---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to controlled substance monitoring. Amend KRS 218A.202 to require certain hospitals to report positive toxicology screens to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; permit federal prosecutors and agents to use KASPER; permit practitioners or pharmacists to review KASPER reports of birth mothers of potentially drug-exposed infants; remove a pilot program relating to real-time electronic monitoring; make other technical corrections; amend KRS 218A.240 to conform."
description: "AN ACT relating to controlled substance monitoring. Amend KRS 218A.202 to require certain hospitals to report positive toxicology screens to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; permit federal prosecutors and agents to use KASPER; permit practitioners or pharmacists to review KASPER reports of birth mothers of potentially drug-exposed infants; remove a pilot program relating to real-time electronic monitoring; make other technical corrections; amend KRS 218A.240 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 314"
citation: "Kentucky HB 314 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b90c74fa-dda1-4101-998d-0e5025e5d6e1"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB314.htm"
source_hash: "6de5fb5b0b0803794ba0b51ad50e6d8fcd5e218c8d6ba71c7a96fe535fe5f451"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 314 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to controlled substance monitoring. Amend KRS 218A.202 to require certain hospitals to report positive toxicology screens to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; permit federal prosecutors and agents to use KASPER; permit practitioners or pharmacists to review KASPER reports of birth mothers of potentially drug-exposed infants; remove a pilot program relating to real-time electronic monitoring; make other technical corrections; amend KRS 218A.240 to conform.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 314 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB314/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB314/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB314/bill.pdf)
4. **SCA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB314/SCA1.pdf)
5. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB314/SCS1.pdf)
6. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB314/SFA1.pdf)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-14** To Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-23** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2017-02-24** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 27, 2017
- **2017-02-27** 3rd reading, passed 88-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-28** To Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Taken from Health & Welfare (S)
- **2017-03-07** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** Returned to Health & Welfare (S)
- **2017-03-08** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitutes and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-14** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2017
- **2017-03-14** 3rd reading, passed 33-3 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) and floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Received in House
- **2017-03-14** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) and floor amendment (1) on Wednesday, March 15, 2017
- **2017-03-15** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2017-03-15** Bill passed 85-9
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-15** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-27** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 138) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b90c74fa-dda1-4101-998d-0e5025e5d6e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).