One lawmaker wants to make sure those trying to lose weight don't end up losing their lives.

Republican State Representative Vanessa Grassle of Georgetown announced today that she has filed a bill to strengthen state oversight of GLP one compounded drugs.

Those are non FDA approved alternatives to a popular brand name weight loss drugs.

House Bill 729 requires anyone buying, storing, compounding, dispensing or administering prescription drugs to comply with federal regulations and gives the state the authority to enforce those regulations.

The bill is named of honor of Jimmy Wilson, a Kentucky woman who experienced acute liver failure and underwent an emergency liver transplant after getting injected with a compounded weight loss medication.

Wilson spoke about the experience at today's announcement.

There is no way to fully describe what it feels like.

One moment you're healthy, the next you're facing conversations about survival.

But experience has also reshaped my perspective.

It has redefined how quickly health can change and how much patients rely on strong safeguards throughout the health care system.

My hope is that fewer families ever have to experience such a sudden, life altering medical crisis, and that we continue strengthening the systems that are designed to protect patients.

Across Kentucky.

Representative Grosso points out that the bill does not regulate medical practices or alter a practitioner's scope of practice in any way.