Gov. Parson expands drug take-back programs

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Mike Parson has expanded drug take-back programs in Missouri.

The measure was signed into law Friday during a tour of Springfield. It will make it easier to discard unfinished prescriptions year-round by dropping them off at authorized sites such as pharmacies. Before, pharmacies were barred from taking prescriptions they did not dispense.

His office said in a news release Parson signed eight bills in total.

One sharply restricts when the Department of Corrections can restrain pregnant prisoners. Another gives public universities the ability to increase tuition 5 percent on top of any inflation-related increases if their funding had been cut the year before.

Those new laws are on top of 15 Parson signed Thursday, including one allowing chiropractors to receive Medicaid reimbursements.