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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas Bill Permits Pharmacists to Initiate Therapy and Dispense 90-Day Emergency Refills
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Senate Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
Kansas HB 2676 expands pharmacists' scope of practice to independently initiate therapy for certain minor, s, patient emergencies, or specific statewide protocols like influenza and urinary tract infections, and allows dispensing up to a 90-day emergency supply of noncontrolled drugs when no refills remain.
Expands patient access to routine medications and minor illness treatments directly through local pharmacies while establishing mandatory liability insurance requirements for independent-initiating pharmacists by January 1, 2028.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Pharmacists
Gains authority to independently initiate therapy for minor conditions and emergency refills while facing new professional liability insurance mandates starting in 2028.
Patients
Obtains expanded access to immediate treatment for minor illnesses and up to 90-day emergency supplies of noncontrolled prescription drugs.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can a pharmacist prescribe any medication under this bill?
How long of an emergency supply can a pharmacist dispense if a prescription runs out?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
12 actions- Apr 10, 2026SenateDied in Senate Committee
- Feb 26, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 25, 2026HouseEngrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026
- Feb 25, 2026SenateIntroducedReceived and Introduced
- Feb 19, 2026HouseFloorFinal Action - Passed as amended
- Feb 18, 2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Now working on
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- Feb 18, 2026HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Feb 18, 2026HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 17, 2026HouseFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by
- Feb 10, 2026HouseHearing: Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 112-N
- Feb 3, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Feb 3, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Health and Human Services
Version history
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Full breakdown
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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