---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits. Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define cost sharing; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from requiring payment for prescription drugs in excess of certain amounts; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from imposing a penalty on a pharmacist or pharmacy for complying as required; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from prohibiting a pharmacist or pharmacy from discussing information relating to cost sharing or selling a more affordable alternative to the insured; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019."
description: "AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits. Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define cost sharing; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from requiring payment for prescription drugs in excess of certain amounts; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from imposing a penalty on a pharmacist or pharmacy for complying as required; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from prohibiting a pharmacist or pharmacy from discussing information relating to cost sharing or selling a more affordable alternative to the insured; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 463"
citation: "Kentucky HB 463 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Rowland", "J. Greer", "J. Miller", "M. Meredith", "S. Wells"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-23"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e97187ca-e689-41d7-8be9-c3599f8f8b85"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB463.htm"
source_hash: "138bf3570eff4b09debcb6830bf177603042c26fe1606a109ce098637dc0a499"
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 463 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits. Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define cost sharing; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from requiring payment for prescription drugs in excess of certain amounts; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from imposing a penalty on a pharmacist or pharmacy for complying as required; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from prohibiting a pharmacist or pharmacy from discussing information relating to cost sharing or selling a more affordable alternative to the insured; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 463 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB463/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB463/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB463/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- J. Greer — primary (person)
- J. Miller — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- S. Wells — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-26** To Banking & Insurance (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-28** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 6, 2018
- **2018-03-07** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-08** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-09** To Banking & Insurance (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-27** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 29, 2018
- **2018-03-29** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-29** Received in House
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-29** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 144) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e97187ca-e689-41d7-8be9-c3599f8f8b85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).