---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to medication-assisted therapy in community pharmacies. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish a pilot program to create a community pharmacy care delivery model for medication-assisted therapy for treatment of substance abuse."
description: "AN ACT relating to medication-assisted therapy in community pharmacies. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish a pilot program to create a community pharmacy care delivery model for medication-assisted therapy for treatment of substance abuse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 246"
citation: "Kentucky HB 246 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Wuchner", "C. Fugate", "D. Bentley", "DJ Johnson", "K. Fleming", "K. Moser", "M. Prunty", "R. Goforth", "R. Mills", "S. Santoro", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/559266e2-3121-4a90-b51e-e5e6098fe2f6"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB246.htm"
source_hash: "e611512a7d4ad3fb083e444f5245872587ca503c179b93950b35dedfb00e5d28"
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 246 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to medication-assisted therapy in community pharmacies. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish a pilot program to create a community pharmacy care delivery model for medication-assisted therapy for treatment of substance abuse.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 246 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB246/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB246/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB246/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Wuchner — primary (person)
- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- R. Goforth — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- S. Santoro — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-26** To Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-22** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2018-03-01** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-06** Reported favorably, to Rules
- **2018-03-07** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 8, 2018
- **2018-03-08** 3rd reading, passed 90-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-09** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-12** To Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-22** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 29, 2018
- **2018-03-29** 3rd reading, passed 36-1 `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. 133) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/559266e2-3121-4a90-b51e-e5e6098fe2f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).