee did not take formal action on the rule at the hearing. Board staff said the substantive duties required of pharmacies and facilities remain largely unchanged; the amendments primarily reorganize and simplify language to reduce compliance confusion.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations 06/10/2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations reviewed proposed amendments from the Kansas Board of Pharmacy that would split an existing regulation into two parts: one governing emergency kits (e‑kits) in long‑term care facilities and one governing facility drug distribution systems.","taxTitle","Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations, Joint, Committees, Legislative, Kansas","taxId",18611,"location","Kansas","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6701109,"Kansas wildlife agency proposes shorter trout season, eases blue catfish limits; committee presses for data",1744,38620,1783120,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3802133-535809eeb0e0fec8907485ca702ff073&start=38&end=1783","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3802133-535809eeb0e0fec8907485ca702ff073/thumbnail_38620.jpg","/articles/6701109/Kansas/Kansas-wildlife-agency-proposes-shorter-trout-season-eases-blue-catfish-limits-committee-presses-for-data","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6701109-18eac9a19a4d346f5f38e97528a17a01/orig.mp4?Expires=1771171027&Signature=CcP0UIzmH~OhSqzG-cDGjnR-mECAEGMb5Trze4pzmmG-4HmojW168O29Vw1McbBCT9ICB0H1VV8fv47rTo-5bOUjAYAMucElK0PAh-2xS0Wk7h-c2O-snPFgmD2gBaQUNUVUwo-atWIsfI137u81R10i7PLnZaHzGgDhu5kvhaU-yYdzjcuIVZM71tajHakSjE-qAffD8BPH1~oRM3YySkTzHkkGywtQGVSLXm8RMMcpQkRwu7gRBat6KCWTftmDkkFGiRhkt-twGCspn3dpYpfZMdcywLreMF2UWef~rfd5QNUFfKPW4Z0v2sRcCuknvACD4rVYyWKCInHI~uhpoA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations heard testimony on a proposed agency regulation that would change several fishing creel limits, including shortening the trout season and loosening limits on blue catfish.

Curtis Wire, chief counsel for the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, told the committee the regulation under review is K.A.R. 115-25-14 and that it updates creel limits based on fisheries science. \"It shortens the trout season from November 1 through April 15 to December 1 to March 31,\" Wire said. He also said the agency was proposing to \"liberalize the blue catfish restrictions in the state allowing anglers to harvest more\" because fisheries staff concluded blue catfish now reproduce reliably and do not require continued stocking.

Committee members, including Senator Ole Warren and Representative Dan Carmichael, questioned the basis for the changes and asked whether the agency had consulted stakeholders. John Reinke, assistant director of the Fisheries Division, described the department’s use of roving creel surveys and licensed-angler surveys: interviewers conduct one-on-one interviews at impoundments over multiple years to estimate angler effort and preferences. Reinke said catfish-specific survey work and periodic licensed-angler surveys informed the blue catfish changes and that creel work at Cheney Lake supported lowering the crappie daily limit from 50 to 20.

Several legislators pushed back on the reliance on sociological survey responses rather than population counts. \"Is it not based on fish surveys — counting the fish — the scientific stuff you usually use to set limits and seasons?\" Representative Carmichael asked. Fisheries staff responded that biological sampling such as fall gill-netting and other population-estimation methods are part of their analysis and that some creel-limit changes are driven by angler preferences where biologists concluded the change would not harm fish populations. \"This type of regulation falls into a sociological regulation versus a biological regulation,\" Reinke said, adding that crappie population studies indicated the limit change would not have a biological impact.

Committee members also pressed the agency on the economics of the trout program. Wire and other staff said Kansas must purchase trout for stocking because most Kansas waters do not sustain reproducing trout populations; costs for trout have risen, primarily because suppliers face higher feed costs. The department acknowledged the trout program’s rising costs and agreed to provide additional cost and revenue information. Senator Warren specifically asked the department to submit an amended economic-impact statement (EIS) after acknowledging the agency had mistakenly marked the proposed rule as an environmental regulation on the EIS. \"I can submit one, yes, to the division of budget,\" Wire told the committee when asked whether he would correct the EIS.

Committee members asked for more documentation: the creel and fall-net survey results that support the Cheney Lake crappie change, the department’s cost information for trout purchases and stocking, and an amended EIS that explains how shortening the trout season might affect local businesses that serve anglers.

The committee did not take a vote on the regulation during the hearing. Agency staff said they would provide the requested documents and clarify the EIS.

The department’s presentation and the committee’s questions highlight the tradeoffs agencies face when balancing fishery biology, angler preferences and program costs; committee members indicated they expect more detailed biological and economic evidence before advancing the regulation.","The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks presented proposed changes to fishing creel limits, including shortening the trout season and loosening blue catfish rules. Committee members pressed agency staff for the scientific and economic data supporting the changes and asked the department to amend an economic-impact form.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6701095,"Kansas Department of Revenue seeks to revoke several outdated use‑tax regulations as regulatory cleanup",439,3137955,3576970,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3802133-535809eeb0e0fec8907485ca702ff073&start=3137&end=3576","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3802133-535809eeb0e0fec8907485ca702ff073/thumbnail_3137955.jpg","/articles/6701095/Kansas/Kansas-Department-of-Revenue-seeks-to-revoke-several-outdated-usetax-regulations-as-regulatory-cleanup","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6701095-5d8f8e30a7637bb9c9f4f514f1713637/orig.mp4?Expires=1771171027&Signature=aw8kX1gho80wFRlmY3ec90Agqqt9ItscG9rzWUcFaZDGU13UvQ37vqfNkYLKNtyrslLfIsiA-CBEne7jnydPwY5rMo7KOW49Cjlh~EhEtaaH-698nxZdzRXP2S2W0Sv-9q0w2N6Wo~ZNZ9LNxbtYgiJoMiALk956KeCklQOE8EIHiplpgxX65xWlh3TnA8ywkbbQIJoDqC9tjYU3~M1c0gCnVDPb9WIzbeCg7y4CQMO9~a2Z-N-Zi3HmzTqwglFsszBhlIbMyCyZO8fLSsjfogqn3urQ~5LBYsGgwYR9zIsGWVGL4h4tjFSiyXQWxWqXrg3eiyiTv4MuHmDfRJgOTQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations reviewed a Department of Revenue proposal to revoke eight regulations related to compensating use tax and related registration and delivery rules.

Taylor Murray of the Department’s Office of Policy and Research told the committee the revocations (K.A.R. 92‑21, 92‑22(a), 92‑25, 92‑26, 92‑28, 92‑29, 92‑20‑12 and 92‑20‑14) are primarily cleanup: the regulations either duplicate existing statute, contain out‑of‑date rate language, or address procedural items the department now handles through modern registration systems. \"Eliminating them is going to help with the clarity and conciseness of our regulations,\" Murray said, adding that one regulation still showed an outdated 4% rate and that online registration now supersedes older mail‑in instructions.

Murray explained the difference between consumer compensating use tax and retailer compensating use tax and said the department’s review concluded the regulations are unnecessary or obsolete because statute already governs the relevant matters or because administrative practice has changed. He noted a public hearing was scheduled for July 15 at 11 a.m. and invited stakeholders to comment; he provided an email address for follow‑up and offered to supply additional materials to the committee.

Committee members generally welcomed the cleanup effort. Senator Oscar Dow noted the intention of compensating use tax is to level the playing field for in‑state retailers, and Representative Dan Carmichael urged the department to continue removing duplicative rules. No committee vote was taken at the hearing.","The Department of Revenue told the committee it proposes revoking several K.A.R. provisions that duplicate statute or are out of date, mostly to remove redundant text about compensating use tax and registration procedures; the department scheduled a public hearing and offered to provide details by email.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6701100,"Board of Pharmacy proposes K‑TRACS changes: prison reporting exemption and broader delegate access draw committee concern",1199,3327305,4527235,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3802133-535809eeb0e0fec8907485ca702ff073&start=3327&end=4527","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3802133-535809eeb0e0fec8907485ca702ff073/thumbnail_3327305.jpg","/articles/6701100/Kansas/Board-of-Pharmacy-proposes-KTRACS-changes-prison-reporting-exemption-and-broader-delegate-access-draw-committee-concern","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6701100-27162eaaefaa48ded4ccc3adfbbae34c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771171027&Signature=BejOgwe8E85Un21rEauuRvd~LBwFqjLJHNMSleQ40eF1W72GneO~ET0vS9nGelMJhr4ELOFhEKlOPm2CxF3B-nysg7UQhyWliA-MGYXx1etbxSzSd1OKx6OMlXc5MvuptHXLF0oBo~k6FV~z9DdqPu6E0APXGpllIDpW2Ltilp0hiJiEt0YNd-HnuR3M9oyPFx65uaDoWFPZiX4gHq3rz3e5fvKfFGD4YgF82DBURRNIFIoVbYsXHwstOyQt-PkisE8CV5lbQtXOy6Jmazez7MlaB8pim~Nwq3PX4hXgXGPdS9bQrrvHnSxMNj-hslPQJts8ZF57vdzZFHTLHwlI8g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Kansas Board of Pharmacy told the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations it will amend K.A.R. 68‑21‑2 to add an exemption from K‑TRACS reporting for pharmacies that dispense controlled drugs to correctional institutions and will adopt a new regulation (K.A.R. 68‑21‑8) to expand who may be a delegate with access to the K‑TRACS prescription drug monitoring system.

Bradford DeYoung explained the reporting exemption would relieve pharmacies that dispense to correctional institutions from routine K‑TRACS reporting for short, institutional supplies, on the board’s view that risk of diversion and doctor‑shopping is very low for those institutional administrations. \"The drugs dispensed to a correctional institution are tightly controlled by the correctional institution, and the risk of diversion is incredibly low,\" DeYoung said. He added the proposed change was requested by pharmacies that found the reporting requirement burdensome.

Several committee members, including Senator Thompson and Representative Sutton, responded with safety and oversight concerns. \"I know for a fact there's widespread drug abuse in prison,\" Senator Thompson said, describing informal barter markets inside correctional facilities and asking whether dispensing records should continue to be tracked externally. DeYoung said K‑TRACS tracks drugs dispensed via legal pharmacy channels up to the point of administration and cannot track illicit redistribution inside institutions; he said reporting by correctional‑institution pharmacies documents the legal supply chain but does not prevent illicit activity after administration.

The proposed K‑TRACS expansion would allow licensed addiction counselors, licensed clinical addiction counselors and licensed master’s addiction counselors to serve as delegates who can access the K‑TRACS database, when authorized by a supervising prescriber. DeYoung said the change responds to requests that counselors assisting with treatment be able to consult prescribing history when treating patients for addiction. Committee members raised multiple privacy and constitutional questions, asking whether counsel had examined restrictions on access, whether the attorney general had opined on constitutional search issues, and whether the board had defined limits that would prevent non‑patients from being queried. \"This seems to me a policy decision perhaps for the legislature to be making,\" Senator Warren said, noting the sensitivity of prescription‑history data.

DeYoung pointed the committee to K.S.A. 65‑16‑82, which authorizes the board to define delegates by rule. He also noted K‑TRACS maintains audit trails and that statute and regulation create penalties for misuse of the system; he agreed to follow up with the committee on the precise statutory and regulatory restrictions that limit delegate access and on the board’s correspondence requesting the change. Several members asked the board to delay final action while those legal and procedural questions are resolved and recommended limiting delegates to counselors who have an active treatment relationship with the patient.

The committee did not vote on the proposed changes. Members requested the board provide: the origin and number of requests to expand delegate access, any attorney‑general or legal review of Fourth Amendment or privacy risks, the precise statutory authority and limiting conditions for delegates, and further documentation on whether correctional‑institution reporting is covered elsewhere by Department of Corrections recordkeeping.","The Kansas Board of Pharmacy proposed exempting pharmacies that supply correctional facilities from reporting short, controlled‑substance supplies to the K‑TRACS database and expanding delegate access to include licensed addiction counselors. Lawmakers raised privacy, oversight and diversion concerns and asked for legal and procedural detail.","actionData","errors"]

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