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Board of Pharmacy budget: K‑TRACS grants offset fee‑funded operations; no immediate fee increases planned
Summary
Kansas State Board of Pharmacy staff presented a fee‑funded budget that expects federal grants to offset major software costs for the K‑TRACS prescription monitoring system, plans a vehicle replacement in 2027, and does not anticipate fee increases this cycle.
Megan, a Legislative Research analyst, and Alexandra (Alex) Blasey, executive secretary of the Kansas State Board of Pharmacy, presented the board’s budget to the Committee on Social Services Budget, describing a fee‑funded agency that licenses pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and facilities and that operates the state’s prescription monitoring system known in testimony as K TRAC/K‑TRACS.
Blasey said the board enforces the Pharmacy Act and the Controlled Substances Act and registers “about 8,400 pharmacists, 7,500 technicians, and 65,100 pharmacies or facilities,” and that…
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