Subcommittee Approves "Pill Mill Bill" Regulations

{Frankfort, Kentucky}…Monday, the Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee approved 12 proposed regulations that govern the implementation of a controversial 2012 law to tackle Kentucky's prescription drug-abuse problem. The law was designed to halt doctors and pain management clinics that push addictive pills for profit rather than good medical care. It expanded Kentucky's prescription monitoring system and required that any new pain clinic must be owned by a licensed medical practitioner. Some health care providers say legitimate medical care got entangled in the law. The rules adopted by the subcommittee will go to the legislature's health and welfare committees for consideration during the 2013 General Assembly session that begins Tuesday.