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(Jan. 31, 2025) – The new "white bagging" regulation, 68-7-20a. Delivery of prescriptions dispensed to an alternate site for administration, became effective on Jan. 24. The Board of Pharmacy held a public hearing on Dec. 11, 2024, and adopted the regulation after months of meetings with industry stakeholders, including Kansas Hospital Association member hospitals, patients, the Kansas Council of Health System Pharmacy, Kansas Pharmacists Association and KHA staff to create the regulation. "White bagging" refers to the process where health insurers cover essential patient-specific medications contingent upon the medication being distributed from a third-party pharmacy to an administration site for administering. The regulation puts guardrails in place for insurance companies that use white bagging and governs several areas for public protection, including requirements for policies and procedures, notifications, drug storage during delivery, returning drugs to the originating pharmacy and delivery time. We thank our members, KCHP and partners as we advocated for KHA member hospitals and your patients to implement these critical regulations.
--Karen Braman