Month: March 2019
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Statewide tobacco-free-schools bill finally passes, and the governor is expected to sign it into law, effective July 1, 2020
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — A bill to ban the use of tobacco products in all Kentucky public schools and events finally passed on the last...
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Health departments, regional mental-health centers, other entities get a pension fix, but at a cost to some employees’ pensions
Teachers filled the Senate gallery. (Herald-Leader photo by Matt Goins) —– As it closed up shop, the legislature gave local health departments, regional mental-health centers and other government-related agencies another reprieve...
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Judge again blocks state’s Medicaid plan with work requirements for many, says likewise for similar plan already in effect in Ark.
The order vacating federal approval of Kentucky’s plan —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A federal judge in Washington has again blocked Gov. Matt Bevin’s attempts to require many...
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Man who ran drug-treatment facilities in Ironton and Portsmouth, Ohio, is indicted on drug-trafficking charges
Graffiti under the U.S. Grant Bridge in Portsmouth, Ohio (Cincinnati Enquirer photo by Liz Dufour) —– The former operator of Ohio drug-treatment facilities just across the river from northeastern Kentucky was indicted Wednesday...
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Bevin signs bill setting deadlines for insurers to authorize medications prescribed by health-care providers
Gomerpedia.org —– Gov. Matt Bevin has signed into law “a bill that’s expected to ease the process for getting some medications and treatments pre-approved by insurers,” Darla Carterreports for Insider Louisville. Senate Bill...
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Beshear says he’s investigating pharmacy benefit managers for possible overcharging, and discrimination against independents
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin and Attorney General Andy Beshear are the most likely nominees for governor in the Nov. 5 election. —– Attorney General Andy Beshear announced March 21 that he...
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Justice secretary touts treatment over incarceration; ‘We have to distinguish who we are mad at and who we are actually afraid of’
Justice and Public Safety Secretary John Tilley (Photos by Melissa Patrick) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News State Justice and Public Safety Secretary John Tilley told foreign scholars visiting Kentucky...
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Health departments scramble to fight hepatitis A outbreak
Peyton Manning had hepatitis C but didn’t know about hepatitis A or the outbreak until it hit him. (Michael Clevenger, Courier Journal) —– The nation’s largest outbreak of hepatitis A has...
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Here’s a list of health-related bills in the General Assembly as legislators plan to return for their last day on March 28
Kentucky Health News When the General Assembly returns Thursday, March 28, for the final day of its session, it could pass any number of bills, including several related to health:...
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Montgomery County reports uptick in cases of syphilis
Montgomery County (Wikipedia map) —– Health officials in Montgomery County say they’re seeing more syphilis cases. “What had become a relatively rare disease is now seeing a resurgence nationwide,” the...